Young Adult Book Fun http://yabookfun.com Exploring the Exciting World of Young Adult Books Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Quiz : What Kind of Book Worm Are You? http://yabookfun.com/?p=573 http://yabookfun.com/?p=573#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:45:50 +0000 Shanna http://yabookfun.com/?p=573 ]]> http://yabookfun.com/?feed=rss2&p=573 0 Mini Tutorial-GALILEO Screencast http://yabookfun.com/?p=567 http://yabookfun.com/?p=567#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 19:51:01 +0000 Shanna http://yabookfun.com/?p=567

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Be Quiet! I’m Listening! – Incorporating Recorded Books into K-12 Literacy Strategies
Sponsored by Recorded Books

Audiobooks are a research-validated tool for improving vocabulary, comprehension and literacy skills for young readers of all abilities. Especially effective with emerging, reluctant and ESL readers, recorded book programming is simple to incorporate into the classroom curriculum, and easy on the pocketbook too.

This is a great webcast offered by School Libary Journal. There were some great ideas batted about and wonderful support for the use of audiobooks as a means to increase reading levels, reading for pleasure, and ultimately reading test scores.

]]> http://yabookfun.com/?feed=rss2&p=537 0 Research Pre-Assessment Quiz http://yabookfun.com/?p=529 http://yabookfun.com/?p=529#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:25:16 +0000 Shanna http://yabookfun.com/?p=529 Please answer all the questions to the best of your ability.

You need to find the latitude of New Orleans, Louisiana. What resource should you use?





You need to write a research paper on a natural disaster. You tell your teacher that your topic is "Earthquakes in California". He says that your topic is too narrow. You change your topic to "Natural Disasters in California". What is your teacher likely to say to you?



Dictionaries can help you pronounce words as well as provide their meanings.



When you're writing a research paper, which of these should you do first?





What does the "F" stand for in the Call number for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland? Alice in Wonderland F CAR







]]> http://yabookfun.com/?feed=rss2&p=529 0 The 39 Clues Further Reading List http://yabookfun.com/?p=487 http://yabookfun.com/?p=487#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:53:45 +0000 Shanna http://yabookfun.com/?p=487 Hello Class!

If you enjoyed the Book Talk on Rick Riordan’s The Maze of Bones, you might want to read other Action and Adventure titles.

Book One: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan

Description:Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.

Call Number: F RIO

Book Two: One False Note by Gordon Korman

Call Number : F KOR

Book Three: The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis

Call Number: F LER


The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Book One: The Lightning Thief

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood …

Call Number: F RIO

The Land of Elyon Books by Patrick Corman

Book One: The Dark Hills Divide

Twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish when she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell…

Call Number: F COR

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trent Lee Stewart

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

Call Number: F STE

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