The following are the text titles you suggested. To provide a greater degree of flexibility and potential interest, I have combined the suggestions of both classes. The list proceeds in order, starting with those texts mentioned by the most students.
Top Contenders:
I Am Legend
Jurassic Park
(both are excellent choices - I have frequently considered finding ways to work them into my teaching. And both have film versions that deviate significantly from the original work, which would give us even more to discuss. Matheson is hailed by modern horror writers--included King--as a major influence. Crichton has become a bit hackneyed in his choices of plotlines as of late, but I think JP stands as an excellent example of his style and most oft-used theme. I applaud both as potential texts)
Runner-Up:
Fight Club
(another excellent choice - but one I have yet to read, although it's on my Big List. I am certainly a fan of the film, and C.P. is certainly a popular and influential modern writer.)
The Pack:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
East of Eden
Aesop's Fables / Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Inferno (by Dante)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1001 Arabian Nights
The Count of Monte Cristo
War of the Worlds
Dracula
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Angels and Demons
(These are all quality texts--literary classics, pulp classics, and fun stuff. The Inferno may be more than you want to handle right now...the fables and fairy tales would be much fun, but perhaps a little lighter than I'd like to go...we'd only be able to do selections from the Arabian Nights, I think. But otherwise, all worthy choices)
And the Rest
The Alchemist
The Last Lecture
Bless the Beasts and the Children
The Lovely Bones
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Watership Down
Lolita
Water for Elephants
(again, phenomenal choices. I ADORE Watership Down--read it for the first time in my senior year, long ago--if you never thought a bunny could be a hero, think again! I also adore The Alchemist--a short novel, but so profoundly meaningful and inspirational--I have suggested its inclusion on the curriculum many times! The Lovely Bones is already making appearances on school curricula across the nation, so it's also a fine choice. It's brilliant, but I would likely be fired for teaching Lolita to high school students. Again, really great things to choose from here.
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LAZ
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5 comments:
My vote is I am Legend or Journey to the center of the world.
Chris C.
I like I Am Legend too. I was also thinking about suggesting The DaVinci Code.
Jess
My vote is for The Alchemist. I have always wanted to read it.
~Heather C
Since we chose I Am Legend, we are supposed to read chapter 1 tonight right?
-Meg K.
I'm glad we picked I am Legend. I dunno if i could deal with Jurassic Park especially after the movies sorta diluted it for me.
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