WHHS Library
November 2015 Monthly Report
WHHS Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Wade Hampton High School Library is to ensure that students and staff develop critical thinking skills, are effective and ethical users of resources, ideas, and information, and are enthusiastic readers and lifelong learners.
November in the WHHS Library
November was a busy month in the library! The library was occupied 46 out of 72 available periods.
- Students in Mrs. Johnson's, Mrs. Mitchell's, Mr. Stockwell's, and Mrs. Hennicken's classes continued to work on their research for their "If Walls Could Talk" project.
- Mrs. Ricker's and Mrs. Stewart's students learned how to locate reliable sources of information about artists and their works.
- Mr. Stockwell's and Mr. Lemere's students learned how to use Scholar to create citations and notecards for their research projects on "Hot Topics".
- Mrs. Atkins's students began research on the Harlem Renaissance.
- Mrs. Brooks's and Mrs. Alewine's students read books that appear on lists of frequently challenged books and researched the literary value of those works and why they are challenged.
- Many, many classes visited the library to learn about OverDrive and the wonderful selection of free ebooks and audiobooks that are available to them.
- Ms. Wright and Mrs. Smith combined their math classes and used the library as their classroom in order to co-teach a lesson on drawing triangles.
Readers' Advisory
Do you ever need help choosing a library book? There are tools available to help you with finding books such as:
- Novelist - Novelist is a DISCUS database that contains all sorts of great information to help you find your next favorite book. Remember that you will need the DISCUS username and password to access it from home. Contact Mrs. Fansher for that information.
- What Should I Read Next? - Enter a book you like and the database will find suggestions for similar books.
- Your Next Read - This site creates amazing maps based on books you've read and books you may like.
- Finally, ask Mrs. Fansher! She reads tons of books and can help you find something you will love. Look out for her recommendation post it notes throughout the fiction section.
New Additions
We added 278 titles to the collection in November. See the full list here.
The Amazing Book is Not on Fire by Dan Howell and Phil Lester
"From YouTube sensations Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) comes a laugh-out-loud look into the world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the Internet. More than 8 million YouTube subscribers can't wait for this book! Since uploading their first ever videos as teenagers, Dan and Phil have become two of the world's biggest YouTube stars. Now they invite you on a behind-the-scenes journey, filled with absolutely essential advice, tons of humor, lots of awkwardness, and TMI honesty that they will probably regret. Here's just a small sample of the fun surprises readers can look forward to: * The inside story of that time they met One Direction. * Excerpts from Phil's teenage diary. * Reasons why Dan's a fail (so far). * How to draw the perfect cat whiskers. * Reasons why Phil was such a weird kid (back then). * Quizzes! Which of their dining room chairs represents you emotionally? * What really happened in Vegas. . . .
In The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire , Dan and Phil are candid, heartfelt, and hilarious. Their struggles and success haven't changed their strong friendship or their core belief that it's okay to be weird. The cat whiskers come from within! This full-color book is bursting with unseen photographs and drawings, making it an ideal gift for that hard-to-shop-for teen."
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
"In this delicious and devastating first novel, which The Guardian named one of its ten best contemporary African books, Caine Prize finalist Tendai Huchu ( The Maestro, the Magistrate, and the Mathematician ) portrays the heart of contemporary Zimbabwean society with humor and grace. Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo's salon, and she is secure in her status until the handsome, smooth-talking Dumisani shows up one day for work. Despite her resistance, the two become friends, and eventually, Vimbai becomes Dumisani's landlady. He is as charming as he is deft with the scissors, and Vimbai finds that he means more and more to her. Yet, by novel's end, the pair's deepening friendship--used or embraced by Dumisani and Vimbai with different futures in mind--collapses in unexpected brutality. The novel is an acute portrayal of a rapidly changing Zimbabwe. In addition to Vimbai and Dumisani's personal development, the book shows us how social concerns shape the lives of everyday people."
Coaltown Jesus by Ron Koertge
"When Jesus shows up in Walker's life, healing triumphs over heartbreak in Koertge's finest and funniest novel yet. Walker shouldn't have been so surprised to find Jesus standing in the middle of his bedroom. After all, he'd prayed for whoever was up there to help him, and to help his mom, who hadn't stopped crying since Noah died two months ago. But since when have prayers actually been answered? And since when has Jesus been so . . . irreverent? But as astounding as Jesus' sudden appearance is, it's going to take more than divine intervention for Walker to come to terms with his brother's sudden death. Why would God take seventeen-year-old Noah when half of the residents in his mom's nursing home were waiting to die? And why would he send Jesus to Coaltown, Illinois, to pick up the pieces? In a spare and often humorous text, renowned poet Ron Koertge tackles some of life's biggest questions -- and humanizes the divine savior in a way that highlights the divinity in all of us."
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