Responding to your classmates with nominations - 2 views

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  #1 Kirstin Bratt on 20 Jan 08

   

  First, read your classmates' calls for nominations. Pay close attention to the requirements of each award. Then, head for a children's library or a book store with a good collection of children's books. As you read these books, think like a teacher: keep a reader's notebook for the children you serve, noting titles of books and taking brief notes about each book so that you can recommend good books to the school librarian, principal, and the parents and children you work for. There is no exact number of books required here, although you should probably think about reading a dozen books or so for each nomination so that you are closer to nominating the best possible book.
  
  Next, select your nominations for each of your classmates' awards. These should be books that you look forward to sharing with children because of their literary quality, their thoughtful approach to the world of children, and their ability to evoke a response in the reader.
  
  The Altoona Area Public Library and the Penn State Altoona library are willing to hold books for us so that they cannot be checked out during the nomination process. If they do not own the books, they may be willing to order them, especially with your professor's recommendation.
  
  Post your nominations in Diigo by marking the websites of each book through its publisher. You may also mark a bookseller's site.
  
  Using Diigo bookmarking functions, highlight important features of each nominee to share in the nominations group. Create sticky notes for the books that include full annotations: 1) bibliographic entry, 2) brief (2-3 sentence) summary of form and content, 3) analysis of at least three rhetorical devices (strengths and weaknesses), and 4) professional evaluation of how teachers and students might approach the book.
  
  Finally, make the book available to the award's creator. If your book is selected, you will accept the award on behalf of the author at the award ceremony.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">First, read your classmates' calls for nominations. Pay close attention to the requirements of each award. Then, head for a children's library or a book store with a good collection of children's books. As you read these books, think like a teacher: keep a reader's notebook for the children you serve, noting titles of books and taking brief notes about each book so that you can recommend good books to the school librarian, principal, and the parents and children you work for. There is no exact number of books required here, although you should probably think about reading a dozen books or so for each nomination so that you are closer to nominating the best possible book. <br /> <br /> Next, select your nominations for each of your classmates' awards. These should be books that you look forward to sharing with children because of their literary quality, their thoughtful approach to the world of children, and their ability to evoke a response in the reader. <br /> <br /> The Altoona Area Public Library and the Penn State Altoona library are willing to hold books for us so that they cannot be checked out during the nomination process. If they do not own the books, they may be willing to order them, especially with your professor's recommendation. <br /> <br /> Post your nominations in Diigo by marking the websites of each book through its publisher. You may also mark a bookseller's site. <br /> <br /> Using Diigo bookmarking functions, highlight important features of each nominee to share in the nominations group. Create sticky notes for the books that include full annotations: 1) bibliographic entry, 2) brief (2-3 sentence) summary of form and content, 3) analysis of at least three rhetorical devices (strengths and weaknesses), and 4) professional evaluation of how teachers and students might approach the book. <br /> <br /> Finally, make the book available to the award's creator. If your book is selected, you will accept the award on behalf of the author at the award ceremony.</div>

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