Please choose one of the following as your Classic Independent Reading book. If you have an idea of a book that isn’t on this list, please talk to me. Book choices need to be submitted by Monday, 10/27.
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice/