News from the Curriculum Resource Center

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World language teachers and BGSU students who read German will enjoy these new titles.   Fashionvictims, Trendverächter : Bildkolumnen und Minireportagen aus Berlin , Bupo Schoch – Operation “Roter Zipfel”, Der Exlibris , and Liebe schaut weg

From the article, “Seven Rules of Engagement” by Linda B. Gambrell in November 2011′s issue of Reading Teacher:

1.  Students are more motivated to read when the reading tasks and activities are relevant to their lives.

2.  Students are more motivated to read when they have access to a wide range of reading materials.

3.  Students are more motivated to read when they have ample opportunities to engage in sustained reading.

4.  Students are more motivated to read when they have opportunities to make choices abourt what they … Continue Reading

    The Curriculum Resource Center will be closed Saturday, January 14 and Sunday, January 15.  On Monday, January 16 we will be open for evening hours only, 6:00 – 10:00 PM. Wishing all of our patrons a meaningful Martin Luther King, Jr. day holiday.

I do not mind you, winter Wind

when you come whiling by,

to tickle me with snowflakes

drifting softly from the sky.

I do not even mind you

when you nibble at my skin,

scrambling over all of me

attempting to get in.

But when you bowl me over

and I land on my behind,

then I must tell you, winter Wind,

I mind…I really mind!

Prelutsky, Jack. (1984).  It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! New York:  Greenwillow Books.

It may be called Spring Semester, but January in Ohio is most definitely winter.   In honor of this season of ice and snow this week I’m sharing some poetry from Jack Prelutsky’s book It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing!.  This title is found at JUV 811.54 P92is.

Winter Signs

Winter signs are everywhere,

the winter winds are nipping,

winter snow is in my hair,

my winter nose is dripping.