Love2Smile Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 This is another take on my previous message Can any of you please share your highschool book lists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 for school or for fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If you mean literature/history reading list: Dd 14 is working through The Canterbury Tales (audiobook form) and almost through with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to go along with medieval history. I just finished printing out sonnets by Wyatt, Spenser, and Shakespeare, and a couple of poems praising Elizabethan country houses, which we will read in the next week or so (along with building a cardboard model of a country house; I found this unexpectedly in a used bookstore). History books for the next few weeks include a short biography of Gutenberg, Who Was First?, Around the World in 100 Years, Walter Ralegh and the Search for El Dorado, a couple of chapters on the Spanish in America in the 1500s from A Voyage Long and Strange, and Bill Bryson's biography of Shakespeare. At bedtime she's reading Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana, which she finds hilarious and fascinating. She's also got a Terry Pratchett novel going. These are not from a list but are her own choices. I also read to her from UpFront, a New York Times news magazine for teens, and Muse magazine, whenever our issues arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 for school or for fun? For fun mainly but also required reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The Lost Hero(fun) and Intro to Aristotle(school) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 for school my ds is focusing on poetry, IEW's Amer. Lit list - right now on House of 7 Gables (bk on CD), Shakespeare- the King Henry's, chem. for fun: Hunger games trilogy, Orson Scott Card - we just discovered a ton more from him, Tolkien- found a book of short stories/poetry we haven't picked up for awhile, and has been on a Lawhead kick this year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The Inferno, The Scarlett Letter, and the poetry of Burns for school. The Gun for fun (written by our own yellowperch's dh!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) For fun I think she just started Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. ;) And we're reading The Once and Future King as part of schooling but it's so amazingly wonderful it's hard to call it schoolwork. I think she's got The Mists of Avalon waiting in the wings, too. For school she's reading portions of Adlers How to Read a Book, Plutarch's Lives, The Brendan Voyage, selections of Bede, I forget who we're on for poetry, The Language of God for science (about the sequencing of the human genome), Henry V, we finished up The Canturbury Tales ... I can't think of any more of them right now. :glare: Edited January 3, 2011 by justamouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Calvin is reading The Once and Future King, and The King Must Die. He wants to read Dracula next - I'm reading it at present. He's studying To Kill a Mockingbird at school. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 My 12th grader is currently writing a paper on 'Wise Blood" a book by Flannery O'Connor for her 20th Century LIt. My ninth grader is reading a Sherlock Holmes story for a unit on suspense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at the beach Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If you mean literature/history reading list: Dd 14 is working through The Canterbury Tales (audiobook form) and almost through with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to go along with medieval history. I just finished printing out sonnets by Wyatt, Spenser, and Shakespeare, and a couple of poems praising Elizabethan country houses, which we will read in the next week or so (along with building a cardboard model of a country house; I found this unexpectedly in a used bookstore). History books for the next few weeks include a short biography of Gutenberg, Who Was First?, Around the World in 100 Years, Walter Ralegh and the Search for El Dorado, a couple of chapters on the Spanish in America in the 1500s from A Voyage Long and Strange, and Bill Bryson's biography of Shakespeare. At bedtime she's reading Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana, which she finds hilarious and fascinating. She's also got a Terry Pratchett novel going. These are not from a list but are her own choices. I also read to her from UpFront, a New York Times news magazine for teens, and Muse magazine, whenever our issues arrive. Ooooh, this all sounds just lovely! I feel jealous. My 14 yo is in 8th grade this year. She missed the cutoff by a few weeks or she'd be in 9th. Anyway, for fun, she just finished the Hunger Games trilogy. She loved them, so I thought I would share that. She read them all in maybe 3 days I think. She is also reading Pride and Prejudice right now. Unfortunately, her online lit/history course uses mainly texts so far. She is reading Laux's Church History and is using an anthology for the world lit portion of the course. I wish she was reading whole books, too, as part of the class but this course already takes up enough time as it is. So, as I think about it, I actually wish she was doing a more lit-based curriculum all around. Sigh. So, I'm all :bigear: to hear what everyone else is reading right now for fun and for their courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Below a list of books my DD13 read during the Fall 2010 semester (split into "school" and "fun"): (edit: sorry, all my nice spaces between titles and authors have disappeared) For "school": The Iliad Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) The