1. CREEKVIEW
THE UNQUIET LIBRARY
HIGH
SCHOOL
APRIL 2010 MONTHLY REPORT
Buffy Hamilton, School Librarian
Roxanne Johnson, School Librarian
Tammy Beasley, Library Clerk
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2. “The poetry reading really
changed my perceptions
Program Highlights about poetry and the
people in my class in a
The Unquiet Library celebrated National positive way.”
Poetry Month with a day of poetry reading
with Ms. Nayman’s 11th American Rosie, 11th grade
Literature/Composition students. Student
and teacher interviews are available on our
YouTube Channel! “Throughout this whole
Ms. Orfale’s 10th World
process, I have learned a
Literature/Composition student enjoyed a day
of fun with Flip cameras in preparation for a
lot about contacting
project in which they will rewrite classic plays experts and interacting
and video their skits. with such people. I have
Ms. Lester’s 10th Literature/Composition learned how to write a
students learned research skills in selecting, business style letter and
locating, and contacting an expert on their actually send one. I have
research topics; students also learned how to learned about how to
write an appropriate letter/email of inquiry to
evaluate which people are
their experts.
Ms. Lester’s 10th Literature/Composition the right ones to talk to,
students learned how to add RSS feeds and to and also how to find out
embed HTML code into their Netvibes pages. how to contact experts.”
Ms. Kennedy’s 11th grade students created
faux Facebook pages using a Publisher Loren, 10th grade
template to show their key learnings about
modern American authors.
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3. Data Snapshots
The Unquiet Library Statistics, April 2010
Number of Class Sessions Served 166
Number of Student Visitors 5565
(Morning, Lunch, Afternoon Hours)
Total Circulation 628
9th Grade Circulation 256
10th Grade Circulation 157
11th Grade Circulation 161
12th Grade Circulation 54
Total GALE Databases Sessions 1063
Gale Virtual Reference Library 692
GALE Discovering Collection 134
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 58
Gale Literature Resource Center 78
Gale Global Issues in Context 65
Gale History Resource Center, 4
World
Gale History Resource Center, U.S. 23
The Unquiet Library Blog 8234
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4. Collaborative Lessons
Learning Activities/Instructional Research Pathfinder Collaborative
Instructional Partner(s)
Modern American Author Facebook Project Ms. Kennedy
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/kennedy-facebook-author
Body Systems, Health Mr. Thigpen
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/bodysystems
Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice Mr. Hubbard
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/juvenile-justice-spring2010
Presidential Biographies, Government Mr. Nayman
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/presidential-spring2010
I-Search Paper, 12th British Literature/Composition Mr. Sapere
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/i-search
Veterans’ Research Project, 10th Literature/Composition Ms. Lester
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/veterans-issues
American Literature Time Periods and Authors, 11th American Mr. Bradford
Literature/Composition
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/bradford-spring2010-11th
Elizabethan and Renaissance Period Research, 9th Mr. Bradford
Literature/Composition
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/bradford-9th
Introduction to Flip Videocameras, 10th Literature/Composition Ms. Orfale
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/orfale-video
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