Feature & Follow Friday #15
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"The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read."
Q: Back to School time! Create a reading list for the imaginary English Lit class you'll be teaching this semester.
Well I would want to try and choose books that teenagers are going to enjoy reading and learn something from them:
That's all I can think of for now, although when I see everyone else's lists I'll probably realise how many I missed :)
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Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta- her books always have such strong messages about growing up.
Harry Potter By J.K. Rowling - it's one of the reasons I found my love of reading, and I'm not alone. So I think these books can inspire many kids to love reading too!
Emma by Jane Austen - Although Persuasion is my favourite of Austen's novels, I think Emma had some good messages in it. I remember one of our school's assignments was to compare it to the movie Clueless which in was loosely based on.
The Diary Of Anne Frank by Anne Frank - This one really effected me when I read it in school.
Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden - A great entertaining book that makes you question what you would do in the same situation these kids are in
That's all I can think of for now, although when I see everyone else's lists I'll probably realise how many I missed :)
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Hopping through. Definitely Melina Marchetta. I love her books. Especially Jellicoe Road.
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Yeah, Melina's books are so amazing! :)
DeleteAh...I'm going to endure all reading all these books in your class, Ma'am, as long as I'm free to read all the 7 Potter books.
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In my class it's a MUST - you have to read & LOVE all Harry Potter books hehe!! :D
DeleteLove the list! :) I definitely agree about Anne Frank, it's a must for teens to read. The Aussies and Brits are really represented here - but then, they do write some of the best! Old follower passing through.
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http://diamondinroughcoal.blogspot.com/2013/08/follow-me-friday-26.html
That's funny, I didn't even realise I picked mainly Aussie & Brit authors...must be my patriotic sub-conscience haha!! We do have some great authors through :D
DeleteAnne Frank is a great choice. Her story is really heartbreaking but it makes the horrors of the Holocaust relateable.
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Heartbreaking is most certainly is, I certainly learnt a lot from it.
DeleteI read Looking For Alibrandi for school! In Year 10, I think. It's probably the best school assigned book I've read. Other classes that year also read Tomorrow When the War Began, which I read later. I think we even started The Diary of Anne Frank one time...
ReplyDeleteAnd this is the part where I admit I haven't read Harry Potter and run away to hide...
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We read Looking for Alibrandi too & I loved it! I actually enjoyed that class!!
DeleteNow as for you not having read Harry Potter, I think that deserves a weeks detention...where you will sit and read the entire series (which is actually a pretty cool detention is you ask me hehe!)
Cool picks. Happy weekend :)
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Thanks Shane :)
DeleteAmy definitely Anne Frank! I actually read Looking for Alibrandi for school. John Marsden is also another favourite, lots of awesome Australian Authors in your list :D
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Yep, just me flying the Aussie author flag here :D It seems Alibrandi was a popular one in high school, I remember we all loved reading it :)
DeleteI completely forgot about Anne Frank!! Great list!
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Anne Frank was probably the most memorable one I read in school - so emotional. Thanks for Twitter follow - following back :)
DeleteI was going to say that you could make them watch "Clueless" after reading "Emma" & one of your previous teachers already beat me to it! What a great assignment! I wish I'd had to do that when I was in high school. :)
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Haha, I couldn't believe it when they said we were going to be watching Clueless as an assignment, I already knew practically every line by heart!! But I guess it worked cause everyone loved doing the assignment! :)
DeleteHarry Potter is a must read for any lit class.
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Happy reading!
Truer words have never been spoken! :D
DeleteYou'll never go wrong with Harry Potter! ;)
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Michelle
Yep HP is a must for anyone taking my class :D
DeleteAnne Frank! I can't believe I forgot that one! Great list of books, I would enjoy your class. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I followed back via Bloglovin :)
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Thanks B, your welcome to take my class anytime hehe :D
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