Odyssey Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) Histories Herodotus Antigone Sophocles Oedipus Rex Sophocles Oedipus on Colonos Sophocles Electra Euripides Poetry Sappho A Day in Old Athens William S. Davis Aristotle leads the way Joy Hakim The Greek Treasure Irving Stone Everyday things in Ancient Greece C. H. Quennell The King must die Mary Renault For Fun: A College of Magics Caroline Stevermer Sir Apropos of Nothing Peter David Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss Blackberry Wine Joanne Harris The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Scahffer The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury Death is a Lonely Business Ray Bradbury Vittorio the Vampire Anne Rice The Labors of Hercules Agatha Christie The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Eyes Like Stars Lisa Mantchev Perchance to Dream Lisa Mantchev The Secret of Lost Things Sheridan Hay The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle Coraline Neil gaiman Shakespeare’s Secret Elise Broach If not, winter :fragments of Sappho Der Nomadengott Gerd Scherm Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Mockingjay Suzanne Collins The Kneebone Boy Ellen Potter Beatrice and Virgil Yann Martel A Year in Provence Peter Mayle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Regentrude, my dd is approaching the Greek classics backwards from satire, as she does with nearly all things. She just came across a musical based very loosely on Aristophanes' The Frogs (believe it or not), so now she wants to go back and read that. Mel Brooks mentions Oedipus, among other references, in a farcical song, so that's on her list too. I admire anyone who can interest young adolescents in ancient literature "straight," so to speak. It just does not work here! Violet, I also envy your dd encountering Pride and Prejudice. My dd, who has NLD and is an Aspie, is unlikely to read some of my favorite classics because they are grounded in social relations she may never either understand or find interesting. It was one of the greatest griefs for me when she never really liked Heidi, my favorite childhood book. There are great compensations, and she's introduced me to worlds of books I would never otherwise have encountered; but there are corresponding losses, too. I'm sure everybody experiences this to some degree or other, because naturally kids are never miniatures of their parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) Regentrude, my dd is approaching the Greek classics backwards from satire, as she does with nearly all things. She just came across a musical based very loosely on Aristophanes' The Frogs (believe it or not), so now she wants to go back and read that. Mel Brooks mentions Oedipus, among other references, in a farcical song, so that's on her list too. I admire anyone who can interest young adolescents in ancient literature "straight," so to speak. It just does not work here! My DD is a very ambitious overachiever. If something is hard she wants to do it. I am sure the reputation of classical literature as something complicated actually enhances her interest, LOL. But I also should add that she just loves poetry and likes to read herself the epics aloud. I have given her the Aeneid yesterday, she jumped right in, asked whether we have the Teaching Company lectures again and when I said yes she jumped with joy. We are a family of strange nerds, to say the least. What is the musical called? Edited January 4, 2011 by regentrude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphispeg Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 For our 2nd semester of Am. Lit. - Huck Finn, Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Glass Menagerie, Bright Lights Big City, Franny and Zooey, Slaughterhouse 5, Interpreter of Maladies, short stories by H. James, W. Faulkner, E. Wharton, E. Hemingway, M. Twain. Nothing for "fun" except the usual oceanography books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Omnibus I books, so right now, Herodotus and CS Lewis's The Horse and His Boy. For fun, the Michael Scott series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeinfl Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 wow, my son's reading seems so light compared to many, but I'll list it anyway. :) He's a 10th grader. These were of his own choosing, so I guess that's for fun: The Island of Dr. Moreu, The Invisible Man, Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2, and is now reading Treasure Island and The Legends of G'hoole. The next book he's planning is The Count of Monte Cristo. For his school work he's read God's Tribesman (didn't really like the writing style) and is now reading The Hiding Place and is really enjoying it. Hey, this was my dyslexic son who didn't pick up a book for pleasure until the 6th grade and now loves to read unabridged classics! I'm happy with that. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmom Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 He is reading his way through some John Irving books for fun. Sushi read A Prayer for Owen Meany at my request and quickly asked for more. Right now he is in The Cider House Rules. As for school, he finished up readings in gothic lit and is moving in to Mississippi Writers. He'll read Black Boy, One Writer's Beginnings, My Dog Skip, As I Lay Dying, and The Firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 She just came across a musical based very loosely on Aristophanes' The Frogs (believe it or not), so now she wants to go back and read that. What is the musical called? I suspect that I can answer on behalf of KarenAnne as my daughter also loves this musical. My daughter has this version which includes Evening Primrose though there is also this newer version which has additional tracks. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I suspect that I can answer on behalf of KarenAnne as my daughter also loves this musical. My daughter has this version which includes Evening Primrose though there is also this newer version which has additional tracks. Regards, Kareni Yep, that's the one. Kareni, my daughter is falling all over herself in delight that there's another young girl somewhere who actually like something she does. With an Aspie, this sort of connection is pretty rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMB Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Elmer Gantry, Babbit, Arrowsmith, Summertime Blues (by Sharon Sheeley), Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs, The Fabric of the Universe, Proofiness, Bad Moon Rising, Rockabilly: A 40 Year Journey, Woodsong, and Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story If only I could motivate her to move swiftly through History Odyssey Ancients, Level III ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Right now my 10th grader is reading A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens and Dracula's Guest: A Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ds. is currently reading: Battle Cry for Freedom by James McPherson, A Mighty SCourge: Perspectives on the Civil War by McPherson, Apostles of Disunion by Charles Dew, and Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Current books: The Scarlet Letter The Odyssey The Scarlet Pimpernel (although on hold at the moment) Betsy and the Great World I'm glad she waited to read this particular Betsy-Tacy book because it seems more geared to someone who knows a bit about the political situation in the world at that time. Next week, most of these will be replaced by other books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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4Hisglory Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 This year dd18 is graduating and so far hasn't had much reading other than her economics curriculum ~Whatever Happened to Penny Candy and A Free Market Reader,followed up with Economic Based Writing Lessons reading excerpts. Last year her reading list included Dante's Divine Comedy Paradise Lost The Pilgrims Progress (One of her favorites) Animal Farm Tale of Two Cities (Now her all time favorite book) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 For school, The Oresteia and Petrarchian sonnets. For fun, he's finishing up Roger Zelazney's Amber series (fantasy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 My 10th grader has just finished Frankenstein. She loved it--found it heartbreaking and dramatic--and that's a very exciting development, because she has NEVER loved anything we've read for school. She's actually asked for suggestions for similar stuff to read on her own. I'm so happy :). I've suggested Dracula and LeFanu. She recently volunteered to me that exposure to more challenging classic works is beginning to make her YA favorites seem insipid. I have not lived in vain :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 My 9th grader (ps) read: To Kill a Mockingbird Iron Man The Giver Of Mice and Men All's Quiet on the Western Front in his Honors 9th grade English class. He's now reading: Black Like Me because it was supposed to have been read in his class, but they ran out of time and I feel it is a very worthy book. For fun he's reading Asterix books (in French). My junior homeschooled son is currently reading various doctor books he got for Christmas. I know he just finished: Letters to a Young Doctor The Ben Carson story and is currently reading Not Entirely a Benign Procedure Otherwise, he's catching up on "Top 100" books that he's missed. The last one I know of was Hamlet. He has oodles of other books on his book list (already read), but I can't find it right now and he's not home to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 What else he's read this year: The Iliad, The Histories (Herodotus), selections from Canterbury Tales, Tristan and Isolde ... I think a selection from Everyman, and I think a selection from The Inferno. (He has one class on ancient Great Books, and another class in Humanities.) I can't remember what he's read for fun this year besides Zelazny. He doesn't tend to read quickly though, so our lists will not be long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail4476 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 My dd15's required list for this year is: The Hobbit Walden Through Gates of Splendor The Red Pony(Steinbeck short story) To Kill a Mockingbird Lord of the Flies Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl I Am the Cheese Frankenstein All Creatures Great & Small + excerpts of books in her Literature Curriculum. For pleasure, I let her read whatever she wants to--usually it's the Black Stallion series or Christian romances by Beverly Lewis. She recently finished My Side of the Mountain, Sign of the Beaver, Hatchet and A Wrinkle in Time. She has developed an affinity for cheap little paperback "inspirational" romances, which goes against the grain for me, but as long as she has her nose in a book, I don't complain too much. My dd13 actually is reading on the same level as my 9th grader, and so basically everything dd15 reads we pass on to her. I imagine her high school list will look a lot different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 this week -- Twelfth Night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockala Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 The Grapes of Wrath Corrie Ten Boom Shakeltons Endurance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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