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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
~William Butler Yeats
Roxanne Myers Spencer, ERC Coordinator, invites all education faculty to schedule research instruction classes in the Educational Resources Center for their teacher education students. RI classes include a tour of our unique subject alcoves, the ever-growing juvenile collection, curriculum guides, and online subscription databases. We will teach students to use the WKU Libraries online databases such as EBSCOHost, Digital Dissertations, and FirstSearch. We encourage faculty to ask us to design instruction to suit their particular needs. Please don't hesitate to ask us to create a specific class for your students! To schedule your class for an ERC orientation, please call 745-4552 or 745-4659. ERC staff, Ellen Micheletti, Gayle Novick, and our able student workers look forward to assisting you!
There are three important qualities of a good family.
These are love, cooperation, and positive expectations.
So it should be in a good school.
~ William Cooper SmithNew Curriculum Resources @ the ERC
1) The Magic Bookshelf by Janie and Richard Jarvis
2) Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Societal Issues by Pamela S. Carroll
3) Literacy Links by Laura Robb
4) Booktalks and More by Lucy Schall
5) The Booktalker's Bible by Chapple Langemack
6) Macedonian: A Course for Beginning and Intermediate Students by Christina E. Kramer
7) Opening Doors to Reading by Dee L. Fabry and Sally A. Seier
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A child miseducated is a child lost.
~ John F. Kennedy
Good Reads @ the ERC...
We asked the staff and students at the ERC to come up with some
of their favorite reads from the ERC collection to share with our readers. No bones about it, our intent is to tempt you all with the delights of children's and young adult literature...Here is a taste of what's on offer @ the ERC!
from Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski
One morning, while Al was shaving, a voice called to him. "Hey, Al," it said. Al turned and saw a bird.
A large bird. "Al," said the bird, "are you working to hard? Still struggling and going nowhere?
Hmmm? Listen. Have I got a place for you. No worries, no cares--it's terrific.from Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
Grace was a girl who loved stories. She didn't mind if they were read to her or told to her or made up in her own head. She didn't care if they were in books or movies or out of Nana's long memory. Grace just
loved stories.
Submitted by Hajara Mahmood
from Gallant Women, by Senator Margaret Chase Smith & H. Paul Jeffers
Althea (Gibson) traveled the fifteen miles from Harlem to Forest Hills by subway and went on foot to
reach the stadium for her match against Louise Brough. Partway through the game a thunderstorm forced a cancellation of the match until the next day. Althea began the long trip back to Harlem to wait. Again she made the fifteen-mile journey to Forest Hills, but she had not been able to sleep that night. Nervous, upset, and conscious of the fact that she was the first Negro to play in the tournament, she played poorly, losing to Miss Brough and beginning a long series of losing games which sent her rating as a tennis player steadily downward. Again, she thought of quitting the game, but again, she got encouragement from someone else.Submitted by Gayle Novick
from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her. "My darling child!" she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses; "where in the world did you come from?"
"From the Land of Oz," said Dorothy gravely. "And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"
from Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Suess
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!Submitted by Bobby BertrandSome People think I would do anything for money. They're wrong. I wouldn't do nothing
bad.... Weird, huh? A thirteen-year-old girl who loves money.from When I Left My Village by Maxine Rose Schur
We walked for what seemed a very long time, climbing higher and higher into the
mountains. We went quickly and in single file, for the paths were narrow and rimmed the
edge of steep canyons. We were still walking when we heard the sunrise songs of birds.
Submitted by Ashley Reel
from Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The story began several years ago at the dawn of the twenty first century. Artemis Fowl had devised a plan to restore his family's fortune. A plan that could topple civilizations and plunge the planet into a cross-species war. He was twelve years old at the time....
Submitted by Ellen Micheletti
from Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Chrysanthemum loved the way her name looked when it written with ink on an envelope.
She loved the way it looked when it was written with icing on her birthday cake.
And she loved the way it looked when she wrote it herself with her fat orange crayon.
Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum.
Submitted by Roxanne Myers Spencer
Fridays @ the Movies @ the ERC
It's baaaack! Spend a relaxing Friday afternoon @ the ERC catching
up with old and new movie classics! We'll even provide the pop and
the popcorn! Join us at 5:00 p.m. on the dates below for some
cinematic R&R!
Come One, Come All!Friday, October 17 @ 5:00 p.m.
"The Most Awesome Thriller Of All Time!"
Thrill to the chills of blonde bombshell Fay Wray
as she tries to evade the hairy clutches of...
King Kong (aka the Eighth Wonder of the World)!Friday, November 14 @ 5:00 p.m.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged): A hilarious romp through the Bard's oeuvre in 90 minutes!Friday, December 5 @ 5:00 p.m.
Take a break from grading those end-of-term projects and take a stroll on the (Oscar) Wilde side with The Importance of Being Earnest(Viewing schedule is tentative, based on availability.
Please share this information with your students. All are welcome!)
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
~ Alexander the Great
Electronic Resources @ WKU Libraries
WKU Libraries provides access to a variety of online databases, on campus and off, through our new proxy server. Citations, abstracts, and full-text documents are available. WKU Libraries helps make research convenient and resources reliable! Ask any library student, staff, or faculty member for help tapping into the world of information at your fingertips. For more information on how to access WKU Libraries online databases, go the library homepage: www.wku.edu/LibraryThis time, we searched for Novelist (available through EBSCOHost), using the "describe a plot" function to come up with some interesting titles that contain time-travel and magic for readers aged 8-12. Here are some of the titles and authors suggested:
Alexander, Nina. Rose's Magic Touch.
Chetwin, Grace. Friends in Time.
Cresswell, Helen. Time Out.
Eager, Edward McMaken. The Time Garden.
MacGrory, Yvonne. The Secret of the Ruby Ring.
Molloy, Michael. The Time Witches.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Revolutionary War on Wednesday.
Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table.
Service, Pamela F. Storm at the Edge of Time.
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper. Trapped Beyond the Magic Attic.
ERC Hours
Monday through Thursday
7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.Friday
7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Saturday
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Closed Sundays and during school holidays.
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ERC Special Resources
Two *brand-new* coin-operated photocopiers are available for copying Reserve Readings and other materials--now 10 cents per copy. We can also photocopy onto transparencies (50 cents per copy for transparency sheets). The ERC has 12 computers with access to TOPCAT and excellent resources through TIP, Western Kentucky Libraries' Topper InfoPortal The ERC has an Ellison machine with a large selection of letter and figure dies. Please supply your own construction paper. Lamination services are available for posters and other special projects We look forward to helping you find the resources you need! TOP
Dr. Michael Binder,
Professor
Dean, University Libraries and Museum
Dr. Brian E. Coutts,
Professor
Head, Department of Library Public Services
This edition of ERC Bookends was compiled by
the staff and students of the Educational
Resources
Center
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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
~ Benjamin Franklin
ERC Bookends, October 16, 2003 TOP