book talking
book talk PD
Join us in late Fall 2
021 for some great professional development with Joyce Laiosa. After 25 years of service in public libraries, Joyce retired from Voorheesville Public Library as the Head of Youth and Family Services. Joyce continues to consult and give workshops to local New York library systems in Early Literacy Skills and Practices, Graphic/Comic Literature, and booktalking new literature. She has served on the Youth Services Section of NYLA Board as president and treasurer, as well as the Empire State Award committee. She has served on a number of ALA/ALSC (Association of Library Service to Children) committees including Notable Children’s Books and the Andrew Carnegie Award which is given for best video/film for children. Joyce has taught in the Information Studies program as an adjunct from 2000-2014. She has taught Children’s Literature, YA Literature, and a Storytelling for Librarians course. She has presented at many NYLA and YSS conferences, as well as an ALA conference. She was awarded an ALSC Bechtel Fellowship in 2005 to study at the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Collection. Joyce also participated in the Bill Morris Book Evaluation Seminar, sponsored by ALSC, class of 2011.
Joyce has a B.A. in Russian Language from the University at Albany and Masters of Library Science from University at Albany. She has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award - Hudson-Mohawk Library Association and the Micki Nevitt Sparkler Award – Children’s Literature Connection.
Publications
Laiosa, Joyce. (2011). A is for Alligator. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for
Library Services to Children; Spring 2011, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p28
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Promoting Great Reads to Improve Teen Reading by
Support current educational initiatives with a ready-to-use tool that will help you with selection, motivation, and skill building relative to titles published within the last five years. New demands by Common Core and other national and state standards mean teachers and librarians need support in pairing high-interest content with skill building that speaks to those standards. This hands-on, research-based resource will help. Covering 100 titles, it guides you to topics, themes, values, and activities that meet national and state standards. The book's organization--by genres, topics, and themes--will enable librarians to serve customers with specific requests and help teachers build thematic units. Focusing on recent young adult fiction and nonfiction (2010-2014), the guide offers a succinct plot summary, links to popular themes and genres, indication of reading levels, and an engaging booktalk for each title. It also includes guidelines for further promoting each book and extending knowledge through discussion. The author, a former middle and high school teacher, demonstrates how you can foster close reading through paraphrasing, comparison, and response and explains how to strengthen critical thinking among teens. Lists of related titles and notes on gender appeal can be used for readers' advisory. Helps librarians promote new fiction and nonfiction to teens and to build literacy Supports the new national and state standards through learning extensions Offers read-alikes for titles popular with teens Features skill-building exercises Includes selection criteria that speak to appropriateness and appeal
ISBN: 9781440834929Publication Date: 2015-02-12
Teen Talkback with Interactive Booktalks! by
Covering the genres popular with today's teens_fiction and nonfiction, including poetry and graphic novels_this resource provides 110 great book choices for young adult reading, interactive booktalks, and individual writing activities. All educators and library professionals need practical resources with easily accessible information and activities that can be immediately applied. Teen Talkback with Interactive Booktalks! is such a resource, supplying ready-to-use, interactive booktalks and curriculum connections for more than 100 recently published young adult books. This unique book is an invaluable tool for motivating teens to read. It shows how to make booktalks interactive and get teens participating in the presentation, rather than passively listening. Book selections include titles published from 2008 to 2012 organized in seven categories: Issues, Contemporary, Adventure/Survival, Mystery/Suspense, Fantasy, Heritage, and Multiple Cultures. Complete bibliographical information for each selection is included along with a literary classification as well as an age/grade level and gender designation. The read-alouds passages include talkback questions to facilitate discussion, and related works are supplied as suggestions for additional reading choices. Provides complete bibliographical information, literary designations, and age and gender suggestions Offers tools for custom-designing booktalks, noting passages for read-alouds with talkback questions and prominent themes Identifies related works and supplementary Internet sources Supplies values designations, lists of book trailers, and study guides that will be especially useful to school librarians
ISBN: 9781610692892Publication Date: 2013-05-01
Booktalking Bonanza by
Transform your booktalks to engage your audience! With multimedia infusing nearly every activity, today's audiences from toddlers to elders expect lively, interactive presentations. Now two award-winning experts outline their kid-tested, proven models for enlivening traditional booktalks.
ISBN: 9780838909652Publication Date: 2008-09-22
