Posted by
Ed Lilly on Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:03:52 PM
I have been doing some substitute teaching lately, and many of the assignments the past few weeks have been in our local middle school. During planning periods I often spend time in the school library catching up on news and other things. Near the bank of computers in the library are a set of posters designed to appeal to teenagers and let them know the wide variety of things they can find and/or learn in the library.
The posters build on the fundamental idea of using the "Five W's." Thus, we have:
Say Who? Find Biographies Here!
Say What? Find It Here!
Say When? Find History Here!
Say Where? Find Your Way Here!
Say Why? Find Answers Here!
Say How? Find Out Here!
And centered in the display area is a poster reading:
Teens Say READ!
I'm certainly in favor of improving kids' literacy and research skills. So I was a little disappointed to see the tagline at the bottom of each of these posters:
The Library is WHERE IT'S AT.
I understand that may be very common phraseology. But shouldn't we do students a favor and try to use proper grammar?