Book Report #3

Another book I enjoyed reading was Dear John, I found this book very romantic and not predictable which was nice. After reading this book I did see the movie and found it was not comparable at all to the book. I loved the relationship that John and Savannah showed in the book, and how each time he came back from combat they fell more and more and more in love. The letters they wrote to each other were very romantic and realistic. The writer of Dear John also wrote from a walk to remember. He is very good at finding realistic relationships although at times they are sad. His style of writing is very interesting to read and he makes me want to never put the book down. I would recommend this book to someone but before they see the movie, and also to not go see the movie. This book is also here in our library which is a plus :)

Book Response #2

The next book I really enjoyed. This book was in chapters and was only 4 dollars but I still found it very, thrilling, realistic and exciting. If you’re seeing a pattern I enjoy reading realistic books! In this book it's about three best friends and each view of their lives and relationships with their family and friends. The author of the book is Megan Stine, I enjoyed the way she wrote the book since each three best friends were viewed and narrated. Each friend had a completely different personality and things they were dealing with, within their lives. Most of the book is about gearing up to their big prom night, and the prom night itself. Many secrets and non expecting things happen the night of prom. Once I had started reading the part when they went to prom, I had to finish the rest. This book is one of my favourites; I enjoyed the plot and the characters and overall dynamic of the book.

Book Report- He's Jus Not the into You

This book was written by Greg Behrent and Liz Tuccillo. This book was about different relationships of couples and the dynamics of their relationships. It showed many different views and types of relations that can happen. Including ones with affairs, romanic ones, and ones where the relationship was just falling apart all together. I found this book very entertaining and realistic in the end. The book shows you the failures, and identifys when "he's just not that into you". They almost give the reader advice and directions to do with a man. I enjoyed this book found it comical and realistic, it was short but I wouldn't want to read a long book about someone not being that into you.

Library Review

The library I reviewed was Southridge Secondary; which is a private school. From over viewing their library I was surprised to not see very much detail and content within the website. I had figured since they are promoting for parents for their children to attend to the school that they would have put more of an effort into showing the library which is a core area for learning throughout schooling but that was not the case. Their library focuses on how it originated and developed and not actually about what the library has to offer today. I noticed our website is much more complex and has a better image of promoting reading and encouraging coming to the library. Southridge’s library honestly did not have a lot to offer or see on their page, although they did have a gallery of images of their library but that was it. I thought I would have been more impressed but the layout and the content of ours is much more enhanced. Our library’s website lists what it has to offer to the students, the way you can locate books (dewey system), YouTube videos to promote new books in the library, and other important information you need to know.

journal entry# 7

A broad definition of copyright is that copyright is the legal rights of the owner of the intellectual property created.

The definition of copyright according to Canada's Copyright Act is: "the sole right to produce or reproduce a work or any substantial part thereof in any material form, to perform the work or any substantial part thereof in public, or, if the work is unpublished, to publish the work or any substantial part thereof."

Copyright infringement - It is an infringement of copyright for any person to do, without the consent of the owner of the copyright, anything that by this Act only the owner of the copyright has the right to do.

Moral rights- The author of a work has, subject to section 28.2, the right to the integrity of the work and, in connection with an act mentioned in section 3, the right, where reasonable in the circumstances, to be associated with the work as its author by name or under a pseudonym and the right to remain anonymous.

Creator- A person or thing that brings something into existence

Author- writer of a book, article, or report.

Plagiarism- The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's

Fair dealing- for the purpose of research or private study does not infringe copyright.

Blanket permission-  still looking for this definition

Intellectual property- referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized.

Public domain-

may refer to ideas, information, and works that are "publicly available", but in the context of intellectual property law, which includes copyright, patents, and trademarks, public domain refers to works, ideas, and information which are intangible to private ownership and/or which are available for use by members of the public

Journal Entry #6

I believe book trailers are a really smart way of getting people to read our books in the library. The trailer gives you a preview, just like a movie and leaves you hanging wanting to read the book. I believe it’s a very cool way to get people involved since so many people use computers and the internet. When I looked at our school YouTube page I noticed a few books that I wanted to read as well as when you were doing a presentation I was intrigued. Unfortunately though there are no trailers for books I have read.

Journal #5

During my spring break I went to Florida to visit my grandparents for a few days. It was a nice visit and the weather was pretty hot but I did absolutely nothing, so no I did not read any books although I did read a couple magazines on the plane rides both there and back.