LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Read about the role of a librarian, including its benefits and challenges; understand how to get started in a career as a librarian.

HEALTH ED STANDARDS

NHES 6: Use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

CASEL: Self-management, responsible decision-making

Lesson Plan: I’m a Librarian

If you love reading and are passionate about connecting people to literature and knowledge, read Ayanna’s story to learn more about becoming a librarian. 

PREPARING TO READ

Before you read the article “I’m a Librarian,” ask your students the following pre-reading questions:

What does a librarian do, and what skills are required to become one? 

READING AND DISCUSSION

  • Have your students read the article “I’m a Librarian”; read the article out loud to them; or have students partner-read the article out loud.
  • After they’ve read the article, revisit the pre-reading questions. Have their answers changed?

BUILDING COMPREHENSION

Check students’ comprehension of and engagement with the story with the following assessment tools:

  • Comprehension Quiz

EXPANDING SEL OPPORTUNITIES

Continue the learning journey with the following extension activity:

In LIBRARIAN INTERVIEW, students should imagine that they’re the manager of a library and that they are looking to hire a librarian. In the first part of the activity, they should all pretend they are the manager. Have them work individually at first and use the article to write between five and seven interview questions that will help them hire the best person for the job. Once they finish, have them find a partner and take turns interviewing one another using the questions they wrote. At the end of each turn, the interviewer (library manager) should tell their partner (the job applicant) whether they will be hired or not! For extra engagement, hold a whole-class discussion where students share whether their partners have what it takes to be a librarian or not, and why.

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