I found a great topic for tonight's class. I used a list of 25 banned books to discuss the First Amendment to my class. It was so much fun watching their eyes pop out at some of the books on the list.
It did allow for some interesting conversations - such as why Harry Potter was on the list, but not the Narnia series. We also discussed if the labeling of music as having explicit lyrics is censorship (they didn't think so) or the decisions Walmart makes about selling only certain items (they didn't like it).
Here is the list I used.
"Harry Potter" (Series) (J.K. Rowling)
"To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
"The Color Purple" (Alice Walker)
"The Outsiders" (S.E. Hinton)
"Lord of the Flies" (William Golding)
"Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck)
"Goosebumps" (Series) (R.L. Stine)
"How to Eat Fried Worms" (Thomas Rockwell)
"The Catcher in the Rye" (J.D. Salinger)
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (Mark Twain)
"The Giver" (Lois Lowry)
"Brave New World" (Aldous Huxley)
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (Mark Twain)
"Captain Underpants" (Dav Pilkey)
"The Anarchist Cookbook" (William Powell)
"Carrie" (Stephen King)
"Flowers for Algernon" (Daniel Keyes)
"The Dead Zone" (Stephen King)
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou)
"Go Ask Alice" (anonymous)
"American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis)
"The Chocolate War" (Robert Cormier)
"James and the Giant Peach" (Roald Dahl)
"The Pigman" (Paul Zindel)
"A Wrinkle in Time" (Madeleine L'Engle)
Friday, September 29, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Quick updates
* Many thanks to poultrygeist99 who sent me a FABULOUS birthday card and brownies yesterday. I agree, when we get old and stop writing fan fic, we should start taking art lessons drawing young men! I could have done without the over the hill candles though - someday you'll be old too!!
* We finally got all the dishes done - except tonight's dinner dishes. The laundry is finally folded and mostly put away too!
* My Dr. has given me permission to ease back into work a few hours at a time.
* She also said my lungs are finally starting to sound better.
* A girl in my class asked if she could miss class tomorrow night so she could go participate in a homecoming activity. I explained that I've missed soccer games, school open house, and taught on my birthday. I think she can miss a social event to come to class. Not to mention that I've only missed ONE class in spite of having pneumonia and I sent a substitute that night. ARG.
* Thanks to Meritt and Poultrygeist for their thoughtful comments on the cervical cancer vaccine. I went with the knee jerk reaction which was related to the idea that, yet again, the discussion revolved around the idea that withholding this would prevent people from having sex before marriage. I really hate this mentality. But, I agree it needs to be the parents decision - I just would like to see the conversation be based on safety, etc rather than encouraging abstinence. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'd also like to ensure that insurance companies will cover the vaccine for those who chose to have it.
I need to read outlines and bibliographies. TTFN
* We finally got all the dishes done - except tonight's dinner dishes. The laundry is finally folded and mostly put away too!
* My Dr. has given me permission to ease back into work a few hours at a time.
* She also said my lungs are finally starting to sound better.
* A girl in my class asked if she could miss class tomorrow night so she could go participate in a homecoming activity. I explained that I've missed soccer games, school open house, and taught on my birthday. I think she can miss a social event to come to class. Not to mention that I've only missed ONE class in spite of having pneumonia and I sent a substitute that night. ARG.
* Thanks to Meritt and Poultrygeist for their thoughtful comments on the cervical cancer vaccine. I went with the knee jerk reaction which was related to the idea that, yet again, the discussion revolved around the idea that withholding this would prevent people from having sex before marriage. I really hate this mentality. But, I agree it needs to be the parents decision - I just would like to see the conversation be based on safety, etc rather than encouraging abstinence. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'd also like to ensure that insurance companies will cover the vaccine for those who chose to have it.
I need to read outlines and bibliographies. TTFN
Monday, September 25, 2006
OPPS - Never arrive unprepared
So, I had to run by the DMV to renew my license and car registration.
Since I could have renewed over the mail, I assumed that they had my picture saved. So, the pneumonia me who has not showered all day found out that nope, I needed to take a picture for this license. Thankfully, my hair was OK and I had enough makeup in my purse to make myself presentable.
So, if you ever go get your license renewed - always be picture ready.
Since I could have renewed over the mail, I assumed that they had my picture saved. So, the pneumonia me who has not showered all day found out that nope, I needed to take a picture for this license. Thankfully, my hair was OK and I had enough makeup in my purse to make myself presentable.
So, if you ever go get your license renewed - always be picture ready.
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