LIBRARY SEARCH PARTY

A Homemade PowerPoint GameBy Wendi GlennUniversity of Memphis

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It can be a jungle inside the library if you don’t know where you’re going. Carefully maneuver the board, answering questions about how to find materials in the library. Beware of overdue fines! The first person to maneuver the board earns their library card.

WHERE IS THAT BOOK?

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The goal of the game is to successfully answer questions about how to find materials in the library. To play the game you have to maneuver the board without hitting any traps such as overdue fines. Roll the dice. If you land on a chance square, you have to take a card and see what happens. Use the board provided to keep track of players. To win the game you have to maneuver the board first and earn your own library card!

GAME DIRECTIONS

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• Print out the Game board and pieces on slides 5 to keep score

• Dice

• Use the interactive board game to play

GAME PREPARATION

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GAME BOARD AND PIECES

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LIBRARY SEARCH PARTY

• All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Wendi Glenn, University of Memphis, April 2014 “Library Search Party”.

CREDITS

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• Audience– 3rd-5th library classes

• Subject Area Objectives– Students will be able to use libraries/media centers to

access media sources– Students will be able to experience various literary genres,

including fiction and nonfiction, poetry, drama, chapter books, biography/autobiography, short stories, folk tales, myths, science fiction.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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• Copyright 2014 Wendi Glenn

• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.

• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

COPYRIGHT

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TIME TO PLAY “LIBRARY SEARCH PARTY”!

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1. Name the titles of two books written by Beverly Cleary.

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2.Give the title, author and call number of a book on the planets.

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3. Using the catalog, locate the book: “The Polar Express” (but don’t take it off the shelf). Give the author of this book and explain where you found it.

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4. Find an art book. Give the title, author and call number of this book.

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5. What do we call the section of the library where you would find the encyclopedias and the dictionaries?

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6. Find a book that talks about the true-life story of an important person. Give the title, author and location of this book.

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7. Give the name of two interesting magazines we have in the library.

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8. What is the name for the section of the library where we find books on famous people?

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9. Find a book on a country you would like to visit one day. Give the name of the country, author, title and call number of the book

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10. Choose a non-fiction section of the library (either 100s, 200s, 300s, 400s, 500s, 600s, 700s, 800s, 900s). Give five types (not titles) of books that are located in this section.

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1.Your books are overdue. Go back one space.

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2. You volunteered at the library. Go ahead one space.

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3. Your dog chewed your library book. Go back two spaces.

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4.Your favorite book was waiting for you on the shelf. Go ahead one space.

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5. You are talking too loudly in the library. Go back one space.

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6. You attended a library program. Go ahead one space.

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7. Your computer time has expired. Go back one space.

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8. You passed an AR test. Go ahead two spaces.

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9. You were running in the library. Go back one space.

YOU WIN!!

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Congratulations!! You won and have earned your library card!