Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Results of the Battle of the Books!

SJH Red Maple VS Acadia Jr. High Book Battle!

Today we will battle via Skype with Acadia Jr. High in Winnipeg to determine which of the following titles is the best book ever!

St. Joseph High School Red Maple Club members have nominated the following titles:

1.  The Vampire Stalker by Allision Van Diepen  presented by Lena Morin
2.  The Vindico by Wesley King presented by Darien Reichel
3.  End of Days by Eric Walters presented by Aedyn Ladd

Acadia Jr. High has voted for the following titles:

1.  The Bedmas Conspiracy by Deborah Sherman
2.  Fly Boy by Eric Walters
3.  The Undergrounders by David Skuy

May the odds be ever in our favour and the best book win!

To vote please click on this link and select which argument was the best pitch made by students in today's Battle:

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Read all the books over the Christmas Holidays!

Take out a Learning Commons Kobo and imagine you are reading at a sunny southern resort!

Remember to get a pink form from the ciculation desk and your parent's signature to take out a Kobo!
See Ms. Murray or Ms. Vlcek for more details.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Introducing Fan Fiction to RM

This year, let's celebrate the books we are reading by re-writing them!

Create a new ending to the story...Rewrite a major scene...Add the sequel!

Let's try using Wattpad.com



Check out the teen fiction community of writers @ http://www.wattpad.com/stories/teen-fiction

Friday, October 26, 2012


Welcome to the 2012-13 Red Maple Blog!

Click on the tabs for the page for each book in our club. 


Go to links to the authors web pages and watch and listen to interviews and book trailers.


Share your thoughts about what you are reading right now!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Please post your responses to the books on the sidebar 'pages'.  To post, please put your FIRST name so that we can converse openly with each other on-line!  Anonymous postings will be removed!