Morris Hills Library News
Speed date? With a book? Ms. Pepperman's 9th grade honors class did a version of this in the library. Each student read a book independently and instead of writing a book review, or working on a presentation about the book, students had 1 1/2 minutes to convince someone to read their book! Students sat across from each other and presented and the other students took brief notes. Then DING! SWITCH! The students rotated throughout the room learning about each book.
The activity gave students a chance to organize their thoughts, speak one-on-one with someone that they may have not sat down with, "sell" their book to other students, and to do so all within a specified time limit. The students enjoyed the activity although the speaker needed some water breaks and the listener had some writing cramps. This was a great alternative to a "normal" book review. Bravo Ms. Pepp!
Join us!
On December 22nd we are hosting Cookies & 
in the library. Come get some tips on all the different resources we have to offer. If you would like to bring a treat to share with the staff, feel free to do so, but you do not have to bring anything in to join us.
So remember to stop by for coffee and a treat!
NoodleTools
You may or may not be familar with Noodletools, but it is an excellent platform for creating citations as well as other parts of the research process. If you didn't know already, NoodleTools joined forces with Google Apps for Education and can be accessed from your apps launcher.
You can also access it directly from our webpage or click the link above.
Need some help? Here is a link to a great guide:
Still need help? COME ASK ME!
Remember we have Chromebooks for in-library use!
