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Hot Cider and Strad around the tree

We are pleased to announce that, once again this year, the

Library will be serving hot spiced apple cider every

morning before school during the last week of classes.

Strad will join us for performances around the tree

on Monday and Friday morning - with a very special

guest appearance by Ms. Chrisman.

Start your day off the right way with some music in the morning. Bring your own reusable mug and your

holiday cheer.

LIBRARYN e w s l e t t e r

TedEd: The Mighty

Lever

Lesson on how and why levers

work. Lesson extensions also.

Mighty Mathematics of

the Lever

World War 1

Watch how the Great War

unfolded week by week for the

next four years.

MediaKraft Networks:

The Great War

Writing Prompts

500 Prompts for Narrative and

Personal Writing from the

archives of The New York

Times.

Writing Prompts

Children’s Books

Podcast

The best of children’s literature

with podcaster Matthew

Winner.

Let’s Get Busy Podcast

IT’S BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE...Christmas. Hannukah. Kwaanza. Winter!!!

With the fresh fall of snow earlier this week, it’s time to start thinking about

choosing your Holiday Reads. Check the display of books in the showcase outside the

Library. Do also come in to check out the “New Books” displays on the upper level.

Be sure to also fill out your Holiday Reads 2014 entry forms. Tell us about your

most favourite ever Winter Read, or, about the books you are planning on curling up

and reading this holiday break. Be entered to win a free book to take home and enjoy.

Book winners will be drawn during the announcements on Thursday December 18th.

Stay tuned for the announcement of this year’s Canada Reads titles. Titles will be

announced on January 20th. Unfortunately, this year, Canada Reads itself coincides

with our March Break. We had been hoping to organise a field trip to one of the

tapings - I went last year and thoroughly enjoyed myself - but alas it is not to be.

We’re looking forward to the launch of our White Pine reading programme after

the Holiday Break. This year promises to be like none before here at ESA. Grade 9

students with Mr. Middel, one of our new English

teachers, are going to be participating in White Pine

reading circles. This will bring additional interest and

exposure to our programme. We’re looking forward

to great discussions and taking lots of students to the

Festival of Trees at Harbourfront in May, 2015.

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THE ESA LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

Art Spiegelman...

Calling all students: Win a copy of

Art Spiegelman’s CO-MIX: A

Retrospective. Also win one (or two)

student tickets to a special evening with

Art Spiegelman at the Bloor Hot Docs

Cinema, on Monday January 26th,

2015.

Contest Rules• must be current ESA student

• must be able to attend on Jan 26th

• must create a 3-panel BitStrip comic

telling us why you are the most

worthy recipient

• entries must be submitted by the end

of the school day on Wed Jan 14th

Writers’ Week @ ESARecognise any familiar faces in the photo montage above? Fear not if not. The ESA Library and English Department are thrilled to announce the first ESA Canadian Festival of Authors. Each of the authors pictured above is coming to ESA sometime during the week of Jan 19th - 23rd. We hope this will be the first of many such festivals.Every student at ESA will have the opportunity to attend either a workshop or a presentation with one of these authors during their English class that week. The full schedule will be announced on Monday January 12th. For now please do consider either of these opportunities:

• Support this week of enrichment by donating to our IndieGogo campaign <http://igg.me/at/ESAWritersWeek2015>

• Enter our contest. How many of the authors pictured above can you identify? Send an e-mail to enid.wray@tdsb.on.ca with your answer by Sunday January 11th.

Celebrate Family Literacy Day on Tuesday January 27th, 2015. Search posted events at the Toronto Public

Library Family Day website.