[allera]

Basically, what the topic says. If you can remember, what were your favorite texts (novels, poems, plays, etc.) that you read in your English, Reading, Literature, etc classes?

This is mainly for those currently in grades 6-12, because I'm trying to find several texts for my students to read in the second half of the year that they would actually be interested in. I'd also rather hear from the age group mentioned because, well, you guys are the ones that have had to sit through class reading it. XD I want to know what kinds of stories kids are into these days, what the current trend is, and all that jazz.

And no, the Twilight Series and the Inheritance Series will not be on my book list.

[5aphira]

Well, as I'm Spanish everything we read in English was quite stupid. And I think I've read too much books whose Author's mother doesn't know how thy're called...

Not really interesting

[zenron]

I think in total, I have read about 2 books in school. Our school doesn't really seem to care about it, much to my dismay. The only ones we seem to read are the classics which everyone has already read, or really bad ones.

[BartimaeusTrilogyFan]

A Christmas Carol ~ Charles Dickens.
Shane ~ Jack Schaefer.
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury.
The Crucible ~ Arthur Miller.
The Masque of the Red Death ~ Edgar Allan Poe.

Luff. <3

Disliked the rest. And we read about 2-4 books a year. Usually two or three. ^_^

[Dracorex4]

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier

There probably were one or two others, but I can't remember. We did only one book per year, Primary Four to Six, and Secondary One and Two. Most of the time went into other stuff.

[Hobbiton]

I really didn't enjoy any of the stuff we studied but I'll make a listy just for you :

Frankenstein (play version) adapted by Philip Pullman.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl.
Bridge To Teribithia by Katherine Paterson, (methinks?)

They are honestly the only half-decent ones I can remember. And the think English is supposed to be fun.

[Pix]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (never finished it but I enjoyed the part that I did read)
Grendel by John Gardner- this one's good because you can introduce your students to Beowulf.

[Palagrin]

You teach Allera? I never knew...

Shade's Children by Garth Nix

At the Mo, that's all I can think of, we don't really read that many books.

[BartimaeusTrilogyFan]

Totally forgot about A Wrinkle in Time. Whoops. D:

[Morzansspawn]

I don't care much for the books I'm forced to read. But i did enjoy The hobbit, Xmen and peter and the start catchers trilogy. Wrinkle in time sucked...

[BartimaeusTrilogyFan]

The Hobbit?? Damn, I would love to be assigned The Hobbit. >_> Not fair. D:

Peter and the Star Catchers was recommended by a teacher, but not mandatory. Very good. ^_^

And most people seem to be of that opinion. -___- But I liked it, so there. XD

This post has been edited by BartimaeusTrilogyFan: 15 October 2009 - 12:27 AM

[Rinion]

I don't care much for the books I'm forced to read. But i did enjoy The hobbit, Xmen and peter and the start catchers trilogy. Wrinkle in time sucked...

I wish we'd read The Hobbit in school. My teacher did start reading it to my class in Grade 4, but a lot of them complained because they said it was too complicated and so she stopped.

Over the past few years, my setworks have been I Am David (Grade 8), The Color of Water (9), The Kite Runner (10), Things Fall Apart (11) and Saturday (12). Out of those, my favourite (and the favourite of most of my class) was definitely The Kite Runner. It's a splendid book, although some of the content might not be appropriate for students before Grade 10. We also did several Shakespearean plays, of which the ones the class engaged with the most were The Tempest and Twelfth Night; I suppose because they're relatively light-hearted and straightforward.

Some of the preferred poems we covered were my sweet old etcetera by E. E. Cummings, Mending Wall by Robert Frost and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning.

[American Flag]

I liked The Guns of Easter and The Merchant of Venice, both read in first year(ummm.... 9th grade? Not sure....)

[Dracorex4]

Oh yeah, we kinda covered Romeo and Juliet, and The Merchant Of Venice. Can't say I enjoyed it much, since it wasn't the original text. Never cared for simplified versions. But I'm in the rare minority, I doubt most people want to analyse complicated stuff.

And I liked A Wrinkle In Time. Read the other books in the quartet.

[Blue Swords]

The only things that interest me that we read in English are those scientific articles in the State tests that we have to do comprehencion (can't spell) questions on.