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I read 14. Partially read none, because I don't 'partially read'. Heard I think of all, except the cod one, Custer, the art one and the African Americans in the Civil War.
Frankly, the list is complete bs. If this is what kids read in school nowadays, I am glad I don't have kids. A book about cod and no... bah don't get me started... |
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"You're pretty well read
You're familiar with words like 'Bildungsroman,' 'synecdoche,' and 'anagnorisis,' but perhaps not with today's updated literary curriculum." After spending most of my working years in libraries and bookstores, I have heard of most of the titles, read some of many, but I agree that remembering short stories (and individual poems) is a lot to ask. Anyway, I finally have all the time in the world to read whatever appeals to me! First I'll have to look up anagnorisis..... |
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My child is completing high school and none of these books are offered in his Literature or Sociology curriculum. Shocking? No. Adolescents have a low attention span, and video games are the only medium where they become involved in plot-oriented storytelling and "role" playing. If the Christian Science Monitor put Twilight or Harry Potter on their list, they would have gotten a more positive response from the survey. Most surfers probably quit after 5 books. Of the 9 books I did not read, there are probably a few I'll add to my reading list. Haskins' book on the Civil War looks like a fast read, but finding it in a library will not be easy. The book has only one review on Amazon, and I'll bet most people did not even know of the title, prior to the survey.
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I was pretty surprised by your statement. I can't imagine an English class that doesn't read books. However, I was surprised by how many websites there are that are about how to "create lesson plans for english language arts and literature classes based on movies and film". Actually I found some really good lists of movies to watch, and I'm guessing many of them are probably free to view on Amazon Prime so thanks for sharing your school experience. |
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I gave up on the quiz... I never heard of the first 10 books (except the first) and I figure it wouldn't be different for the rest.
We never read translated literature at school and for English class we were more into British English... |
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The BBC posted a Big Read Top 100 books list challenge in 2003. They believed that most people had read only 6 of the 100 books. My 11th-grade granddaughter tells me that she has read the following on the list, most school requirements:
1. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 2. Hamlet - William Shakespeare 3. Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White 4. The Color Purple - Alice Walker 5. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 6. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 7. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 8. Animal Farm - George Orwell 9. Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne 10. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis 11. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 12. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 13. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 14. Harry Potter series 15. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien She and her sister, also 16, love to discuss The Hunger Games Trilogy, House of Night series, and The Mortal Instruments series. They believe that they are average readers among their friends. They discussed Animal Farm seemingly endlessly in my presence. If they are average, book writers and publishers should remain busy for decades. Last edited by BelleZora; 02-08-2013 at 01:59 AM. Reason: removed incorrect link |
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That is a nice list. Some easy to read stories, but with a deeper meaning such as Animal Farm and Christmas Carol. Some stuff that costs a bit more perseverance but is still doable when split in parts, such as The Three Musketeers and Lord of the Rings. I can see children liking the Narnia stories, Alice, and at least the first few Harry Potter books.
It gets better when they are allowed to draw comparisons with the movies (for books that have them, which are quite a few) and get to explain what the differences are, what they liked about that, what not, and why. Yes, I think this is quite a fun list. I think that only children squarely opposed to reading will have trouble with it. I'd be hard pressed to make a better one; I might just add The Hobbit, Black Beauty, and The old man and the sea. Last edited by Katsunami; 02-08-2013 at 08:02 AM. |
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"Oh. Yeah, Fantasy. *snort*"
Fantasy did get a very bad name. At first you basically had only Tolkien, in the Epic / High Fantasy genre (of course there was "other" Fantasy, but IMHO, Tolkien started Fantasy as most people know it today). Then, starting in the 70's with Brooks and later Eddings, more people began to write Fantasy. Now there is so much of it that it seems *everybody* writes Fantasy and I doubt I'll ever read 5% of it. And I suspect that there's really bad Fantasy too... Last edited by Katsunami; 02-08-2013 at 08:18 AM. |
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