tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492584328773116472024-03-13T23:26:50.236-07:00taftreadslearningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-60819440768746052552017-01-09T14:40:00.003-08:002017-01-09T14:40:40.329-08:00Happy New Year! Do you have a "Reading Resolution?"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ask someone.</b> Many of take the year end to think about what we accomplished or better yet what we might like to set for a goal, resolution, for the new year! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That might even include reading, your window to the world---</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The month of January, the</span> <i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia">American Library Association</a></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, will be recognizing many new titles with awards for excellence in books & media. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Your Taft Library Research Center will be open every day during finals week! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Friday, December 16 is a minimum school day! Stop in to "check-out" some great reads for your holiday break! Remember you can also download e-books using the <a href="http://ebsco.com/">EBSCO e-book collection</a> for Taft CHS. Stop in for the username and password and get reading--</span></span></div>
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learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-53478549986519813572016-12-04T09:25:00.004-08:002016-12-04T09:25:44.131-08:00Teen Tuesdays @ Woodland Hills Branch Library<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Tuesday at 4:00pm for teens ages 11-18 the <a href="http://www.lapl.org/branches/woodland-hills">Woodland Hills Branch Library</a>, 22200 Ventura Blvd., offers opportunities for teens! Meet your YA Librarian, Ms. Megan Young!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>December 6</b> <span style="color: red;"><i>Teen Council Meeting</i></span><i> Join the teen council and earn volunteer hours as well as making a difference at both your library and the community of Woodland Hills</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>December 13 </b><i><span style="color: red;">Gingerbread House Design Challenge <span style="color: black;">Get in the holiday spirit by creating a fun gingerbread house made of graham crackers. You can bring your creation home or enter it in the design contest</span></span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>December 20 </b><span style="color: red;"><i>Electronic Greeting Cards</i></span><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span>Light up someone's holiday with a special handmade greeting card. These cards use circuits and lights to create a fun and memorable gift.</i></span></li>
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Plans are underway for Teen Read Week here at Taft CHS. Learn more at your Taft Library Research Center.<br />
1. Vote for your Top Ten!<br />
2. Signup for the Taft CHS Library Advisory Committee: Meet monthly and plan programs, author visits and more!<br />
3. Design a bookmark contest for bragging rights and prizes!<br />
4. READ for the fun of it! Photo Booth! We HAVE the props!!<br />
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learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-78880156029589743752016-09-29T08:48:00.002-07:002016-09-29T08:48:37.559-07:00Banned Websites Awareness Day September 28<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Each year, Teacher Librarians and other educators promote an awareness of how overly restrictive filtering affects student learning. Blocking of educational, legitimate websites as well as educational social media tools in schools and libraries limits student learning.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict access based on the objections of a group or individual. A ban is the removal of those materials! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from curriculum or library, thereby <i>restricting</i> access by others!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During Banned Book Week, thousands of libraries and bookstores focus on the harms of censorship and celebrate the right to choose reading materials without restriction---<i>your freedom to read!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Don't miss it!</b> It's the first, maybe annual Taft CHS Makerspace engineering "Build-a-Bridge" event at lunch in the library. Bring it---</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Activity Focus: This activity will focus on how bridges are engineered to withstand weight. Students will work in teams of two-four to design and build their own bridge out of Popsicle sticks and glue. Each team will test their bridge using weights (a toy car), evaluate their results and present their findings to the whole audience. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Discuss the problem you may need to be solve</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You determine how many Popsicle sticks you will use---and the steps you will take to create the bridge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What type of design is the strongest? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An attitude to win by creating a bridge the required length made with the <i>fewest number of Popsicle sticks</i> possible!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(ALL of the supplies will be here)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Test your bridge---The bridge needs to withstand the weight of a toy car (supplied)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">School Library Month is celebrated annually in April to recognize the essential role of school library programs in transforming learning. This year's theme is <i>School Libraries Transform Learning. <span style="color: red;">A School Library </span></i><span style="color: red;">is the heart of the school.