Banned Book Week 2011

Our theme for the week has been Celebrate Your Freedom to Read! The last week in September marks the American Library Association's annual Banned Book Week. The is the 29th National Celebration!

The purpose of Banned Book Week is make those aware of the books that have been challenged/banned and encourgage all to understand the value of having our own CHOICE to read any book we want.

To celebrate Banned Book Week, Mrs. Y., the librarian created a school-wide Spirit Week honoring our freedom to read!

Did you participate on any day(s)?

• Monday: Books in Jail? See the “jail” display in the library covered with books.



• Tuesday: Patriotic Day. Wear red, white and blue to celebrate our freedom to read.



• Wednesday: Eye Read, do you? Guess which teachers have been reading.



• Thursday: Banned Books SPIRIT. Wear Study colors to show you know.



• Friday: Reader Stickers. If you have read a banned book, get a sticker @ the library.



• Saturday: What a perfect day to read a book, perhaps even one that was banned or challenged! Check out a list of titles at 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 1990-1999 or 100 Top Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009.

Watch this video to give you another perspective about censorship.



Think of your all time favorite book! Imagine not having the opportunity to read that book because an individual believed it to be inappropriate for ALL to read.

Describe how you would feel if you were the guy in the video above. What is the one book that you couldn't imagine not having the chance to read? Why? Describe your reaction if someone told you that you could NOT read that book. How would it compare to the guy's reaction the video above?

Please answer these questions in COMPLETE sentences when you make a comment. NEVER include your full name or another person's full name in your comment. (for example: a student named Jane Doe should sign her name as only Jane D.)

Happy Friday and Happy Blogging!

Anyone Blog?

Welcome! This is the first posting of many in our Class Reading Blog. Today's goal is to get you acquainted with blogging.

Remember from our activity in class last Friday, where we simulated a blog after viewing a video about cyber-bullying. Each person responded or commented on the video, which was considered a "post". You exchanged papers (using the basketball hoop/basket) with a classmate and read that person's paper, after which you commented again. (We repeated this several times.)

From that activity, I hope you remember that once you enter our online class blog, you FIRST READ the posting(s) and previous comments and THEN respond by adding a comment.

Answer the following questions as you comment to this posting. Please respond in complete sentences.

1. Have you ever heard of the term "blog" before entering this class? If so, where?

2. Do you have your own blog?

a. If so, how do you use it? What is its purpose?
OR
b. If no, what blog would you create? What topic would your write about?

3. Do any of your family members have a blog or read a blog?

4. What are you looking forward to in reading class this year?

5. Have you used a blog for another class? (in 5th grade, etc)

Please answer these questions when you make a comment. NEVER include your full name or another person's name in your comment. (for example: a student named Jane Doe should sign her name as only Jane D.)

Happy Tuesday and Happy Blogging!

The Man Who Walked Between The Towers