Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place, or The Last Unicorn?
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
JZ - May 16, 2012 5:51:20 am PDT #18711 of 28635
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
meara - May 16, 2012 6:09:23 am PDT #18712 of 28635
Hah, my first thought was also "Roll of Thunder"! Is "Circle be unbroken" a sequel to that or something else? I don't think I've re-read them since middle school. Hmm. Westing Game? Might be too young.
Hil R. - May 16, 2012 6:24:30 am PDT #18713 of 28635
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Does True Grit have enough "literary heft"?
Gris - May 16, 2012 6:40:00 am PDT #18714 of 28635
Hey. New board.
True Grit
I don't know, I've never read it! But I'll suggest it. Along with the Beagles.
I think Let the Cicle Be Unbroken is a sequel to Roll of Thunder, yes.
erikaj - May 16, 2012 6:40:19 am PDT #18715 of 28635
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Good choice. Not that I've read it myself. Saw both versions, though.
Kat - May 16, 2012 7:02:46 am PDT #18716 of 28635
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Gris, is this independent reading?
For 7th grade, guided, I would do Merchant of Venice (and have!) Or the Crucible.
For book they read mostly independently, I'd suggest
I Capture the Castle
Peace Like A River
Shabanu
Little Women
Black Ships Before Troy
Life of Frederick Douglass
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Number Devil
If you are going to be implementing the Common Core, then I'd suggest they look for what the CCSS has in their curriculum maps. i only have the maps 9-12.
ChiKat - May 16, 2012 7:03:49 am PDT #18717 of 28635
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
How about When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. I taught that to low 10th graders.
Hil R. - May 16, 2012 7:07:50 am PDT #18718 of 28635
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?
Fred Pete - May 16, 2012 7:16:59 am PDT #18719 of 28635
Ann, that's a ferret.
Emma
Could include two days devoted to a movie version. Clueless as a demonstration that those old books are relevant to people today?
I don't remember reading any novels in 7th grade English. The Red Pony was 8th grade, although I remember it as a collection of loosely related novelettes and novellas.
What time of year would this be taught? If second quarter, one of Dickens's Christmas works (A Christmas Carol isn't the only one) might be an option.
It's been a while since I've read any of the shorter Trollopes. Some of them do have female protagonists, but I'm not sure they're the type of women that today's 7th grader would like to identify with. (Still re-reading The Prime Minister, and Emily Wharton-Ferdinand Lopez story standing on its own might work if it didn't involve abridging. And the theme -- the dangers of getting involved with Mr. Wrong -- could be a useful hook for adolescent girls. In a way that won't make parents squirm -- unlike Dangerous Liaisons.)
Polter-Cow - May 16, 2012 7:17:58 am PDT #18720 of 28635
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?
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