Media Literacy classes, are dedicated to meeting the needs of our curious digital natives. Through a target-focused teaching approach, we provide students with essential skills to critically examine a wide range of media forms.
GRADE 5 MEDIA LITERACY: Students are introduced to the foundations of media literacy, along with tools like NoodleTools for research and Cornell Notes. They use these skills for research projects, building their research and MLA abilities. Collaborative work between the head librarian and history teacher.
GRADE 6 MEDIA LITERACY: Focus shifts towards developing thoughtful, responsible, and critical consumers and creators of media. Students explore various media formats, preparing for advanced research and information literacy challenges they'll face in Grades 7 and 8.
GRADES 7 & 8: Students engage in research projects within the library, specifically for their history and english classes. Building on their media literacy skills, they delve into advanced research methods and information literacy, ensuring excellence in their history and english coursework.
The Browning School Library has over 200 Magazine Titles to choose from. These Titles are access level rated. Depending on a patron's access level, Juvenile, Young Adult, or Adult magazine options become greater. Use the Navigation Tabs to browse our Various Magazine Titles or Connect to your SORA and browse/filter.
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ACCES THE BROWNING LIBRARY SORA MAGAZINE CATALOG
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American Library Association Recommended Reading: Young Adults/Teens
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
YALSA's Teens' Top Ten (The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! )
Good Reads Middle Grades Book Lists
CORNELL NOTES: THE 5 R'S
Rocket Boys is about a boy named Homer Hickam who has a dream of building rockets with his friends in a small town in West Virginia, Coalwood. The town is a coal mining town and relies on its coal mines to keep the town alive. Homer and his friends collect material for a rocket and launch the rocket which catches the attention of many people. The next time he launches the rocket, a newspaper writer comes to investigate the story. The newspaper writer writes about the boys and their dream to launch rockets. When Homer and his friends perfect the rocket, they join a science fair where they win first place. Then, Homer goes to the national science fair and presents his project to the judges. The judges love his project and give him first place in the National Science fair!! I would recommend this book because it is very moving and it is very interesting. (8th Grader, Peter S.)
This book is about award winning author Paul Sheldon who unfortunately lost control of the wheel and suffered severe injuries in a car crash. His "#1 fan", Annie Wilkes, helped him through his recovery as she was a nurse and took care for him for a long time. However, Sheldon learned that Wilkes had an extreme obsession over him, having incredibly negative thoughts and intentions. This book was a great read for me, but there are some mature topics that are portrayed throughout the novel, so I advise that readers should be in grade 8/9 to the minimum. I also recommend the author award winning novels by Stephen King such as "Doctor Sleep" and "11/22/63". (8th Grader, Benjamin B.)
This book is about a boy who left his left to go live in the woods. In the woods he develops his own habitat, pet, and hunts and eats food. You should expect an exhilarating adventure that can be repetitive but is still very interesting. Some people may not like this book but I would recommend it to everyone because it is a page turner sometimes especially in tense scenes. You can also expect to be bored at some points where the plot is being developed. In the end, the boy comes back from the woods and has changed so much and developed so many important traits. (8th Grader, Drew L.)
The book is about a pilot who has to make the decision between crashing the plane or his family dies. In the beginning of the novel, his family is taken captive a by a man who was completing housework. This thriller is great because it is entertaining throughout the book and is a must for aviation lovers. I do not recommend this book for younger students as it can be sometimes inappropriate or contain excessive amounts of gore. The tension of the book could be felt in the reader, and the book was always open to new pot twists. (8th Grader, Brandon C.)
This book is a story about a girl named Liesel and a boy named Max. Liesel is the book thief, during the war she steals books to learn to read but comes across challenges and lessons she learns throughout the whole story. Max is a Jewish boy who is getting hid by Lieslel's family. The story takes place in WW2, and Max and Liesel live in Germany. The Book Thief connects themes of love, loyalty, violence, and friendship. The connections of the themes are displayed through the character's feelings towards the war and groups of the war. The book is great! The book thief has won many awards, showing how great of a read it is. This book kept me glued the whole time I read it and I'm sure many other people would love it too. (8th Grader, Max K.)
