Realistic

=**__Book Titles__**= More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten!
 * Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton)
 * Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
 * Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
 * The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)

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=__Web 2.0 Ideas__=

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 * Write storybooks for kindergarten through third grade on bullying or another realistic fiction topic. Use a template for their books in Publisher, Word, or Pages. Use @http://www.sumopaint.com/ or finding graphics to illustrate their books. Take their finished products to the local office supply store where they ======

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will be printed in color or order through lulu.com They can then read their storybooks to a nearby elementary school. They can also record themselves reading their books on Flip and create podcasts which can then be accessible through the school website.======

* Have students 'cast' the movie of a particular book; the library component would involve finding photos or other justification for their choice of actor, pairing it up with the description of the character from the book. They could create a movie poster for their book in Big Huge Labs


 * Create a book trailer using iMovie or Movie Maker. Have students choose or take digital images. Add text and music.