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On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam
We had a great turnout for The Big Read’s kickoff event, On Two Fronts:Latinos & Vietnam, at the Knickerbocker Theater last night. Thanks to all who attended! We look forward to seeing you at future events. For those of you who were unable to make it, here’s a brief synopsis of the film: The memoirs …
Big Read 2015
Welcome back to the Big Read for 2015! We are excited to be reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien this year. We have some great events planned for this year Oct 8 – On Two Fronts: Latinos and Vietnam Knickerbocker Theatre, 7:30 pm Nov 2 – Dr. Fred Johnson, “The Legacy of …
A Big Success!
This fall, the Big Read Holland Area Committee embarked on a journey to bring one book to many different pockets of Holland, Michigan. With the help of plenty of English teachers, local organizations, and Hope College students and faculty, we successfully brought To Kill a Mockingbird to hundreds of readers. No matter their age or familiarity …
Inside Perspective from a Brilliant 8th Grader
by Addie Weaver, Hamilton MS 8th Grader and Special Big Read Participant The Big Read is comprehension’ s best friend. I am a student at Hamilton Middle School, and curriculum in 9th grade requires everyone reads To Kill a Mockingbird. Anyone who has ever read this book knows that every chapter has many themes or …
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When Your Favorite Book Comes to Life: 5 Things Mary Marshall Tucker Taught Me About To Kill a Mockingbird
By Hope College English Major, Katharyn Jones Mary Marshall Tucker, a friend of Harper Lee and resident of Monroeville, Alabama, gave her address entitled “Maycomb: My Perspective from Across the Fence” to the Holland community on November 6, 2014. As I look forward to Dr. Wayne Flint’s, another friend of Harper Lee and a decorated …
Holland Public 9th Graders Respond with Word Clouds
Freshmen in Honors English at Holland Public High School responded to major themes and ideas in To Kill a Mockingbird by creating unique word clouds. These 9th graders were inspired by the characters in Harper Lee’s book and used adjectives that they thought embodied themes in the work as a whole. Interacting with the story and responding with art …
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Steve Penkevich: A Timeless Classic
Personal Reflection and Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird By Steve Penkevich ‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.’ Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is an undisputed classic that few will avoid having read …
Lights, Camera, Action… Read!
Lights, Camera, Action! Read To Kill a Mockingbird! By Hope College English major, Katharyn Jones He set the stage. One week ago I joined the standing room only crowd gathered in Winants Auditorium to hear Hope College’s own, Dr. Fred Johnson, introduce Holland’s Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird. I must admit I went to the …
Looking for Harper Lee
A Summary of Mark Childress’s article, “Looking for Harper Lee” Mark Childress, an award-winning novelist from the South, always loved To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact, he grew up in Monroeville, Alabama and knew friends of Harper Lee. In an article published several years ago, Childress described how her book affected him as a young reader: “The book moved …