Monday, 9 May 2016

20 book - 16 weeks - how many are you going to read?

That's the catch phrase I came up with for this year's Grade 10 reading progammme, the annual Young Critics' Awards (YCA). We select 20 fairly new books, along with one or two classics, from a range of genres, and the girls challenge themselves as to how many they can read in 16 weeks. They have to read at least eight, and there are always several who manage all 20. Every two weeks, we hold book discussions in groups with the students, and they have to complete book reviews and book talks as they make their way through the list.

Have a look at the presentation I put together to get the students excited about the programme. I tried to convert the Prezi to a video...and failed. So if you want the full affect of  the presentation, follow these instructions:
  • Click on Start Prezi in the centre of the screen.
  • Once this loads up, you need to click on the the wrench tool at the bottom left corner and then from the list that appears, click on 4 sec. 
  • Hope it works! Otherwise, use the arrows to click through...



Below is our selection of 20 books - what do you think?
Please comment below or send a mail to philippacameron@gmail.com - I'd love to hear from you!


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  1. Anonymous18 May 2016 at 07:51

    Hi Philippa,
    Your prezi is great and very catchy & visual, well done for starting such an awesome book challenge.
    How is it going?
    How did you choose the books you put up for them to read?
    I would love to do a similar challenge beginning after the exams and going through the holidays... only about 7 weeks so I'd give them a shorter list.

    Thanks for sharing and keep on doing such great stuff and sharing it - it is inspiring and motivating. Passionate and innovative local librarians that "show and tell" are a rare breed.

    Regards
    Irene Reid

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    1. LitterPicking24 May 2016 at 02:45

      Glad the Prezi worked for you!! We have a general guideline in terms of genre - we try to mix it up: multicultural, historical, crime, magical realism, issues, etc, and throw in a classic or modern classic. I start reading (a lot!) a year before (we like the books to be as new as possible) and select around three-quarters of the books a term before, and then try and find a few of the very latest just before we begin. We know that not all the books will be loved - that's part of the point of it! - but it's always interesting to see which ones are the favourites - sometimes it's not what we think...

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