Banned Book Reflection
The Banned Book project was a project for Banned Book month (September.) The goal of the project was to chose a banned book to read, create a bookmark about the book, bring in a food item that connected to your book, and show off the work at exhibition.
I read Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger. It is a story from a journalist’s perspective of a high school football teams season in the rural Texas town of Odessa. The book was banned in multiple schools due to sexual and racist content. I would definitely recommend the book, It is an exciting story about a football season, and also some insight to rural areas and the beliefs in that area. For the Bookmark, I cut out lines and numbers to represent a football field, I put a football to represent one of the central ideas of the story, and I put the state of Texas because I feel like the story highlights a lot of rich Texas culture. For the potluck, I brought in Gatorade because it is commonly consumed at halftime during football games.
This project was somewhat challenging for me. I thought that the hardest part of the project was spending the time to read my entire book, and the easiest parts were the bookmark creation and potluck because they were really fun.
As usual I made multiple drafts on my bookmark and received peer/teacher critique before I turned it in. I had a pretty strong rough draft for my bookmark, so my peers didn't have much to say besides "looks good" or "Nice Job." Even though this isn't that helpful, it did ensure that I was in a pretty good spot. I then went to Ms. Heller and asked her for feedback. She pointed out my quote needed quotation marks, I should include something about the censorship of the book, and that I had a great start. After I applied this feedback it took my bookmark to a very high level. There were no grammar errors/missing quotes and the bookmark looked very clean and professional.
As for critique I gave, I think I did a very good job. I made sure to be Kind, Specific, and Helpful, and I tried to give feedback that would help my peers. For example, I helped Andrea correct her spelling errors and gave Mattia a new suggestion for his material use. As far as critique went I did very good in this project.
I am very proud of my bookmark and therefore I believe I deserve an A+. Not only is my bookmark obviously show my book and what it stands for, it looks great, has very deep meaning, and it provides view/age of censorship. My bookmark shows I read my book and have extensive knowledge on the story, and it shows that I got feedback and put genuine effort into it.
I actually had a really great conversation with Senor G at exhibition. I gave him a copy of my bookmark and we talked for awhile about my story. He loved that I realized the racial issues and football culture in Texas. He even told me a story about how he used to teach in Texas in an impoverished area. He also agreed with me that it is important for students ages 13+ to learn about racial issues and areas we can improve as people. Overall, I really loved this project, and there isn't much I would change about this project.
I read Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger. It is a story from a journalist’s perspective of a high school football teams season in the rural Texas town of Odessa. The book was banned in multiple schools due to sexual and racist content. I would definitely recommend the book, It is an exciting story about a football season, and also some insight to rural areas and the beliefs in that area. For the Bookmark, I cut out lines and numbers to represent a football field, I put a football to represent one of the central ideas of the story, and I put the state of Texas because I feel like the story highlights a lot of rich Texas culture. For the potluck, I brought in Gatorade because it is commonly consumed at halftime during football games.
This project was somewhat challenging for me. I thought that the hardest part of the project was spending the time to read my entire book, and the easiest parts were the bookmark creation and potluck because they were really fun.
As usual I made multiple drafts on my bookmark and received peer/teacher critique before I turned it in. I had a pretty strong rough draft for my bookmark, so my peers didn't have much to say besides "looks good" or "Nice Job." Even though this isn't that helpful, it did ensure that I was in a pretty good spot. I then went to Ms. Heller and asked her for feedback. She pointed out my quote needed quotation marks, I should include something about the censorship of the book, and that I had a great start. After I applied this feedback it took my bookmark to a very high level. There were no grammar errors/missing quotes and the bookmark looked very clean and professional.
As for critique I gave, I think I did a very good job. I made sure to be Kind, Specific, and Helpful, and I tried to give feedback that would help my peers. For example, I helped Andrea correct her spelling errors and gave Mattia a new suggestion for his material use. As far as critique went I did very good in this project.
I am very proud of my bookmark and therefore I believe I deserve an A+. Not only is my bookmark obviously show my book and what it stands for, it looks great, has very deep meaning, and it provides view/age of censorship. My bookmark shows I read my book and have extensive knowledge on the story, and it shows that I got feedback and put genuine effort into it.
I actually had a really great conversation with Senor G at exhibition. I gave him a copy of my bookmark and we talked for awhile about my story. He loved that I realized the racial issues and football culture in Texas. He even told me a story about how he used to teach in Texas in an impoverished area. He also agreed with me that it is important for students ages 13+ to learn about racial issues and areas we can improve as people. Overall, I really loved this project, and there isn't much I would change about this project.