The LHS Book Club shares information, ideas, and insights!
Banned Books Video
Banned Books Quiz
Slideshare Banned Books ppt. link.
NPR’s audio for ‘Grapes of Wrath’ And The Politics of Book Burning. The most applicable sections of the audio for Banned Books Week are from 0:00 to 1:11 minutes and from 6:02 to 6:25.
Tags: bannedbooks
This is place; the place where you’ll post you book reviews (see posting below for clarification). Just click on the comment link at the bottom of this post and paste your book review in the space available for commenting. Don’t forget to click on save! By posting your book review, we’ll have both a written copy and by creating a voicethread we’ll have a verbal copy of your review.
This isn’t a homework assignment, it should be a fun experience for you and you’ll be creating a work of lasting value!
Ms. Meester
Hi pack (dog lingo),
There’s still time to read Marley & Me! I have one copy on my desk for the lucky person who reads their email and the LHS Book Club Blog, then hustles to the library to pick up what has so far been described to me by your fellow club members as a humorous and well written story.
Timeline: Meet in the library to discuss Marley and me on April 29th.
Also, all book club members need to create a written book review that you’ll post to the blog before May 1st. It doesn’t have to be particularly lengthy, just make sure it comes from your heart and you consider your audience; other high school students. If you’re looking for some inspiration, take a look at some of the reviews on the Teen Reads website: http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/index.asp
Your book review can be from a book that we’ve read this year, but this could become repetitive unless you let me know your title. Your review could also be one of your favorite books of all time! Here’s the exciting part - you’re going to become digital storytellers. Here’s a link to a voicethread (digital storytelling resource) that some of our parent volunteers have created.
Overview and timeline:
Please stop by the library before Spring Break to pick up a copy of Marley and Me.
A decision has been made……. ….And the winner is below “in red”!. Take a look at the author’s (John Grogan) scrapbook pictures of Marley, blog and website. Did you know Marley & Me is going to be made into a movie this Spring? Stop by the LHS library and let me know if you’d like to read Marley & Me. We have 1 copy in the LHS library, I’ll attempt to borrow 2 copies from our district schools, the LPL had 2 available last time I looked and a couple of our book club members have access to a copy or two. Another option - Ask some of your friends if they have a copy of Marley & Me that you could borrow until after Spring Break.
Vote Now! Pick a book here - any book, but do make sure that your vote is counted!
Book Club Forum - Code Talker (Book Talker)
Go to the link above and please leave a brief biography of yourself (autobiography? 
in the comments section of this posting. To post a reply click on the envelope with the arrow at the bottom near Ms. Pulley’s name.
Answer the following to get you started:
1. Name or blogger name
2. Grade
3. Favorite genre
4. Favorite book
5. Favorite hobby or sport or video game or whatever!
Let’s get together in the library on Tuesday, February 26th and talk about Eddie and the lessons he learns. Take a look at this link from Reading Group Guides and read through some of the discussion questions. See if one of the questions provokes more questions or thinking for you and respond to this post with a response.
See you at lunch on the 26th!
I thought I’d share with everyone a fabulous site that I use to keep track of the books that I’ve read:
Library Thing
I have many more titles to add, which seems a bit overwhelming. It’s such a great spot to keep track of what you’ve read over a life time. I often have students mention that they’ve picked up a book, only to find out that they’d forgotten that they’ve already read it! Perhaps you can start your own catalog on Library Thing. Also, take a look at the Book Suggester, under the “Suggestions link.
It looks like the February Book Club Pick is Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. See results below. I’ll order copies from our district libraries and they should start arriving at our library by Monday, February 4, 2008. Stop by and pick one up!
Click on the online poll link below and help select our next book:
http://www.pollpub.com/lhs-book-club-pick-for-february-2008.aspx
Let’s try to assemble at lunch on the 15th of January and talk about Ned Begay, star and main character of the book Code Talker! If indeed this date and time work for most, we’ll hold our book club meeting. If this date and time doesn’t work for the majority, we’ll hold the meeting on the 22nd of January. Please blog your thoughts on the meeting date!
Here are some questions provided by the Scholastic website to ponder:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/lit_circle_pdfs/code_talker_t.pdf
Last week Boulder Book Store held a book giveaway, and I was able to obtain 11 copies of Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.
Booklist’s starred review states, “Six-year-old Ned Begay leaves his Navajo home for boarding school, where he learns the English language and American ways. At 16, he enlists in the U.S. marines during World War II and is trained as a code talker, using his native language to radio battlefield information and commands in a code that was kept secret until 1969 … Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find.”
Remind all of your book club pals that the book is here and ready to read over the Winter Break!
Ms. Meester
