Month: June 2018
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More Insights to Realistic Fiction and more…
Realistic fiction, also known as contemporary or modern realistic fiction, is where everything in the book feels real and follows the real world in terms of events, characters, setting, etc. My students love realistic fiction. Why? Because it’s so relatable. The struggles the characters go through are issues and situation that could really happen and…
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Caution: Construction Ahead & More
Let’s discuss how adolescents develop. This is something I feel like I should know as a teacher with a degree in 4-8 ELAR, but I still tend to forget some of the important take aways Dr. Teri Lesesne discusses in her Youtube video over this topic, especially when I’ve been working with younger children. She…
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Divisions of Young People’s Literature
Here is the youtube video I watched for this post: Division of Young People’s Literature. I highly suggest following these two professors if you are a librarian or just enjoy literature in general. They are fun and knowledgable and you’ll walk away learning something new! Divisions of young people’s literature is grouped by age groups.…
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The Anatomy of a Book
I read a blog post from Chroniclebooks.com over the anatomy of a book. It was simply put even with pictures which made for easy understanding and didn’t leave me guessing as to which part it was referring to. I knew a few of the terms prior to this blog, like the endpapers (which are the…
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What is Young Adult Literature?
According to a list I read by Mertz & England, 1983, there are ten things that make a book YA worthy. After I read the list, the first thing I thought was “So…they have all the characteristics of a smartalec teenager who thinks they’re invincible?” 😂 But for real…here are a few things I found important on…
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Search Engine Helpline
Need help using search engines? Or maybe you think you have it all figured out, but really could be more efficient with your searching? Check out my Padlet over it all. If you want to dig deeper, visit Bare Bones 101, which is where I found my information. https://padlet.com/t_hargrove85/qqq0kmxt0aow
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Reading Memoir of a Novel Librarian
I remember kindergarten vividly. I still speak to the teacher who gave me the love of education and gave me the idea of teaching one day myself; she lives in Africa, but she still visits our hometown when she can. When I was in kindergarten, there was an AM and PM class and it was…
THE MRS. HARGROVE 