Welcome to Forestbrook Middle School’s Media Center
Watch Mrs. Gentzler's "Before They Were Movies" video! Media Center Newsletters August 2010 January 2011 June 2011 September 2010 February 2011 July 2011 October 2010 March 2011 August 2011 November 2010 April 2011 September 2011 December 2010 May 2011 October  2011	Melanie Genzler   Ext. 53118 Linda Brubaker  Ext. 53108 Rules about checking out books: 1.  Students may have two (2) books checked out at a time. 2.  Books are checked out for two (2) weeks. 3.  If a student has not finished reading the book(s) within the two week period, they must return it to the Library to renew the book(s). 4.  A ten cent fee ($.10) will be charged per day for overdue books.
Discus Thousands of magazines, newspapers, and reference books are available 24/7.    Destiny Card Catalog  Begin your Destiny Quest Destiny Quest is a visually engaging library search interface designed to appeal to the 21st century learner. For more information about Destiny Quest, please click here. Please note: Destiny Quest requires a minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 on the workstation. Research-How to complete different types of MLA citations: Form for MLA Citation Maker Practice Step 1: Go to http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/ Step 2:  Select Book and then look up Eyes of the Emperor- South Carolina Nominee book from Destiny.  Select any Magazine Article from a magazine on the shelf. Select the Web Page for an author study of Graham Salisbury:  http://www.grahamsalisbury.com/books.html Step 3:  Fill in the empty boxes with the prompt (example below). Step 4:  Click submit, write down the MLA Citation in the correct format.  If you are typing your Works Cited page in the library or at home you could select “Copy to Citation to Clipboard” and you could paste right onto your Works Cited page.
Finding the Lexile of a Book Forestbrook Middle School students receive thier latest Lexile Level through the results of MAP Testing.  They should record this information on page five (5) of their F.M.S. Agenda. Once you have your child's Lexile measure, you can connect him or her to tens of thousands of books and tens of millions or articles that have Lexile measures. Our district has access to online periodical databases where you can search for these articles by Lexile measure. The Lexile Book Database contains more than 100,000 English and Spanish fiction and non-fiction titles from more than 450 publishers. Once you know a student’s Lexile measure, you can search the database for books that fall within his or her Lexile range. You can search the Lexile Book Database using basic search parameters: Title (including partial titles -- e.g., "moon" when looking for "Goodnight Moon") Author (including partial names -- e.g., "rowl" when looking for Rowling) Lexile Range (allows a variance around a reader's Lexile measure) Keywords (searches both the book's title and its description) ISBN (allows you to target a specific title) Lexile Search page
F.M.S. Media Center's Sponsored Programs and Events   South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees 2010-2011 SCASL Junior Book Awards 2010 - 2011 Nominees - Handout 2010 - 2011 Nominees - Brochure 2010 - 2011 Podcasts 2010 - 2011 Activity Guide Let's Read, South Carolina! Lexile Nominee (click title to hear the books’ podcast) Author 610 The Amaranth Enchantment Julie Berry 770 Beneath my Mother's Feet Amjed Qamar 680 Brooklyn Bridge: A Novel Karen Hesse 780 Chains Laurie Halse Anderson 980 Chasing Lincoln's Killer James L. Swanson 780 The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: The Ninth Grade Slays Heather Brewer 680 Flygirl Sherri L. Smith 810 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 730 The Juvie Three Gordon Korman 760 Lay-Ups and Long Shots Joseph Bruchac 680 The Magic Thief Sarah Prineas 820 Palace of Mirrors Margaret Peterson Haddix 620 Peeled Joan Bauer 890 Return to Sender Julia Alvarez 1070 Savvy Ingrid Law 810 Scat Carl Hiassen 770 Shift Jennifer Bradbury 490 Smiles to Go Jerry Spinelli 860 Stolen Vivan Vande Velde 790 The White Gates Bonnie Ramthun Knight Time Reader 2010-2011 What is it?  Knight Time Reader is a program designed to encourage and promote reading by rewarding students with complimentary admission to Medieval Times. Each student who hands in this sheet will receive free admission tickets that can be used from November 1-December 18. Parents and additional family members will receive a 20% discount off admission price.   What you need to do? In order no take part you must fill in the Knight Time Reader Form with the titles of five books you have read between September 8th - October 10.   All forms must be handed in to your teacher no later than October 13.