National Library Week School Library Media Month

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The 1998 AASL National School Library Media
Program of the Year
Literacy Initiatives for High School Students
YES, they WILL Read!
Harlene Rosenberg Heather Hersey Phyllis Miller
Hunterdon Central Regional High
School Flemington, New Jersey
American Association of School Librarians Pittsbur
gh
October 7, 2005
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Background Information

• 2885 Students
• 752 Freshmen
• 751 Sophomores
• 729 Juniors
• 653 Seniors
• 287 Faculty
• 6 IMC staff - 3 Certified
• 15 classes/day
• 298 classes given formal instruction

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Proposal for Third LMS

• Growth in student population
• Growth in class visits
• House calls - off site instruction
• Collaboration with faculty
• Scheduled meeting vs on the fly
• Quality time with new faculty
• Introduce resources
• Plan research projects

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Proposal for Third LMS

• Literacy/reading appreciation
• Collection development
• Enhance curriculum
• Character education
• ESL - introducing language and culture
• Provide time for teacher observations and other
  administrative duties
• Stagger schedule for after school
• Research assistance
• Supervision

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English as a Second Language

• Purchased high interest, low vocabulary books
  with INTERESTING covers
• Attended NJTESOL conference/exhibits
• Surveyed public library collections
• Selected list of ESL titles available online and
  in catalogs
• Established in-class bookclub
• Meets twice weekly
• Thursday select book(s) and set reading goals
  (bookmarks)
• Following Wednesday class discussion

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English as a Second Language

• Last bookclub meeting, brought donated paperbacks
  for students to take home
• Arranged visit to public library
• Met librarian
• Taken on tour of facility
• Given library cards (applications distributed in
  class)
• Checked out books

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English as a Second Language

• What are they reading?
• Bilingual books
• Poetry
• Love stories
• Magazines
• Adaptations
• Nonfiction
• Novels
• Writing book reviews/Weblogs

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Special Education Class

• Round Robin reading for Read Across America
• Weekly classroom visits to read
• Overhead review questions prior to visit
• Book read
• Holes (Sachar)
• Hoot (Hiassen)
• Messenger (Lowry)
• Gathering Blue (Lowry)

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Teen Read Week

• Morning Announcement Movie
• Microsoft Movie Maker
• Books covers
• Music
• Text
• Future plans for movies
• Toxic by Britney Spears for Banned Book Week

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Teen Read Week

• Surveys
• Distributed at all booktalks
• Copies available in offices and IMC
• Promoted in morning announcements
• E-mail to faculty
• Prizes
• Donated by local merchants
• Vendor freebies (AASL/EMAnj)

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2002 Survey Results

• Analyzed by Adv. Statistics students (service
  learning project)
• Most likely to read
• 1st and 2nd - Books and magazines
• 3rd - 7th - Websites, newspapers, catalogs,
  comics and graphic novels
• Top 5 genres
• Mystery, fantasy, realistic fiction, horror, SF

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2002 Survey Results
What Students Read
Graphic Novels
Comics
Websites
Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Catalogs
None
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2002 Survey Results
Favorite Genres
realistic fiction
historical fiction
graphic novels
mystery
horror
fantasy
anime
poetry
romance
sci fi
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2003 Survey Results

• 360 surveys returned
• 229 individual titles listed!
• And the winners are...
• Harry Potter series
• LOTR series
• Holes
• The Giver
• The Lords of Discipline

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Read Across America

• Book Display
• Morning Announcements
• One Fish, Two Fish read in Chinese
• Promos for favorite Seuss survey
• Name the Seuss book
• School store selling Seuss items (NEA)
• Favorite Seuss book survey - lunchbox prize!
• Round robin reading of One Fish Two Fish with
  Special Education class

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National Library WeekSchool Library Media Month

• Created READ posters
• Sent email to ALL STAFF to participate
• Took photos in IMC or on location
• Printed two copies in color on 11x 17 paper
• Laminated
• Posters hung in IMC in time for annual faculty
  coffee
• Additional staff have asked to be included!

