Janice in NJ Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 (edited) Older ds - probably headed for engineering school. I'm looking at his literature for next year (12 grade). Current plan? TOG Year 4. Looks like a great line up - I suspect he will really enjoy it. BUT I have a bunch of other titles on my shelves that I've accumulated for him that we haven't been able to make time for. Things like Brian Greene's Elegant Universe and Fabric of the Cosmos A couple of titles by Kaku, Wolfson, and Gamow The Emperor's New Mind by Penrose and Gardner. Would love to explore sections of The Road to Reality We've never made it through Gribbin's biography The Scientists in its entirety Brian Silver's Ascent of Science Heinsenberg's Physics and Philosophy Einstein's Telescope by Gates And then the math titles... don't get me started... Mathematics in Western Culture The new edition of Euclid that I found... we covered some of this when we did geometry, but I would love to revisit it again. [Anyone who loves Euclid deserves a copy of this edition. Beautiful! (ISBN 978-1888009187)] But thinking about revisiting Euclid leads me to other titles as well. Too many books and all of that. Journey Through Genius by Dunham immediately comes to mind.... I realize that this would make a good "elective" class (Senior thesis), but there isn't ROOM for one right now. Has anyone explored the idea of doing grammar, comp, and vocab along with a NON-FICTION reading list for "English 12"? Seems really weird. But wouldn't a list of well-written non-fiction be a terrific tool for developing those close-reading skills? And it seems that it would serve an engineering major more strongly than focusing more time on reading novels. (He likes reading novels, but I suspect that this would light his fire!) What says the hive? Peace, Janice Enjoy your little people Enjoy your journey Edited May 13, 2010 by Janice in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriM Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 That sounds like an ideal list for an engineering-minded young man. Please include Flatland by Abbott if he hasn't read it already...although it is fiction. :) Alternatively, you might realize that he won't have much time at university for "joy" in his reading, because there isn't a lot of liberal arts in the engineering programs out there. So, you could include some Shakespeare and some modern fiction because he might not get time for a novel for four or five more years... Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendafromtenn Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Taking Senior year to hit all of the lit titles that we didn't have time for OR I didn't think he was ready for when we hit the those years..... And DS told me a few he wanted to do also. We are combining it with a Writing Comp class at local CC to make English 12. We started the WTM cycle with Ancients in 8th, Middle Ages in 9th, Early American in 10th and Civil War to Modern in 11th. For his Senior we will cover Government and do all the lit titles we did not get to.....FUN!!! Here is what we have so far Illiad Odyssey Another Shakespeare The Scarlet Letter Great Expectations and The Jungle Blessings, Brenda:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Older ds - probably headed for engineering school. I'm looking at his Has anyone explored the idea of doing grammar, comp, and vocab along with a NON-FICTION reading list for "English 12"? Seems really weird. But wouldn't a list of well-written non-fiction be a terrific tool for developing those close-reading skills? Janice Enjoy your little people Enjoy your journey Hi Janice, it is so funny but last night at choir I was talking to the teacher that does AP Composition and Language (or whatever it is called) and she was talking about how much nonfiction she has to do to get them ready for this. She is supposed to be doing American Literature as well, but she really ends up doing much more nonfiction reading to get them ready for the AP exam. I told her I remembered having to read tons of lit for the AP Literature exam. She said that was a different AP test. So, sure. nonfiction would be great!!! Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira in MA Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Many (most?) AP English Language and Compositions courses concentrate on non-fiction writing, so I see nothing strange about this idea. just my 2cents ~Moira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 :lurk5: I have a possible math/engineering major, too and I'd love to put together a list of must reads...suggestions, please keep coming. This is a totally new topic for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice in NJ Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Yes. Good point. I have a couple of AP Lang/Comp anthologies downstairs on the shelves. You're right - they are non-fiction even though they aren't nearly this narrow in scope. Thanks for the reminder. Maybe I'll just go back and try annotating one of these titles from start to finish within a compact period of time - say a week. I'll probably emerge with a better sense of "yes or no." Peace, Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I think I would let your ds look at the selections from TOG, and your list, and pick one. Senior year is so busy and they usually get a case of senioritis not too long after Christmas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 My oldest did a year of non-fiction lit (much different list than yours though) with our lit class at co-op. In fact, the lit teacher cycles the students through a year of non-fiction lit every 5th year. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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