</span> Libraries open doors for learners...to dream, to explore, to learn. School libraries transform learning because Googling an answer isn't enough---</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>Students need to learn how to locate, access and evaluate information as they develop essential information and digital literacy, research skills that are necessary for both college and career readiness---lifelong skills. </i></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be a part of our new <i>Makerspace</i>: Sign-up your team for the engineering <i>Build-a-Bridge contest</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Learn how to create <i>book trailers</i> with an app like <a href="http://www.voicethread.com/">VoiceThread</a> of your favorites to add to our book blog or around the library with a QR code</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find book spines to create lines of poetry (check out Pinterest for inspiration search <i>"Book Spine Poetry"</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the <b>Taft CHS Booster Club</b> for funding the new SAT, AP Test prep materials that are being added to the collection! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out how to access the <i>EBSCO High School Collection trial of e-books</i>!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit your Taft CHS Library all week and learn ways you can create, tinker and innovate! Events are scheduled throughout the week are will occur during lunchtime each day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Monday</b>: Do you have a GAFE (<i>Google Apps in Education</i>) account? Learn more and set-up your portal to collaborate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tuesday</b>: Let's create a <i>Makerspace</i> here at Taft CHS! Your input is wanted to design a place for creating, tinkering, and innovation-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday</b>: Make your own iPhone speaker, FREE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thursday</b>: How to make origami bookmarks, FREE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A community advocate and also a vocal advocate for the power of the written word. He is the second Poet Laureate of the city of Los Angeles following Eloise Klein Healy. He is also the founder and editor of <i>Tia Chucha Press</i>, which has a bookstore and cultural center in Sylmar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Taft community is invited on Wednesday, February 24 at nutrition for an informal "meet and greet." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rodriguez describes "poetry as deep-soul talk, a powerful means to enlarge one's presence in the world." Learn more at his website, <a href="http://luisjrodriguez.com/">http://luisjrodriguez.com</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <b>Rotary Club of Filipinotown</b> and <b>Reiyukai America</b> is pleased to invite teens and youth living in Los Angeles County to participate in the 2016 Letter to My Parents Contest (TM) in Los Angeles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To participate, a contestant must write a letter to his/her parent(s) or legal guardian and submit it to the organizing committee by the due date of Friday, <b>January 22, 2016</b>. The letters that qualify for the final stage will be read by the original writers in front of the judges who will select three winners based on pre-selected categories: <b><i>Proposal, Reflection, and Bravery</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Participants must be between the ages of 15 to 20 </i>residing in the County of Los Angeles. Participants 17 years of age or younger must have permission to participate in the contest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Writing a Letter: The submitted letter must be written under a positive intention of maintaining a healthy relationship or to improve the current family situation. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.1 Guiding Questions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The participant may use one or more of the suggested guiding questions to write the letter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-How have my parent's experiences and influence affect or shape the person I am today?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-What my parent(s) or guardian(s) means to me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-What are my thoughts about how we are a family?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-What would I like to do for my parent(s) or guardian(s)?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-How can I improve relationships in my family?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Entries may be submitted <a href="http://losangeleslmp.com/entry.html">online</a> or your submission can be emailed. More information and forms are available at their website, <a href="http://losangeleslmp.com/index.html">http://losangeleslmp.com/index.html </a></span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-12824837528078219602015-12-10T17:25:00.002-08:002015-12-10T17:25:24.508-08:00Library Advisory Committee forming - Thurs. January 21<span style="font-size: large;">Would you like to help plan for a future 21st century library?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Do you have a vision? Would you like to help?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GREAT! BRING your ideas for technology, seating, services, materials--whatever! Dream BIG!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When: Thursday, January 21, 2016 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Time: Lunch</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-41912074616437812612015-12-10T17:15:00.004-08:002015-12-10T17:15:39.597-08:00LA Clippers Read to Achieve Program-Creative Writing Challenge<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you a creative writer? Enter the L.A. Clippers Creative Writing Challenge. Your creation can be short story, poem or personal essay that incorporates the theme:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Why is education important to you? </i>OR</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What goals have you set for yourself for the future?</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> OR</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What has been your proudest moment as a high school student?</span></i></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit the Taft CHS Library Research Center to learn more and pick up the entry forms for your parent (s) to sign. All submissions will be mailed by your Teacher Librarian on Friday, January 22, 2016.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Five high school students will be selected as the L.a. Clippers Challenge winners! Not only do winners receive a personalized Clippers jersey but students and a guest will be invited to attend a special awards night celebrating reading and education. </span></i><br />
