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Sneaky Literacy: Teen Restaurant Wars Program
Original Photo: Thomas Hawk This is basically the sneakiest writing, research, and presentation skills program I’ve ever suggested. It’s based on the Restaurant Wars challenge on Top Chef, without...
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Sneaky Literacy: “Best Of” Lists Program Brainstorm
Original photo credit: Shorts and Longs If you read my post on Restaurant Wars you know I love programs that sneak writing, reading, research, and critical thinking in the back door. Another program...
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Sneaky Literacy: The Great Debate
Teens love to argue. Just suggest they might have broken a rule and watch them go. Why not harness that for good and get them thinking at the same time by hosting a great debate? Pick a book related...
View ArticleJump Start Your Book Club: A Change Will Do You Good
Welcome to a new occasional feature: Jump Start Your Book Club. Over the next couple months I’ll be sharing ideas for making book club an engaging and meaningful experience for youth. This month I want...
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Ice Breakers for Teen Program Success
Teens love to express their opinions, but most of us have had a TAB, book group, or other program where teens are just not talking. Like everyone else most teens are more willing to express themselves...
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Go Big or Go Home Part 2: More Giant Fun
Go Big or Go Home is easily the most popular post I’ve ever done, and I’m happy to say that I was able to round up a couple more ideas for giant activities for special library events. I’ve even found...
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Follow Me: Book Club Ideas on TSU Today
I have a post over at Teen Services Underground today called 10 Ideas to Get Your Book Club Talking About Books so go check it out!
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5 Library Ideas from Buzzfeed’s YA Quotes List
The Buzzfeed 46 of the Most Beautiful Sentences in YA Literature got me thinking. It’s an okay list, the usual non-YA suspects and a extremely creative definition of “sentence” aside. The good thing...
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