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Post by Mabel on Mar 19, 2018 20:56:11 GMT -5
I’m making up a list of classic literature suggestions for junior high/high school students. I’d love input!
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Post by mmeblue on Mar 19, 2018 21:38:20 GMT -5
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Post by Kay on Mar 20, 2018 0:33:45 GMT -5
The high school I attended was a 'Classical' education high school. We had to read a lot of the classics, unlike my kids who haven't had to read any of them. I am old and my memory is fading but here are some of the ones I remember reading:
Great Expectations
The Red Badge of Courage
1984
A Brave New World
The old Man and the Sea
Huckleberry Finn
The Great Gatsby
The Devine Comedy
MacBeth
Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew
I know why the Caged Bird Sings
The Odyssey
Moby Dick
Streetcar Named Desire
The Scarlet Letter
Walden
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Post by Miss Prudey on Mar 20, 2018 1:43:02 GMT -5
Some of what I remember reading then:
Macbeth
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
Of Mice and Men
The Crucible
Jane Eyre
Medea
Anthem
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Red Badge of Courage
Animal Farm
The Scarlet Letter
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Catcher in the Rye
A Doll’s House
The Outsiders
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Call of the Wild
A Wrinkle in Time
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Post by realcranky on Mar 20, 2018 5:53:03 GMT -5
My class reads a lot of classics! We just finished MacBeth, and next week we start Beowulf.
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Post by Ypsi on Mar 20, 2018 6:45:03 GMT -5
My class reads a lot of classics! We just finished MacBeth, and next week we start Beowulf. DD read Animal Farm in your class too and she LOVED it. |
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Post by maurinsky on Mar 20, 2018 19:27:39 GMT -5
Brave New World
The Catcher in the Rye
A Separate Peace
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Mar 20, 2018 20:34:17 GMT -5
I don't know how young your classics can be but Jack London is great at any age. The classic horror books are good (and short) Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Ds read The Odyssey in grade 9 and liked it so much that he read the Illiad on his own time - but not every one in his class even finished them  . He was the only one that read it actually. (It still chaps my hide that he plowed through it but none of the other kids did so the teacher didn't even bother taking it up - so they were all rewarded for not doing it). Robinson Carusoe is great - and doesn't read like it was written 400 years ago (he was a slaver however so that may be a problem for some people). Dumas is also excellent - especially for boys who maybe don't like to read. |
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Post by dharma on Mar 20, 2018 21:11:37 GMT -5
I didn't read it until college, but I think Jack Kerouac On The Road could have been a book that fired me up rather than most of the snooze fest that was the American lit selections my junior year.
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Post by villanelle on Mar 21, 2018 1:18:21 GMT -5
Is this for any specific reading level?
Tons of great suggestions already, but for more advanced (and mature) readers, things like Catch-22, Heart of Darkness, and The Stranger (depending on how you define a classic) could all be very valuable. Definitely not Jr. High.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Mar 21, 2018 14:50:16 GMT -5
Oh yes - ds loved Heart of Darkness!
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Post by mmeblue on Mar 21, 2018 15:07:16 GMT -5
I LOATHED Heart of Darkness. It's on my "books I will never force my children to read" list. |
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Mar 21, 2018 15:22:36 GMT -5
Okay I just asked ds and he said "Oh I wouldn't say I "really" liked it" I should state that excepting the Odyssey all the books I've recommended have been ones he's read on his own - not ones he's been tortured with novel studies |
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Post by maurinsky on Mar 23, 2018 7:32:59 GMT -5
I started Heart of Darkness and couldn't get into it.
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Post by Mabel on Mar 24, 2018 13:06:21 GMT -5
I had to read Heart of Darkness in high school and to this day it’s the book I hate the most in the entire world lol. I swear there are only like 20 periods in that entire book! I really hated it. A lot.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 16:08:25 GMT -5
My freshman and junior are reading The Wave. I think it should be required reading for everyone, to be honest.
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. He was the only one that read it actually. (It still chaps my hide that he plowed through it but none of the other kids did so the teacher didn't even bother taking it up - so they were all rewarded for not doing it). 
