Welcome to the second ONLINE TEEN SUMMER READING CLUB
Express Yourself @ YOUR LIBRARY------JUNE 1 - AUG. 1, 2009
REGISTRATION: JUNE 1-JUNE 13
For the second time area youth will be invited to participate in an online format of a Summer Reading Club. Once you have registered at the Carnegie Public Library in Washington, IN you will receive an e-mail message inviting you to participate in this summer reading wiki. Participants must have finished 6th grade or any above that.
WEEKLY PRIZES
Bring your Reading Record Bookmark to the Youth Department every other week to claim a prize. Prizes vary weekly from a can of pop to pizza coupons to shaved ice.
You must use socially appropriate manners. Foul/explicit language will not be accepted. You will be removed from the summer reading club and denied access to this site.
If at anytime you use abbreviations please create a key code for them on the ABBREVIATIONS PAGE.
Create a profile
You must complete for fun/non-personal fictional profile by selecting the link given below.
Member profile
Online book discussion
- Submit a weekly book summary/comments to receive an entry to the grand prize drawing held on July 30.
- Click on the week below and POST YOUR COMMENTS IN INTO THE COMMENT SECTION AT the BOTTOM OF the page. This way everyone's comments will show and my directions at the top of the weekly page will not change. TAKE A LOOK AT WEEK 2 TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.
| Week 1 |
Book Discussion 6/8/-6/14 |
| Week 2 |
Book Discussion 6/15-6/21 |
| Week 3 |
Book Discussion 6/22-6/28 |
| Week 4 |
Book Discussion 6/29-7/5 |
| Week 5 |
Book Discussion 7/6-7/12 |
| Week 6 |
Book Discussion 7/13-7/19 |
| Week 7 |
Book Discussion 7/20-7/26 |
** Remember to work on your BOOK TRAILERS!! You may use the youth laptops and can now save your project to that computer. Just remember the next time you come in to work on the project to ask for the same color of laptop you used last. BOOK TRAILERS will be shared on July 30. Your BOOK TRAILER might even be posted on the library's website!
Here are some examples from Scholastic.com.
Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata
(Grade 4-7)
Cracker is a German shepherd trained to work as an army dog sniffing out bombs and the enemy. Together, he and his handler, Rick Hanski, become the best team in Vietnam.
Book trailer for Cracker
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
(Grade 4-7)
Will loves to dig. So when his father suddenly disappears down one of the tunnels he's dug, Will knows he's got to go after him. But he has no idea how many surprises wait for him underground. Book trailer for Tunnels
Swindle by Gordon Korman
(Grade 4-7)
Griffin Bing was the Man with the Plan. No matter how complex, no matter how dangerous, no matter how risky, Griffin could do it. Stealing a baseball card was no problem.
Book trailer for Swindle
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
(Grade 4-7)
Diana and her little brother Georgie have been bound for many years to the old Willis place by a secret they cannot reveal.
Book trailer for The Old Willis Place
Here is the trailer I created for Cashay, by Margaret McMullan.
Do you have any suggestions? I'm not completely satisfied with it yet - I think it needs more video clips, but don't know what they would be. ~ Mrs. Carpenter
Looking for some good reads? You could check out the weekly posts above to see what others are reading or take a look at my list of favorite books.
A list of all titles that were used in past Battle of the Books programs. I also have many favorite books on this list.
Click here to take a look at the list. Battle_of_the_books_title_list_since_2001.xlsx
Activities in the Library
Attend an activity in the library and receive an entry to the grand prize drawing
Sign-ups are needed. You may e-mail me at lorio@washingtonpubiclibrary.org or stop by the library to sign-up.
Library's webpage
Check out the library's webpage at www.washingtonpubliclibrary.org
Have you tried out Destiny yet?
Destiny is the library's new library operating system. Take a look at the "Online Catalog" link on the left hand side of the library's webpage. You can see if the library has the book you want to read, the subject you are researching, or the series/author you are keeping up with.
Help create a list of books according to the genre of the books.
Add book titles that you think the library should purchase for it's collection. You should check the library's card catalog to make sure the library does not already have it. Remember, you may do so online at the library's webpage.
Help create a page listing websites of favorite authors.
Take a look at the business that support the summer reading club
Wiki created by Lori Osmon, Youth Librarian
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