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learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-14124379994916440062015-09-25T15:33:00.001-07:002015-09-25T15:33:18.385-07:00Banned Book Week: September 27-October 3, 2015<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>Banned Books Week is an annual event
celebrating the freedom to read. Held typically during the last week in September, it highlights the value of free and open access to
information---<i>your freedom to read. </i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>The Freedom to Read is essential to our democracy. Every year it is constantly under attack. Both public authorities and private groups all over our country are working to limit or restrict or censor content, especially in schools or libraries. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span><i>Reading is among our greatest freedom! </i>Your rights are rooted firmly in the U.S. Constitution in the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>Don't take your freedom for granted! Learn more this week at your Taft CHS Library Research Center. </span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>Did you know that "Young Adult books are challenged more frequently than <u>any </u>other type of book? " -ALA quote</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>JOIN in a celebration this <u>Friday, October 2 </u>by reading your favorite Banned or challenged book<u>!</u></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>How many of the "2014 Top Ten Challenged Titles" have you read?</span></span></span></li>
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learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-35265988443610064062015-05-06T19:45:00.002-07:002015-05-06T19:45:35.385-07:00YA Author Michael Buckley visits Monday 5/11<h4>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The breathtaking action and cliff-hanger conclusion will leave teens desperate for more." --School Library Journal, starred review </span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's true! New York Times Best-Selling author <b>Michael Buckley</b> will be at Taft CHS next Monday to share the release of his newest title, <i>Undertow</i>, the first in his new trilogy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can visit <a href="http://www.undertowtrilogy.com/">www.undertowtrilogy.com</a></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or the Undertow Trilogy page on Facebook. Watch the trailer, read a free excerpt and more! Visit the Taft CHS Library Research Center on Monday, meet Mr. Buckley, purchase his book and have it signed too!</span><br />
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<br />learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-876435274807580942015-03-03T14:58:00.000-08:002015-03-03T14:58:05.140-08:00Yallwest Young Adult Book Festival April 11-12<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you going? Santa Monica's first Young Adult book festival-<b>Yallwest</b>! Two days of ALL of your favorite authors---April 11 & 12, 2015. Learn more at their website, <a href="http://www.yallwest.com/">http://www.yallwest.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The festival of authors includes 37 New York Times bestsellers plus 36 local authors and artists and more! So, mark your calendar, <b>April 11 & 12, 2015</b> for Yallwest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's free, but you can also register for $5 panels, keynotes, and closing session to guarantee your spot. If you decide to purchase a ticket, you can donate the $5 voucher to the Santa Monica Public Library or get a voucher for the food trucks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-76074106455780501922014-12-18T19:22:00.000-08:002014-12-18T19:22:23.915-08:00eBooks to Enjoy over the Holidays!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two vendors are sharing access to e-books for you with unlimited and simultaneous usage! Here are the links for two publishers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gale virtual Reference Library</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlimited. Simultaneous. No Checkout. eReference.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wood19871?db=GVRL">http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wood19871?db=GVRL</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Password: taft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some examples are the <i>Arts and Humanities through the Ages-5v.; Encyclopedia of the Great Depression-2v.;, Human Geography: People and the Environment-2v.; Mental Health Information for Teens (2014 edition); Schirmer encyclopedia of Film-4v. and many more titles!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">EBSCO High School Collection</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlimited. Simultaneous. No Checkout. eReference.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://trial.ebscohost.com/">http://trial.ebscohost.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">User ID: whtaft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Password: trial</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This package has over 7,000 eBooks that support all academic subject areas from history to language & literature to science & technology!</span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-13726381296951206432014-11-07T13:53:00.001-08:002014-11-07T13:59:54.806-08:00Checkout these Book Trailers!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students have read and reviewed each of these titles prior to creating a digital <a href="http://voicethread.com/">VoiceThread</a> book trailer. Visit your Taft CHS Library Research Center and check out your new GREAT read!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aaron, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6170333">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</a> by J.K. Rowling</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blake, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/617341">The Perks of Being a Wallflower</a> by Stephen Chbosky</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elizabeth, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6170419">Looking for Alaska </a>by John Green</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fatima, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6195632">Haunted</a> by Meg Cabot</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Janell, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6195645">Bad Kitty</a> by Michele Jaffe</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Betty, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6195660">A Child is Born</a> by Lars Hamberger, M.D. