Welcome Hillsborough County Summer Reading Camp and Summer
Plus Camps students, teachers and parents!
 Summer’s here and the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper in Education
department is inviting you to wander
the whole wide world of reading
in Hillsborough County Public Schools and the Hillsborough County
Public Library Cooperative.
If you do not already have your passport of reading, you can get
a copy a your local library, or you can download a smaller version
by clicking on the Wander the Whole Wide World @ your library link
in the downloadable materials section.
The St. Petersburg Times Newspaper in Education program is happy
to join you in your summer reading quest. We have three great summer
reading programs for your summer fun.
 DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
Get in the know!
This summer, the Times wants you to get "In the know" by
reading our HOT SPOT feature in the
BayLink section every Monday.
The HOT SPOT will include some fun facts and a weekly activity you
and your family can do with
your newspaper. Each week will have a
HOT SPOT sponsoring business that offers discounts for
participants in the program. (link to list of prizes)
Wander the Whole Wide World with the Times
Click under the summary
to receive your assignments!
1. Wander the whole
wide world at your library and
in the pages of your summer
reading book. Share your reading adventures with other students around Tampa
Bay.
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First
stop ... Florida
The United States is part of North America. Your travels in North
America can begin right here in Florida. Florida has many different
ecosystems. An ecosystem is a living community of plants and animals
that need each other to exist. Think about all of the different
ecosystems in your life: your state, your town, your city, your
school, your home. Now think about all of the important things
in your ecosystem. All animals, including humans, need water,
oxygen and food to exist. What do you need to exist? Look through
the St. Petersburg Times to find examples of things that you and
your family need to exist in your community. Click
here to discuss the items that are most important in your
ecosystem?
2. Congratulations! You have been chosen
to be a travel writer. Using the stories you have read,
pick some hot travel spots to share.
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Creating
a travel brochure
Imagine you are a travel writer for the St. Petersburg Times,
and you have been tasked with putting together a special travel
section focusing on a luxury tour to visit some of the places
represented in your summer reading books. Have you visited all
seven continents yet? If you could visit one of the continents,
which one would it be: North America, South America, Asia, Australia,
Africa, Europe or Antarctica? Click
here to discuss your travels.
3. Extra, extra read all about it! Share information
about your favorite characters here.
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Extra, extra read all about it!
As a journalist for your school newspaper, you are assigned
the job of writing a newspaper article about one of the
summer reading books. This isn’t just any article.
You are going to interview your favorite character. A good
journalist must begin with six key questions: who, what,
where, when, why and how. Before you plan your character
interview, find an article in the St. Petersburg Times and
answer each of those six questions. Now that you see the
pattern for a newspaper article, write an article about
your favorite character. Share your article by clicking
here.
4. Celebrate Diversity Summer Times Reader Style!
Many of the summer reading books focus on young people encountering
conflicts in their lives and communities. Conflicts are part
of everyday life. It is how one handles those conflicts that
determines a person’s character.
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Celebrating Diversity
A Pride of African Tales by Donna L. Washington takes you on a journey to the continent of Africa. Each tale reflects a different culture and lesson to be learned. It is not just the stories in the book that will catch your attention. Award-winning artist James Ransome’s watercolor paintings show the diversity of the African people through clothing, architecture, landscape and wildlife. What is diversity? Look up the word “diversity” in the dictionary. There is a lot of diversity in Hillsborough County. Look in the St. Petersburg Times for photos, cartoons, pictures or words that show diversity. Do your neighborhood and school have a lot of diversity? How does this diversity make life and learning more interesting? Click here to discuss these ideas.
5. Many
of the summer reading books focus on young people encountering
conflicts in their lives and communities. Conflicts are part of everyday life. It
is how one handles those conflicts that determines a person’s
character.
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Source Of Conlict
Many of the summer reading books focus on young people encountering conflicts in their lives and communities. How do these conflicts compare to everyday conflicts you face in your life? What conflicts can you find in articles in the St. Petersburg Times or on tampabay.com? Look for an article in the St. Petersburg Times or a blog on tampabay.com that focuses on an issue or concern that affects children or teens in the community. Read the article or posting carefully. Think about the purpose of the author and the main idea of the writing. What is the main focus of the article? What is the conflict? Do you agree with the perspective being shown in the article? Click here to discuss your thoughts about the article.Click
here to discuss the items that are most important in your
ecosystem?
6. Your
journey around the world this summer begins at your local library. Check out the traveling treasure chest programs, and then come back home to the Times to share your adventures.
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Traveling Treasure Chests
Your local library has many great programs that will be traveling from library to library all summer. You can journey around the world, from continent to continent, by listening to stories, songs, poetry and more! Visit hcplc.org to find out when these Traveling Treasure Chests will be visiting your library. After you have visited a program, click here to share your experiences with other Hillsborough County students.
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