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What is One Book, One Community?
What is One Book, One Community?
One Book, One Community is when everyone in the school (the students, teachers, counselors, principal and assistant principal) all read the same book. When a whole community reads the same book, there are many benefits like:
Building a shared knowledge about the book topics and themes
Sharing different experiences and connections to the characters and the story
Empathizing together with the characters and their experiences
When we come back to school in September, we will spend some time discussing our community book in our advisories and in our ELA classes.
Meet the Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Meet the Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is the author of 13 picture books and 20 young adult books. Most likely, you've read or listened to at least one of her books! We are very excited that this summer's community book, Before the Ever After, is written by Jacqueline Woodson, one of the greatest writers for young people. Click on the video to learn a bit more about Woodson.
Before the Ever After
Before the Ever After
Genre: Novel in Verse, Realistic Fiction
Page Count: 161
Book Preview:
ZJ's father, "Zachariah 44," is a famous NFL football player. ZJ loves his dad, and occasionally feels the weight of the spotlight as his son, especially as he considers whether football is a sport for him. ZJ's dad has taken many hits to the head throughout his career, but he's always gotten back up and gone back into the game he loves. Now, however, those hits seem to be catching up to him, and what starts as a temporary pause from playing soon marks the end to Zachariah's career. It's confusing and scary for ZJ to see his dad's agonizing headaches and small memory lapses deteriorate into mood swings, personality changes, aggression, depression, and terrible memory loss. Sometimes his dad doesn't even recognize ZJ as his son. Doctors aren't sure what's wrong, and worse, they're not sure how to help. As his dad's condition worsens, ZJ finds comfort in memories-of good times with his dad, before things started to change-and in the support of his mom and the friends who stick with his family, including ZJ's own three best friends. This novel-in-verse is set in the early 2000s, before much was widely known about CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and the risks posed to players in the NFL. Despite the heartbreak of what is happening to ZJ's dad, moments of joy and love shine through.
Click on the image above to watch the book trailer for our community book.
Click on the image above to watch the book trailer for our community book.
Click on the video to learn more about the science behind CTE
Click on the video to learn more about the science behind CTE
What is CTE?
What is CTE?
WHAT IS Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?
A disease of the brain that can be found in in athletes, military veterans, and others who with a history of repetitive brain trauma.
CTE can cause memory loss, confusion, aggression, depression, and other symptoms.
These symptoms often begin years, or even decades after the last brain trauma or end of active athletic involvement.
There has been more research in the recent years to help prevent CTE from developing in athletes.
WHY LEARN ABOUT CTE? OR WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT?
Sports are important and loved by so many. Being a part of the military is important, too. It's important to learn about how CTE develops and ways to prevent it so that people do not develop this disease.
WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT IT?
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