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Banned Books

• Displays in IMC
• Freshman Tour
• Morning Announcements
• Class booktalks
• Letter home for approval signature
• Have generated interest in older books
• Continue to be requested
• Class assignment
• Discuss why book was challenged/banned

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Classroom Booktalks

• Handout for teachers
• Selling the book
• Reading from book/back cover
• Comparison
• Starter question
• Story setup
• Independent reading assignments
• Presentations to English Department
• Offer to come in before breaks begin
• Our first history department customer

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Types of Booktalks

• General
• Multicultural
• Beyond the Novel
• Memoirs
• Asia and Africa
• Cool Books for Hot days
• Hot Books for Cold days

• International
• Modern Classics
• Nonfiction Movies
• Fiction Movies
• Historical Fiction
• Advanced Placement

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Collaborative Projects

• Freshman and Sophomore English
• Cool Books for Hot Days
• Banned Book Project
• Movie Research Project (historical and topical)
• Fiction Movies
• Citation Celebration
• Assisted Social Studies department in the
  teaching of citations and research
• Idea originated in meeting with English faculty

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Collaborative Projects

• Critical issues in literature
• Short story debate
• Dystopia project
• Alternative titles for The Giver
• Research component
• Asian and African literature
• Created list of titles in IMC and public library
• Booktalked titles
• Art class

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Bharti KirchnerIndia

• Shiva Dancing Meena Kumari was seven when she
  was abducted from her village. Though she managed
  to escape a life of slavery, she was unable to
  find her way home, and was adopted by a wealthy
  American couple. Despite a flourishing career,
  she lacks a personal life and keenly feels the
  separation from her heritage. Shiva Dancing takes
  us from the arid desert plains of Northern India
  to the bustle and charm of San Francisco to
  modern-day Calcutta as a spirited woman seeks to
  reconnect with her past. (Adapted from BN.com)

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Graphic Novels

• IMC display
• Highlighted during freshman orientation
• Booktalks
• Reinforcing book covers
• Morning announcements

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The Book Nook

• IMC staff posting news and information
• Book of the Week
• Staff Picks
• New Books
• Bookworms Club
• Adding student reviews
• Class generated
• Independent

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Book of the Week
The Lamp, November 19, 2004
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Student Bookclub

• Meets twice a month
• 25 members
• 50/50 girls/boys
• 50 sophomores 25 frosh 25 jr/sr
• Student officers run meeting
• Creating themed booklists
• Weblog on IMC website to keep up-to-date
• Online discussions
• Book discussion with Middle School students

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Promoting Reading

• ALA posters
• New books displays they move!
• Bookmarks - purchased, donated and homemade
• Bulletin boards
• Book suggestion box
• Middle school visit

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Reading Pamphletsat the entrance and exit
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Faculty Reading

• READ posters
• Faculty bookclub hosted by principal
• Installing bookshelves in faculty cafeterias
• Book swap
• Community donations
• Giving thanks bulletin
• board

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Staff Picks
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Grants

• Character Education
• Books initially requested by ISS teacher
• Ordered books for In-School Suspension and
  Alternative School classrooms
• Collection is maintained by IMC and rotated
  between classrooms
• Heather booktalks in Alternative School classrooms

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Grants

• Title V - Innovative Programs
• Books and materials for ESL students
• Pleasure reading
• Support new US History class for ESL students
• Books and materials for Honors and AP courses

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Contact Information
Heather Hersey hhersey_at_hcrhs.k12.nj.us Phylli
s Miller pmiller_at_hcrhs.k12.nj.us Harlene
Rosenberg hrosenbe_at_hcrhs.k12.nj.us Handouts
http//central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/imc/conference Hun
terdon Central Regional High School 84 Route 31
Flemington, New Jersey 08822 [phone]