Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Help! Help!
Ok, I need your help! I don't often ask anything of you, dear reader, so in this you MUST indulge me!! Alright, now that I've declared my need in glaringly dramatic fashion, I shall humbly present my request. What novels do you remember reading (and liking) in high school and why? I will finally be teaching full-time starting in January and the unit I start with is "the novel." I'll be teaching regular freshman English classes and the kids in there are predominantly 1) male, and 2) completely uninterested in literature. As I am an almost 32-year-old woman who loves literature, I'm having a little difficulty coming up with novels that they might possibly be interested in reading. I doubt that we'll have time to read more than one novel (I may do a class novel and have them pick their own for a second novel if time allows) and I have a few ideas that would be both convenient and obvious picks for a 9th grade novel assignment, but I thought I'd throw it out to you just in case you had some great ideas! So, let's hear it!! Thanks for your help!!
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This may be out there, but have you thought about Dracula? It's a good book with a unique literary style. I didn't read it in high school, but I read it in my free time about that age. I think the guys would go for it and even might be happy about it.
Michael Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead" (also known as "The 13th Warrior) was REALLY good! I didn't think I would like it but I did. It's "man-ish" reading, lol. It was like Beowolf from another perspective. It was cool.
Also, the "Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton as well.
Other than that I pretty much read girly books.
My favorite was "The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde. I don't really like to read. Enjoying a book is quite an accomplishment.
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