Here is the list of recommended reading for biology students NCEA level 2 and 3. All these books are available from MAC Library.
Also see Senior Science Books post here for more.
In 2017, students designed posters of their favourite books. The posters have been decorating the library and acting as book recommendations for a year. Here the books students prefer!
Here is an interesting word cloud of the keywords of the favourite books posters. Humourous, Adventure and Mystery are favourite genres!
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o promote and reward reading, the librarian, in conjunction with teachers and the National Librarian, has designed the Junior reading challenge.
You will read towards the Bronze Reading Certificate, Silver Reading Certificate and Gold Reading Certificate. When you have finished reading and completed your response, return it to the library. You will receive your Reading Certificate in assembly, and your chapter book review will be published on the blog. Once you have attained one Reading Certificate, you can work towards the next Reading Certificate.
Note: You cannot use the same texts for each entry of one Reading Certificate – you need to read different articles/stories. Also, readings used to gain one Reading Certificate cannot be used to gain the next Reading Certificate.
– A school journal article
– An extended magazine or newspaper article
– A short story
– A 100-pages (minimum) chapter book
– What you liked/disliked in the text, with one example from the text.
– What you learnt from the text, with one example from the text.
– An autobiography/biography
– A book by a New Zealand author
– A novel by an Australian or American or Canadian or British author
– A short story or two poems
– What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
– What you learned from the book
– A book or three short stories by a Maori author
– Two novels
– A book or poem written in the nineteenth century
– Two poems written by a New Zealand poet
– A novel about another culture
– An autobiography or a biography
– What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
– What you learned from the book with explanations of how you learned these things
As usual, create a poster of your favourite book showing the title and author, an illustration and 3 keywords that describe the book. Return to the library (with your name and whanau) by 4pm, 8st June 2018.
Each valid poster earns 1 mark for your house. The winning poster earns 3 marks and the runner up 2 marks. Book vouchers will be offered to the winner and runner-up.
Launched with success in 2017, the competition’s theme is photos which feature staff and students reading intently, happily, cosily to role-model reading. There are 3 categories:
Rules:
Please email photos to library@mtaspiring.school.nz by 4pm 1st June 2018. House Points will be announced the following week.
Every day in whanau during the Reading Fortnight: Spend 10 minutes reading. Everyone just opens a book -including the teacher- and dives into reading for 10 minutes. It has been identified as an effective activity to raise the profile and enjoyment of reading. It could be a book or a magazine, a cool article. Please not on electronic device as half the time would be spent checking that it IS reading.
3-5 minutes activities are available in the library. Ask the librarian and have fun! Chocolate Fish for winners (during reading fortnight only)
Come to the library to borrow up to four books to enjoy reading over the holidays.
Entries are now open in the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook student
poetry competition. Entries close May 31 2018.
Details are on the book list page and in the catalogue of course.
All these books are available to borrow or reserve.
When you return a book you really enjoyed, drop it in the “Awesome Book” box sitting on the top of the return box at the entrance of the library.
The book will receive a Hovermark highlighting it on the shelves for other students to enjoy. If someone really liked it, chances are you will to 😉