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michael, <a href="http://voicethread.com/new/share/6196759">Ghost Canoe</a> by Will Hobbs</span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-84478544978379073142014-11-07T13:28:00.000-08:002014-11-07T13:40:03.572-08:00Off-Campus Library Privileges for Advanced Placement-AP students<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each year, local universities offer conditional agreements to offer library privileges to Advanced Placement students who have "exhausted the print and technology learning resources of both their high school and local public library." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit your Taft CHS Library Research Center to pickup the form for either , CSU Northridge, UCLA or USC. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The completed form is due on Wednesday, November 13, 2014. I will submit the required roster of students who would like library privileges. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit the chosen library online prior to your first visit. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will be required to present your signed Parent/guardian <i>Request for Library Borrowing Privileges</i> form as well as your current Taft CHS picture ID at the university library circulation desk. </span></li>
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learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-22244219016580578672014-11-07T12:01:00.001-08:002014-11-07T12:01:12.807-08:00Teen READ Week Events Continue<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taft Charter High School is celebrating Teen Read Week, October 12-18, 2014 with special events and programs that are continuing through mid-November encouraging teens to <i>read for the fun of it</i>! Thousand of libraries, schools and bookstores across the country hold similar events centered on this year's theme: <b>Turn Dreams into Reality @ your library.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Sign up to be part of the <b>Teen Advisory Board</b>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Enter the <b>Geek Your Library Video PSA Contest</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Entry forms are available in the library for students to create a PSA (public service announcement to promote some aspect of the Taft Library research Center and Reading! Your entry will be judged on <i>creativity, message </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> clarity & relevance, motivation & impact, overall impact</i>. Entries are due </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Friday, November 14, 214 at 5:00pm</b> to krs4295@lausd.net</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Did you vote for your favorite magazines to add to the Taft CHS Library </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> collection? Don't wait!</span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-60098753564215256702014-11-07T11:46:00.002-08:002014-11-07T11:46:27.502-08:00Taft Library Teen Advisory Board<h2>
What is the Teen Advisory Board?</h2>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your Taft CHS Library Research Center is currently accepting applications for a Teen Advisory Board. Are you interested in planning library events and programs, or maybe suggesting titles for readers of graphic novels or information text or other fiction? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then stop in and pickup an application today! Or click on the Taft CHS Library homepage and click on the link to a Google doc and submit your name that way!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plan is to meet monthly and discover more about what Taft CHS student want for recreational reading, events and more to make them both college and career ready. I'm looking forward to your ideas and working together! (snacks will probably be provided too-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-82995052543867776132014-09-11T14:17:00.001-07:002014-09-11T14:17:27.360-07:00Banned Book Week: Challenging Our Freedom to Read<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Banned Book Week</i> is an annual event celebrating the </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Freedom</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <b>to Read</b></span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are the harms of censorship? The last week of September, the entire book comm<span style="font-size: small;">unity, highlights the value of "free and open access" to information The books featured in your Taft Library Research Center have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. Thanks </span>to the annual efforts</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of many in the community-who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read-the majority of titles are still available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want more information? Visit the Taft CHS Library or access the <a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek">American Library Association</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and read the <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/intfreedom/librarybill/lbor.pdf"><i>Library Bill of Rights</i></a>.</span><br />
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<br />learningtrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089961814522266190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749258432877311647.post-25853797262962623512014-03-06T21:40:00.005-08:002014-03-06T21:40:52.818-08:00YA Author Julie Berry Visits Taft CHS<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ms. Julie Berry, author of <i>"All the Truth That's in Me"</i> will be at Taft CHS tomorrow Friday, March 7! Join us in the library at nutrition for an informal "Meet & Greet." Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author. <i>The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</i> described it as "Heart-wrenching. Heart-pounding." You won't be able to put it down.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"All the Truth That's in Me" </i>has been recognized as:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>YALSA</i> Best Fiction for Young Adult's Top Ten Title</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nominated for the <i>Edgar Award for YA Mystery</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Longlisted for the UK's <i>Carnegie Medal</i></span></li>
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