Link to March 12 Jamestown (New York) Post-Journal article.Excerpt: The daylong event, part of The Big Read, was organized by Norma DeJoy, JHS English department chair.
''Different classrooms - English classes, history classes, activity classes - are taking part,'' Ms. DeJoy said. ''While this is going on, there are other activities going on in the library as well, to keep the kids busy while they're waiting for their turn to read.''
The other events included the showing of a documentary about the historical context of the novel, a design-your-own-bookmark station, film trailers based on the novel created by the school's Video Works club, an activity where students posted thoughts about various characters in the novel, a station where students signed a banner with the names of their favorite novels and authors, and a reading station where students could pick up novels by female authors and about the Great Depression era.
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