Blog Buddy Response #2

How is multimodal composition integrated into literature study?

How does the thematic braiding activity sharpen connections between literature and the world?

Book banned in 2010

This book was banned in April 2010 by the school board in Stockton, Missouri.. Reasons were listed as "sexual language, "off-color" jokes, discussion of racism, alcoholism and violence." Funny - that sounds like most cable TV shows.

Book Review: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by S. Alexie (part 1)

My initial thoughts as I begin to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie:

1. Great - a book about a child with a disability who gets picked on. (I have a child with a disability). This book is either going to make me sad or angry. Or both.

2. I love the child's perspective on his physical disability. As a former nurse, I have always been amused by how the patient perceives medical information.

3. Yep, still not sure I really want to read this. Wait - a classmate mentioned finding an image of this book on a banned book list. Hmmm... maybe I really do want to read it?!?

4. I know I am a protective parent because I cannot for the life of me figure out why these parents would willingly send their child, with his issues, to an all-white school. Are they nuts?

5. Just finished the article on critical literacy. Time to check out more about this author and why he may have written this book.

Blog Buddy Response #1

What are the new literacies related to Adolescent Literature, and how do they enable critical literacy?