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Summer Reading Program for Grades 6-12
Make Waves At Your Library
June 21-August 31
Pages for Prizes Raffle:
Keep a reading log - click here to download the file or pick up a copy at the library.
Get a raffle ticket for each book (over 80 pages) that you read. Get bonus tickets for longer books, one ticket for each additional 200 pages. Get two bonus tickets for reading a book on your school summer reading list. Prizes include gift certificates and tickets to local attractions. First raffle drawing is at our Thursday Fun Finale on July 29th and an additional raffle will be held after August 31 so keep reading throughout the summer and bring in your reading logs to get tickets before each raffle date.
Plus:
Read 1 Book: Get Chocolate
Read 5 Books: Get a free sundae at the Hudson Dairy Queen
Read 10 Books: Get a free string of bowling or $5 off glow bowling at Leda Lanes
Read 15 Books: Get $5 worth of tokens at FunWorld
Read 20 Books: Get a "Life is Good" t-shirt while supplies last
Thursday Fun Nights: Finale 6:30-8:30
Door prizes, refreshments, raffle tickets for everyone!
Pre-registration suggested. Call 886-6030.
July 29: Thursday Fun Finale! Magic Show, Bingo Blast, & Reader's Raffle @ 6:30 p.m.
National Champion Teen Magician Reuben Moreland will perform a magic show for all ages. After the show, play Bingo for fun prizes. Find out if you are a winner in our Reader's Raffle. Raffle winners at the finale get first pick of prizes.
Student Made Film Contest
Film-makers in grades 6-12, creat a film to enter in our student film contest. All accepted entries will be shown at our student film festival on August 17 @ 6:30. There will be prizes awarded for Judges' Favorite and Audience's Favorite films.
Films must be 15 minutes or less. Please give us a disc in AVI or MPEG format and label it with your name, grade and phone number. Entry deadline is August 10. All films will be reviewed for library appropriate content, no profanity or nudity allowed.
Tuesday, August 17 @ 6:30: Student Made Film Festival
Vote for your favorite film. Get a raffle ticket for attending. Refreshments will be served.
August Adventure Films: Mondays @ 6:30
8/2: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
8/9: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
8/16: The Vampire's Assistant
8/23: Stormbreaker, an Alex Rider Adventure
8/30: Inkheart
Teen Book Group: 3rd Wednesdays @ 7 p.m.
Students in grades 6-12 come talk about books and suggest titles for us to add to our collection. Refreshments will be served. Get a raffle ticket for attending the summer discussions.
August 18: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
A twist on Alice in Wonderland. Find out the "real" story of what happened to Alice. Books are available at the library.
Like us on Facebook: Get Raffle Tickets
Facebook users, go to http://www.facebook.com/rodgerslibrary and "like" us. You will get a raffle ticket for a chance to win summer reading program prizes. Get an additional raffle ticket every time you recommend (or dis-recommend) a book on our Facebook reading discussions for teens and adults. Recommendations must contain at least a paragraph to qualify for a ticket. Fill out tickets when you come to the library.
Teen Corner Information
Teen Book Awards
Flume: NH Teen Readers’ Choice Award (NH Students Grades 9-12)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (NH Students – Grades 7-8)
Test Preparation & Subject Reviews
Click here to take practice tests and prep courses for the SAT/SAT II, ACT, GED and more using the Learning Express Library database. Review middle and high school reading, writing and math skills.
How to do research at the Rodgers Memorial Library
Before you start, write one sentence which fully describes your topic. Now underline 2-4 important words. These underlined words will be your key words. You will use them repeatedly in online research.
Example: I will examine the effect of volcano eruptions on our weather.
Note: Don't use such common words as "of" or "on" as key words. They will make your search too big.
Do you know the basic facts about your topic?
What you might need to know:
- Definitions of all the words
- What period of history are we talking about?
- Who were the important contributors to my field of study?
- How does my topic fit in with other similar topics?
If not, go to an encyclopedia to read up on it a little. Or try an online encyclopedia. Or both.
Encyclopedia.com Hint: This step is especially important if you need to finish your work before you can get to the library to find a book.
Now look to see if there is a book in the library that will help you. The best time to use a book is when you want an overview, or a lot of information on one topic. A book can give you an introduction and a whole lot more.
Go to the online Library Catalog. Hint: Search by keyword.
Now look for articles from magazines. The best time to use an article is when you want to look at one particular aspect of your topic. Sometimes a really good article can also give you the overview just like a book does. Try the online databases in EbscoHost.
- in Library access to EbscoHost (click here)
- remote access to EbscoHost (click here)
Choose the right database for your grade and topic. You might find a great article right here, right now. Use your key words.
Now is a good time to go to the World Wide Web. The Web can give you very up-to-date information. Be sure to take information only from people who you can trust. Hint: Use what you learned from the encyclopedia to help you search the Web. Remember, you now have an overview of your topic to help you.
Some good search engines to use for homework are:(insert new ones I learned about at workshop)
- Little Clickers
- Cybrarian www.cybrary.org
- Internet Public Library Youth DivisionStudy Web
There are some sites on the internet especially meant to help students with homework. Try these:
- Ask Jeeves Kids
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Homework Center at Multnomah Public Library
Can we help you now? Call Reference at 886-6030 or email us at:
Better yet, come in to the library! We'd be happy to help you.
Don't forget to write down or print out your sources. Do you need to make a bibliography? You can get help from one of these sites:How to Cite Your Sources (Key Middle School Library, Fairfax County, VA) Homework Helper. Writing Skills (Family Education Network)
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