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I tried something new this year and It worked so well, I thought I would share it. I hate doing orientation, but it is necessary. I had my first classes on 10th graders on the 4th day of school, While I greatly appreciate that this teacher was anxious to have his kids use the library, orientation followed all those first few days of rule and policy discussions in the classrooms. The students were bored to tears by my little powerpoint presentation of policies - no matter how many animations I added. I don't blame them. I was putting myself to sleep. So, when it came time for the 9th graders, I decided to do something different. I am at a small school with 40-50 kids per grade, so we usually only have a few new students each year. The kids who have been here know the library policies and procedures. So, I just had them quickly tell me what the policies are under broad headings such as "study hall pass" and "copy card". After we discussed these, I assigned small groups one or two of these phrases. They made rebus puzzles for the phrase. A rebus is a picture puzzle - like for "catfish" you would draw a cat, put a plus sign, then draw a fish. They did a fantastic job! They came up with much more creative rebuses (rebi?) then I ever could. Next, I'm going to have the 7th and 8th graders solve the rebus puzzles to start the orientation process with them. Just an idea that came to me to make an onerous task a little more fun. Tere Hager Secondary Librarian Brentwood Christian School 11908 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, Tx 78753 512-835-5983 X 128 thager@brentwoodchristian.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------