In the Beginning

1. Find a fiction book whose author's last name begins with "S."
   • What is the author's name?
   • What is the book's title?
   • What is the first sentence of the book?
   • What made you choose this particular book?
   • Do you think you will like it? Why or why not?
2. Discover where nonfiction begins. Choose the first book that begins a section. For examle, the first book in the 500s, or the 520s, or the 590s.
   • What is the call number?
   • What is the author's name?
   • What is the book's title?
   • What is the subject of the book?
   • Is this a subject that interests you?
   • What other subjects are you interested in?
3. Check the catalog under your favorite subject. Choose the book that comes first or begins the listing for that subject.
   • What is the call number?
   • What is the author's name?
   • What is the book's title?
   • What is the subject of the book?
   • Find the book and hold onto it for later discussion. (If the book has already been chosen, find another on the same subject).
4. Find a magazine that begins with the letter "___"
   What is its title?
   • Find the table of contents and write down the name of the first article in the issue.
   • Check the rest of the magazine collection. Which ones interest you?
5. Find a very fat book in the reference collection.
   • What is the call number?
   • What is the author's name?
   • What is the book's title?
   • What is the subject of the book?
   • What is the beginning sentence?
6. What do you think is the best way to begin the school year?
   
   
   
   

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