September 22, 2006

I read my excerpt from a Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks and Ivan reviewed from the previous day. We then read a poem by Tom Wayman titled, Did I Miss Anything? It was a funny poem about students who missed school and their teachers reaction to being asked if they missed anything important. After that we dicussed Banned Book Week. A book can be banned or challenged for various reasons, the most common are sexual scenes, profanity, and violence. Some books that have been banned or challenged are: Harry Potter, The Giver, Captain Underpants, Dr. Seuss, Little House in the Parire, Harriet the Spy, and Catcher in the Rye. We discussed reasons why Banned Book Week was important, such as raising awarness of banned books and supporting the books that have been banned, everyone has a right to read what they want. After the power point Ms. Hillestad informed us that we will be reading a few books that have been banned and/or challenged. Yeah!