Literature

Hello Sierra eagles;
          Reading is AWESOME! Use the sidebar menus for great reading links. We're especially excited about the Sierra virtual library of eBooks. Click the link:
          https://wbb08782.follettshelf.com
          Login example: dstan000000
          PW: read   
          Here is a SchoolTube video, "Sierra eBooks," created by Mr. Allbeck to publicize eBooks. Thanks to the students! You can also login to the eBook Follett Shelf from the Sierra MS Web page, then find "eBooks" in the "Quick Links."  
          Let's see what you know about finding great books in your Sierra Eagle Library by taking the following library quiz:
Click HERE to take this quiz


 Click on the author word cloud below to view or create a Wordle. Click: "Read to Succeed!" for literature links.

Click here to view


Dewey: Books are located and put back on shelves using a system called the Dewey Decimal System. Here's a fun way to begin to learn about it:


Thinking Map exercise for the Dewey Decimal System


"Order in the Library" Dewey Decimal game   

Click here to play this Dewey game  


Personal bibliography: This year, we would like everyone to keep track of what you've read in the past and what you read this year through an online Web site called Shelfari. Click on Shelfari to create your book list.
                                                        
 

Links: If you say, "I hate to read!" Then you just haven't found the right book. Here are some other great literature links to connect you with reading:
Banned Books, animoto by Joan McCall, TL Redlands USD   
Books for ages 9-12 
Book Trailers - Movies for Literature (for early teens)
Children's Literature Web Guide     
Digital Book Talk   
Easy Ways to Make Reading Fun for Middle Schoolers
Guys Read    
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: explore all aspects of this great read!    
Internet Public Library (ipl2) Reading Zone--For Kids   
Letters About Literature where kids write about books    
MythWeb    
Newbery Award Winners 
Online Children's Stories (many links)      
PIC-LITS: picture writing
Poetry links    
Selected Short Stories       
SlimeKids Book Trailers  (**See videos by kids, for kids!)   
StoryBird: Collaborative Storytelling
Suggested 7th and 8th grade Books, by Ms. Cole    
Teenreads
TeenTribune   
TweenTribune: Check out "What's happening!"      
TTEspanol     
YALSA: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers   


Book Reports: Let's get creative with imaginative ways to do book reports. Click to view this glogster:

 


Book Trailers: New ways to get interested in books! Click here to view lots more book trailers. Then view this PowerPoint by Joy Millam to learn how to make a book trailer.



     Animoto book trailers from Megan Fuller at Aptos Junior High.


Book writing: Here is a Storybird example, Big Fat Cat


Big Fat Cat on Storybird

3-D books: Create stories with Zooburst



Authors: They create virtual visits.
Jean Ferris says, "Thanks for stopping by!"
















Library events by month:
September
     Banned Books week:

          Books Banned at One Time or Another in the United States
          Banned Books Week: By the numbers 
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June