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Monthly Archives: September 2009
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Taken directly from Wikipedia.
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle. The book won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. It is the first in L’Engle’s series of books about the Murry and O’Keefe families.
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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I did read this book. I just didn’t take the time to write a review. I can remember when I read it, way back in 1985. I was in 10th grade. It wasn’t for a class. I was just pleasure reading. I don’t remember who recommended it to me, but do remember [...]
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Sep 29
Today I got a good look at how sixth graders view professors! They had conjured up a picture of me in a white lab coat in a lab, mixing together chemicals that exploded and made my hair stand up on end! I explained to them that I wasn’t a science profe… Continue reading
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CEC Adopts New Policy on Restraints and Seclusion
The Council for Exceptional Children has adopted a new policy concerning the use of restraints and seclusion on children with disabilities. The policy recommends that restraints and seclusion be used only as a last resort where the child or others are… Continue reading
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I Found a Copy of My Lesson Plan Template!
Okay, this is for all the people I promised an OCR lesson plan template for. I found it. I finally found it- my lesson plan template. It was on my school laptop which I had to return. I had a backup on my personal laptop. However, my laptop crashed a couple of weeks ago. As [...]
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Sep 28
The teachers are planning to “switch things up” again — we’re dividing the class into three and doing stations. I’m either going to be with grammar or with reading. I think I could be successful with both, although I’ll have to work on the grammar(!) … Continue reading
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 (1953), written by Ray Bradbury, is an engrossing futuristic tale of a society where all printed material is banned. In this country of the future, officials believe that people who read and are able to think for themselves are a threat to the nation where individualism is strongly discouraged. The inhabitants of this [...]
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List of Banned Books
In light of Banned Books week, here’s a list of books that have been banned at one time or another in the United States:
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Blubber by Judy Blume
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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Banned Book Week (September 26- October 3)
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Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign that celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to banned and challenged books. The campaign “stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them” and the requirement to keep material publicly [...]
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Siblings
Did you grow up with siblings – that pesky little sister and brat of an older brother? Regardless of the struggles that you went thorough - you all stuck together – through thick or thin. You protected each other from harm and shared the victory of each other’s sucess.
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Did you have a sibling with a special need? [...] Continue reading