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O L A ’ s R e a d i n g P r o g r a m s Grow Readers @your Library C

O L A ’ s R e a d i n g P r o g r a m s Grow Readers @your Library C. Silver Birch. The Evergreen. White Pine. Blue Spruce. Red Maple. Golden Oak. The Awards in “The Forest of Trees” TM. Ontario Library Association. T h e T r e e s i n t h e F o r e s t TM. TM. TM. TM. TM. TM. TM.

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O L A ’ s R e a d i n g P r o g r a m s Grow Readers @your Library C

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  1. OLA’sReadingPrograms Grow Readers @your LibraryC Silver Birch The Evergreen White Pine Blue Spruce Red Maple Golden Oak The Awards in “The Forest of Trees”TM Ontario Library Association.

  2. TheTreesintheForestTM TM TM TM TM TM TM Designed to grow readers in the forest

  3. What makes you want to read?Teens in grades 9/10 answer the question - attractive cover - friend’s recommendation - good theme - funny - suspense - pictures - Stop, Drop and Read - love it -not being forced to read like Stop, Drop and Read - exciting summary - it won a award - it’s a movie - I’m bored with “ nothing else to do” - road trips - biographies - reason to stay up late, parents won’t complain - media ads - length - “not too many pages” - famous author - the way they are displayed - if I have to do research - when I’m stressed - “escape my terrible life!” - availability - I just love books - to learn - fantasy books - sports - “to impress the ladies” - musicians - poetry - magazines with celebrities on them - learn how to do something - to find out about our past - a good book - “ya just gotta!” - good reviews - a world disaster - current events

  4. How are the books selected? • Canadian, current, paperback preferred • Good literary quality • Range of reading levels • Male and female protagonists • Cultural diversity • Range of genre • Range of geographical locations • Urban/rural • Appropriate language and content,

  5. How it Works! • Read 5 of the White Pine titles. • Conference with Mrs. Onstein or your English teacher about the book. • Vote for your favourite title to receive the White Pine Award. • Join everyone for monthly book talks at lunch in the library. • Attend the pizza lunch celebration.

  6. Timeline! • October - Titles are announced. • November - Books ready for check-out - Start Reading - Monthly meetings • March/April - White Pine Jeopardy • April - Voting • May - Pizza lunch and Final Jeopardy Championship

  7. After Riverby Donna Milner Chanda’s Warsby Allan Stratton The Corps of the Bare Boned Plane by Polly Horvath Daughter of Warby Marsha Skrypuch Dooley Takes the Fallby Norah McClintock Gotchaby Shelley Hrdlitschka Gravity Journalby Gail Sobat Little Brotherby Cory Doctorow Mountain Girl, River Girlby Ting-Xing Ye Tweakedby Katherine Holubitsky White Pine 2008 Nominees Visit: http://www.accessola.com/forest2009/

  8. Getting Started • Put your name on the sign up list. • Indicate the name of your English teacher and the semester you are taking English. • White Pine novels can count for book reports in your English class. • Browse through and choose a book. • Sign the book out at the circulation desk. • Listen to the announcements for upcoming activities Have Fun!

  9. Coming Second Semester… White Pine Jeopardy! Stay tuned to the announcements for more details.

  10. White Pine A trip down memory lane

  11. White Pine Participants 2006

  12. Pizza and Pop!

  13. Friends and Fun!

  14. Great conversations!

  15. Smiles!

  16. This is Jeopardy!

  17. I’ll take AUTHORS for $600 Alex!

  18. Jeopardy Final Contestants

  19. 2007 Jeopardy Champions! 2008 Jeopardy Champions!

  20. Thanks to the following people for sharing their work and ideas • Ontario Library Association. • Education Institute with Liz Kerr and Sya Van Geest

  21. The END Start Reading!

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