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Auburn Junior High School Learner-Centered Resource List

 * ===**Criteria for selecting nonfiction**===
 * Text is written in a clear, direct, easily understandable style.
 * Facts are accurate and current.
 * Captions and labels are clearly written and informative.
 * Text distinguishes between fact, theory, and opinion.
 * Personification is avoided.
 * Resource is attractive.
 * Presentation of information is organized (i.e., known to unknown, general to specific, or simple to complex).
 * Reference aids are included (i.e., table of contents, index, or glossaries)
 * Stereotyping is avoided.
 * Positive images of cultural diversity are conveyed.
 * Format and artistic medium are appropriate to the content.
 * Depth and complexity of subject matter are appropriate for the intended audience.


 * ===Criteria for selecting nonprint===
 * Use criteria for nonfiction resources with the addition of the following:
 * Technical quality
 * Sound quality


 * ===Criteria for selecting fiction===
 * The story is engaging and has believable characters.
 * The plot is plausible with an ending that is logical but not overly predictable.
 * Depending on the type of fiction, there is a reasonable balance between foreshadowing and suspense.
 * The theme is significant.
 * The setting is vivid and accurate (if historical fiction).
 * The writing style is distinctive.
 * The dialogue is believable.
 * The point of view/voice is distinctive.
 * The tone is appropriate to the content.
 * The subject matter is thoroughly researched (if historical fiction).


 * ===Selection sources ===
 * __Middle School and Junior High Core Collection__, 10th edition
 * __School Library Journal__ (SLJ)
 * __Booklist__
 * __Library Media Connection __ (LMC)
 * __Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People __
 * __Personal Review __


 * === **Selection factors ** ===
 * Curriculum
 * Faculty feedback (interviews)
 * Student feedback (Reader Interest Survey results)
 * Demographics (student population)
 * Analysis of current collection


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 * [[file:Copy of Egypt.pdf]]
 * 63 named resources
 * Projected cost $2,675.80


 * ===Reading Interest Survey Results ===
 * At this time 270 students have completed parts of the survey, about 260 finished all questions. The results are attached below:
 * Open-ended questions results:[[file:open ended results.xls]]
 * Multiple Choice Ratings Results [[file:rating survey results.pdf]]
 * Over the next few weeks the survey will be administered to all students at Auburn Junior High School through their language arts classes. Some teachers were not able to incorporate the survey into their class activities due to other surveys being administered by the school. Before Christmas break Mrs. Lundey will have all the reading interest survey results.

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 * ===Sample Literature Promotion===

by Katie Rainer