Teen Summer Reading Ideas

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Express Yourself _at_ the Library

• 2009
• Teen Summer Reading Ideas

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Photography Programs
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Jennifer LawsonTeen Services CoordinatorSan
Diego County Libraryjennifer.lawson1_at_sdcounty.ca.
govProgram instructions available
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Your Space

• Teens Take photos
• of their room or
• favorite space and
• display in library.
• Cost 8-30 for
• matting supplies.

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A Book About Me

• Teens take photos of people, places and
• things that define them and scrapbook.

Cost 50 for 20 teens.
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All About Me - Collage

• Teens create a collage of pictures that reflect
  their personalities.
• Pics can be ones they took themselves or cut out
  of a magazine.

Cost 14 for 20 teens
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Photography Contest

• Teens submit photos to fit the theme.
• You choose the winner!
• Cost depends on prizes offered.

From the Manual More ideas, incl. sample
guidelines on p.50.
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Fashion Design
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Dress to Express

• Find a guest speaker
• to teach teens new
• techniques for
• Expressing
• themselves through
• fashion.
• Cost FREE

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Fashion Show

• Teens create new fashions from assorted
• items youve gathered (ie. Sewing
• supplies, fabric, scarves, etc.) then
• model them on the runway!

Cost varies!
From the Manual You can also do an alt. fashion
show with bubble wrap, duct tape, etc. p.51
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Altered T-Shirts

• Teens alter t-shirts using ideas from
• Generation-T.
• Cost 116.
• 30-50 for embellishments if you can
• Borrow the rest.

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Bleach Pen T-Shirts

• Teens use bleach pens to create original designs
  on t-shirts
• Cost 100

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Literary Arts
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Magnetic Poetry Slam

• Teens create poems
• using magnetic
• poetry, then share.

Passive Alternative Display cookie sheets
covered in magnetic poetry in your teen area and
wait for the magic to happen.
Cost 40-75
From the Manual See p.75-79 for rules, score
cards and more.
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Personalized Journals
From the Manual Make a journal out of an altered
book! p. 41. (this project is harder, but
potentially more fun).

• Teens decorate a journal
• (Oriental Trading) w/paint,
• jewels, magazine clippings,
• etc.
• Cost 66 for 20 teens.

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TV Take-Offs
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American Idol

• Teens compete in an
• American Idol-like
• competition at the
• library.
• Cost price of prizes
• refreshments.

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Dancing with the Stars

• Teens pair up with Seniors for dance lessons.
• Followed by a Junior/Senior prom or performance.

Costs dance instructor refreshments
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Americas Next Top Band

• Teens divide into bands which compete
• against one another on the video game
• Guitar Hero World Tour.
• Cost 480

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Music Programs
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Song Writing Workshop

• Hire a professional
• musician to help teens
• write songs individually
• or as a group.

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Song Writing on the Internet

• Teens create and share their own songs on
• the website splicemusic.com
• Cost FREE

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Music Lessons

• Host music lessons for teens at the library.
• Costs price of instructor.
• (Your local high school band teacher just
• might give you a good deal.)

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Perfect Playlist

• From the Manual p.57
• Teens make a playlist for their favorite book(s).
• Post them in your teen area or on your website.

Cost FREE
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From the Manual

• Urban Art p.47
• Espresso Self p.48
• Name that Tune p.60
• Murder Mystery p.69
• Avatars p.107