My high school literature class for our weekly homeschool co-op follows the time period we are studying in George Grant’s Gileskirk Humanities curriculum. Here’s our reading list for this year’s Modernity class:<\/p>\n
Pride & Prejudice<\/em> by Jane Austen (1813)<\/p>\n The Antiquary<\/em> by Sir Walter Scott (1816)<\/p>\n Jane Eyre<\/em> by Charlotte Bront\u00eb (1847)<\/p>\n Great Expectations<\/em> by Charles Dickens (1860-61 serial, 1862 book)<\/p>\n Selections from The Portable Romantic Poets<\/em> (late 18th to early 19th century)<\/p>\n Greenmantle<\/em> by John Buchan (1916)<\/p>\n \u201cMay Day\u201d by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920) \u201cBig Two-Hearted River\u201d by Ernest Hemingway (1925) \u201cSpotted Horses\u201d by William Faulkner (1931) \u201cA Worn Path\u201d by Eudora Welty (1941) \u201cA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u201d by Flannery O\u2019Connor (1953) The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em> by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954)<\/p>\n To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee (1960)<\/p>\n Normally we’d proceed in chronological order, but this year we’re starting with the last book on the list\u2014To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>\u2014because 2010 is the 50th anniversary of the novel’s publication AND Mary Badham, the actress who played Scout Finch in the movie version, will be in town for a public screening of the movie on Sept. 16. Having my students see the movie before reading the book would have been a worse offense than violating chronology. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n I prefer to teach primarily by class discussion rather than by lecture, but at the beginning of the year, some students are reluctant to speak up. To encourage everyone to participate on the first day of class, I gave this assignment: <\/p>\n Think about the books you have most enjoyed reading and why. Choose one book to tell us about during class discussion. It doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be a book that was assigned for school reading (although it can be), and you don\u2019t have to prepare a book report. Just be ready to tell us why you liked that book. (No spoilers, please!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There’s no “one right answer” to such a question, so even the most reluctant students should feel safe to speak up. I’m looking forward to hearing from them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My high school literature class for our weekly homeschool co-op follows the time period we are studying in George Grant’s Gileskirk Humanities curriculum. Here’s our reading list for this year’s Modernity class: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813) The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott (1816) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront\u00eb (1847) Great Expectations by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic-literature","category-homeschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cWinter Dreams\u201d by Fitzgerald (1922)
\n\u201cThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz\u201d by Fitzgerald (1922)
\nThe Great Gatsby <\/em>by Fitzgerald (1925)<\/p>\n
\nThe Old Man and the Sea<\/em> by Hemingway (1954)<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBarn Burning\u201d by Faulkner (1939)
\n \u201cThe Old People\u201d by Faulkner (1940)
\nNobel Prize speech by Faulkner (1950)<\/p>\n
\n Selections from The Eye of the Story<\/em> by Welty (1978)
\nOne Writer\u2019s Beginnings<\/em> by Welty (1984)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEverything that Rises Must Converge\u201d by O\u2019Connor (1961)<\/p>\n