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Blog Post #8: Social Issues & Graphic Novels

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Find a graphic novel (or picture book) that deals with a historical event or specific issue (the Holocaust/Iranian revolution/bullying etc). It can be fiction or non-fiction.  Please have your choice approved first In a blog post include: A picture of the book along with title, name of author and copyright information. A summary of the book. The summary needs to be in your own words and include all of the pertinent information needed for someone who has not read the book to feel they understand it. This means you need to read the book ;)  Some information/facts about the issue. The information can be copy/pasted but you must include sources (MLA). A description of an assignment for a certain class (i.e. Socials 11, English 9, Career and Planning 10, Social Justice 12, First Nations 12) using that book as well as other picture books or graphic novels around  the same theme.  This means you will need to research other books that would help them. We don't need to h...

Blog 7: Reflecting and Thinking Ahead

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 Reflecting & Thinking Ahead Part 1:   On your class team, there is an assignment posted. You will see a rubric. For each point on the rubric, I want you to write a comment under the column you feel best fits your progress (so for example, you may feel for one point you are "Proficient" so you will write a comment about why you are in that box in the proficient box). You will do this for every point (so you will be writing a lot of comments!). You will also fill out the portion that asks for strengths/things to work on-in detail. This is due THURSDAY March 5th (so I have time to respond and fill it out). This is an official document for your interim. Please don't post this on your blog! Just hand it in on teams.                   Part 2:  1. Watch the above video about working in a library and respond to it.  2. Describe your first 5 weeks as a Library Science student. What does it take to be a great library...