Media Center
Welcome to the 8th Grade Media Center!
Course Syllabus
Mission
Vision
Goals
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To provide equal opportunity and access to information regardless of the socioeconomic, academic, or physical needs of each individual student.
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To provide adequate resources and instruction to support research, inquiry, creativity, and interest to the school community.
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To provide an unbiased, diverse collection of materials and media to support multiple intelligence, different learning styles, and multicultural needs.
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To create meaningful interdisciplinary lessons through collaboration.
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To integrate technology into the curriculum appropriately
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To promote lifelong learning, an appreciation of literature, and a love of reading.
8th Grade Students will
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Recognize and model ethical behavior in the school library
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Choose books of interest independently, including Young Adult literature
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Perform basic and power searches using the Destiny © catalog to locate sources
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Locate materials in print and electronic materials independently
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Locate and use a variety of resources, including print and web resources
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Acquire, define and use key research terms
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Learn the basic criteria to evaluate valid websites to use for information
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Use a variety of writing techniques to organize and synthesize information (outline, paraphrasing, analysis, compare/contrast, cause and effect, persuasion)
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Use library research tools online [Gale, Britannica, EBSCO]
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Use information responsibly and create basic and annotated bibliographies
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Explore and appreciate a variety of literature