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Thoughts On High School Reading Lists
A reflection of what is and what is not
My high school reading life was mostly my own, but I was required like countless others to read books assigned to me. In my high school grade cohorts read based on a rotational book list. The group I was in contained
The Red Badge of Courage
Tale of Two Cities
Of Mice and Men
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
Brave New World
Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
Beowulf
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
A Raisin in the Sun
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Death of a Salesman
To establish reading culture and to encourage teachers to share their reading with their students, I recommend books and share my personal and professional reading in my professional development sessions.
As I started to share the images of the books I was currently reading, I realized there were many classic books I had not read, but have heard the titles over and over. I decided to remedy this reading gap in myself. Part self-imposed pressure to read classic literature and honestly to…
