Genrefying, Two Truths and a Lie (Part 4, Lie: It’s Not Worth It – But It Really Is!)

Lie: It's Not Worth It (But It Really Is!) This is the last in a series of four posts about my experience genrefying the fiction section of my middle school’s library. Click here for the first post in the series, here for the second post, and here for the third. Yes, genrefying took a LOT of planning. It was …

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Genrefying: Two Truths and a Lie (Part 3, Truth 2: Not Everyone Will Love It – But Most Will)

Truth 2: Not everyone will love it - but most will. This is the third in a series of four posts about my experience genrefying the fiction section of my middle school’s library. Click here for the first post in the series and here for the second post. 2015-2016 (First year, post genrefying)  Our library …

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Genrefying: Two Truths and a Lie (Part 2, Truth 1: Genrefying Takes Planning & Work)

(Side note: This approach has pros & cons. Pros: I could do it during the school year. I didn't want to wait until the summer to do it all in one shot. I also weeded as I was genrefying and learned my collection at the same time. Cons: A lot of my other stuff took …

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Genrefying: Two Truths & A Lie (Part 1: Background)

I've been keeping this series of posts under my hat for a long time! I wanted to be sure that both my articles about genrefication were published first (see here and here for the links! Note you need a School Library Connection account - or a 30 day free trial - to access them.) I …

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