This digital booktalk (1:08) can serve as a prereading activity. (Consider saving a copy and printing only the parts you need.) Incorporates bellwork, exit slips, Cornell notes, cooperative learning strategies. Includes printables: anticipation guide, writing activities, assessments, graphic organizers. Addresses setting, characterization, plot structure, context clues, irony. Very thorough unit plan/curriculum guide for 8th graders. Timeline and handouts: anticipation guide, literature circle questions, reading activity, structure for writing a literary analysis. Resources shared here include a unit plan, a biopoem template, a KWHL chart, discussion questions, questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy, and a rationale for using the novel in the classroom. Scroll down to find podcasts on prewriting, on magical realism, and more.Ī collection of reading strategies to support this book, including an anticipation guide, a guided imagery activity, a list of vocabulary words, and others. Walter Dean Myers' Second Chance Initiative On These PagesĪ Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.Ī Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.Biography, bibliography, video clips, and transcripts. Despite strong protest at a public meeting, the ban remained in effect. After meeting with parents, school administrators decided to remove it from the curriculum. This New York Times bestselling novel about an incarcerated teen awaiting trial was challenged for “language, violence, and sexual overtures” and deemed inappropriate for 8th and 9th-graders at Gates Middle School (Scituate, MA). The 2004 novel follows the story of 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, who sues her parents when she discovers she is supposed to donate a kidney to her dying older sister.
Also removed from the reading list was My Sister’s Keeper.
In a follow-up statement, the principal indicated that the books were high school reading materials, not 7th grade, and affirmed the school’s commitment to diversity. While remarking on the value of each title, the teacher encouraged parents to choose other books. Both books feature protagonists who are Black and address police violence and racial discrimination. 2021Īfter some parental complaints about the maturity of language and sexual content in some 7th grade reading club selections, a teacher at the Signal Mountain (TN) Middle-High School contacted parents to inform them that she was removing All American Boys and Monster from the reading list. Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
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