DISCUSSION: Students discussed which books they consider influential on the whiteboard. Books included: The Bible, the Koran, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, Shakespeare plays and the Torah.
We compared our list of influential books with "100 Most Influential Books Ever Written" by Martin Seymour-Smith and a "100 Most Influential Books of the Century" from the Boston Public Library. We looked at lists of banned books.
POWERPOINT: We
looked at images and video illustrating the history of books, paper and
printing. The Bible (in Latin) was the first book printed on the
Gutenberg Press in the mid-1400s. Until that time, Bibles had been
hand-copied by Christian monks. We watched “Introducing the Book”
about a monk struggling to keep up with the "new" technology.
SHOW & TELL:
Books mentioned in the text and historical books:
Books mentioned in the text and historical books:
- A reprint of an ornate manuscript from pre-printing
- Satanic Verses ( a death sentence was placed on the author by an Iranian leader)
- Captain Underpants
- Where’s Waldo (a beach scene had a partially bare woman's breast; the book was reissued with a bikini top drawn on her.
Read Chapter 4, complete Workbook Chapter 4.
BLOG 3 Due Sunday night:
Name three
books you have read (OR that someone read to you as a child) that had the most influence on you. In 2-3 sentences,
describe why each one was influential. (Write in more detail than saying, “It
was good” or “it made me laugh.” Say why
it was good or made you laugh and how it stayed with you after you read it.)
Add friendly links to the books on Amazon.com or another online bookseller, or authors’ Websites.
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