AMC 11th Grade English 08-09

Thanks to all of you who created posters and helped get our school ready to celebrate Banned Book Week! I think many people in the school enjoy the book sale and the morning extended Advisory that will take place Friday.

Some of you will also attend a college class on Wednesday, Oct. 3rd (4:20 to 6:00PM) with Mr. Kent Baxter. Mr. B’s class has been discussing specific issues of censorship. They will be doing presentations in the first part of class. Then, our class will interact. We will be discussing specific questions on censorship and finding out what our differences and similarities are in our points of view. Finally, we will be brainstorming ways to combat censorship. This should make for a stimulating discussion.

On Friday, our guest speaker, Edie Pistolesi, will present a slide show and brief lecture on “Art Education in the Age of Guantanamo.” Ms. Pistolesi recently published a paper on her students’ experience creating a project on peace.

Our Banned Book Week kick-off will provide an excellent introduction to the American Literature thematic unit on the Transcendentalists and the Birth of the Civil Rights movement.

Work due this week included daily journals, reading journals, and posters on the issue of censorship. Next week will see us ready for the 5-week grade.