Book+Talk+Information

**Prepared by Emma Braaten and Kerri Brown Parker**
 * Beyond the Core 2011-2012 Book Talk Information -**

= **__February__** = ** Annotated YA Book List - **

//Between Sisters// - Adwoa Badoe
Explore //Global Issues in Context// by browsing **Regions** around the world. This resource includes overview articles, global viewpoint articles, reference articles, statistics, newspaper and magazine artices, academic journals, and multimedia resources.

// Stolen //// - // Lucy Christopher
**__Paper Slide Videos__** - A former WCPSS employee, Lodge McCammon created paper slide videos! Check out his wiki for more information how students can create their own PSVs: http://paperslide.wikispaces.com/Guidelines

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**//Enemy// - Charlie Higson**
media type="custom" key="12713828" **__Infographics__ -** "visual representations of information, data or knowledge" - For more information, help getting started, and good examples, check out Kathy Schrock's website at  [] View the Zombie Infographic from www.DailyInfographic.com - []

**//Last Summer of the Death Warrior// - Francisco Stork**


= **__January__** = ** Annotated YA Book List - **

= __**December**__ =

**//The Vanishing of Katherina Linden -// Helen Grant**
**//Lewis Carroll Jabberwocky// - Illustrations by Stephane Jorisch** Listen to the audio recording of this poem at @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky //**Paranormal: Caught on Film**// and **//Ghosts: Caught on Film// - Dr. Melvyn Willin**

**__ShowBeyond__ (www.showbeyond.com)**--create photo essays with pictures, titles, narration, and music media type="custom" key="11801094"
 * //I Am The Messenger// - Marcus Zusak **

**//The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam// - Ann Marie Fleming** **__If It Were My Home__ (www.ifitweremyhome.com)** - quickly compare country statistics

**//Red Glass// - Laura Resau**
**__Answer Garden__ (www.answergarden.ch)** What is Family? - [] What would you be willing to do for your family? - [] What would be willing to do for a stranger? **- []**

**//The Poured Fire On Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan// - Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak, and Judy Bernstein**
**__Animoto__ (www.animoto.com/education)** - quickly create stunning movies with pictures, text, and movies; when teachers sign up for an account, they can receive a promo code to share with students in order to make full-length videos media type="custom" key="11801740"

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**Storybird Example by ebliterate for //Sarah's Key//** media type="custom" key="11110756"

Link to TripLine exploring Che's motorcycle travels through South America for **//Che: A Graphic Biography//** by Spain Rodriguez @http://www.tripline.net/trip/Map_of_Che_Guevara%27s_Motorcycle_Diaries-6663666201441004BFD7D7A952E2785C

//**Keeping Corner**// by Kashmira Sheth media type="custom" key="11120168"

//**The Blending Time**// by Michael Kinch
 * Lesson Plan from ReadWriteThink.org

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**__October__** **Annotated YA Book List -**