Students will read articles and write a paragraph stating their position on censorship in schools which they will post on a live blog.

1. Celebrate Banned Book Week
Exercise Your Freedom to READ

3. Dav Pilkey on Reading Choice

4. Dav Pilkey on Reading Choice
• To play the video online open here

5. Frequently Challenged or Banned Books
The following books are all available in the PFTSTA Library:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
America: A Novel, by E.R. Frank
Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
Cut, by Patricia McCormick
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle

6. Banned Book Week Virtual Read out
Lois Lowry reads from The Giver
https://flic.kr/p/5fofbW

7. Censorship:
To Kill a Mockingbird and Fahrenheit 451
1. Defense of To Kill a Mockingbird by Jill May
(EVERY student will read this article)
1. The Case against To Kill a Mockingbird by
Isaac Saney
2. Afraid of the Dark: Censorship, Ray
Bradbury, and The Martian Chronicles by
Michael Angelotti

8. Articles from the Gale Databases
In support of the freedom to read:
1. Check it out with Andrew Richard Albanese: a
new book looks at book banning in America
2. Censorship in three metaphors by Nancy M.
Bailey and Fenice B. Boyd
3. Censoring the Imagination: Challenges to
Children's Books by Judith Saltman
4. Neil Gaiman on censorship
5. Book banning: Learning from our past
mistakes

9. Organizations that Promote Freedom to Read
1. National Coalition Against Censorship
2. People for the American Way (PFAW)
3. National Council of Teachers of English
4. American Library Association

10. In Defense of Book Banning/Censorship in Schools
1. It’s not censorship, it’s parenting! by Eric
Manning
2. Harris Poll Shows Growing Support for Book
Banning by Lisa Peet
3. Petition to ban new books prompts new
debate on censorship in Duval County by Rhema
Thompson
4. In Defense of Book Banning by Mark
Hemingway

11. Organizations that Promote Censorship
1. The American Catholic
2. Cracking the Da Vinci Code by Catholic.com
3. Gateways to Better Education explains when
it is best to remove your child from an
activity.

12. Example of Article/Blog Post with Comments:
Why gun control is doomed from The Economist
The WRONG way to make a comment:

13. Example of Article/Blog Post with Comments:
Why gun control is doomed from The Economist
The RIGHT way to make a comment:

14. Read and Write
1. Read blog post about BBW on
Tales from a Loud Librarian
2. Write a paragraph in the comment section
explaining your stance on book censorship in
schools.
3. You may write in support of either the
freedom to read or the need for censorship in
the school’s curriculum as well as the shelves of
the school library.

15. Rubric
1. Written Communication
a-Complete sentences b-Free of major errors
c-Free of minor errors d-Varied sentence structure
d-At least 2 concrete details from the piece you read that
backs your thoughts. These do not need to be quotations.
e-Clear wording and phrasing of ideas
f-Formal language, though first person pronouns are fine
for this one
3. Critical Thinking
a-Predominant reliance on logos and ethos
b-Use of convincing details from the pieces you read
4. Technology
a-Entered anonymously into comment section of the blog
b-Initials, teacher, and per # correctly entered after your
comment as follows: CDB 3rd Bordelon
5. Work Ethic
a-Entered on time
b-Work shows evidence of self-editing: Proofread for
errors, varied sentence length, carefully-chosen
vocabulary words