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Questioning Society
aCTIvITy 2.6
Learning Targets
• Evaluate specific rules and laws in a fictional society and compare them to present society, referencing the text and notations from additional research and reading materials.
• Contribute analysis and evidence relating to this topic in a Socratic Seminar discussion.
Preview
In this activity, you will read a short article about banned books and make connections to the novel you are reading.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read this article, underline words and phrases that relate to big concepts you have been thinking about in this unit.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
Banned Books Week:
Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 30−October 6, 2012
1 Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and
the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information
while drawing attention to the harms
of censorship by spotlighting actual or
attempted bannings of books across the United States.
2 Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and
express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox
or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
3 The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority
of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned
my Notes
article
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Etymology
Censorship comes from the Latin word censor. A censor
in Rome was responsible
for counting citizens and for supervising and regulating their morals. The suffix -ship makes the word a noun.
Grammar USaGe
Mood
Notice the strong imperative (command or request) quality of the sentence beginning, “Imagine . . .” Think how this sentence could have been changed to an interrogative.
Unit 2 • The Challenge of Utopia 125
learNING STraTeGIeS:
Shared Reading, Marking the Text, Questioning the Text, Socratic Seminar, Fishbowl
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