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Back to school. Create a reading list for the imaginary English Lit class you’ll be teaching this semester.
Can my class have a theme? It would be young adult, with a focus on female writers/characters with a dash of feminism thrown in. (This is a class for high schoolers because I want it to be and in my dreams we're introducing high school girls to feminism).
- Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
- Alanna by Tamora Pierce
For these two books I would want to compare and contrast the differences between two different types of female characters and why it's important to have both.
- Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
- Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
This book would be excellent for discussion about how we value virginity in girls more than boys and the concept of "slut-shaming."
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
I want to include a book by a male author with a female protagonist. I'm torn between this and Leviathan, which is my favorite Westerfeld series but I think Uglies would lead to more interesting discussion.
- Book of your choice and be prepared to discuss the female main character.
12 comments:
Great list! I haven't read many of them but a few are on my TBR list. I think your theme is great! :D
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Hopping through. I've only read one of E. Lockhart's book. I really want to read more.
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The Boyfriend List was so cute! Great pick with the Uglies, I feel like that could spark a bunch of conversation.
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When can we start the lessons, Ma'am? :D
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I haven't read any of them, but the Uglies I really want to. I've heard nothing but good things about the Trilogy and EVERYONE seems to recommend it.
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OOh nice! Not familiar with these but good picks!
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Cassi I'm also a huge Westerfeld fan, I absolutely loved the Uglies series, apart from the last one, Special, I think, that wasn't that great compared to the firs three books anyway.
I also chose a Melina Marchetta book because I love her and being in Australia I actually studied Losing Alibrandi for school.
Lizzy the Uglies series is a MUST read I'm a huge Westerfeld fan after reading this series :D
Hooray, fantastic theme and topics :) Let's all save the world
I love the idea of letting the students getting to choose their own read! Great list :)
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that would be a really interesting class! I like when some english classes have themes to them. I took a romance in lit class in high school and i loved it! New follower!
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I haven't read Saving Francesca but I read Looking for Alibrandi by the same author. I like how you picked novels that would spark quite a bit of debate. Here's mine Backchatting
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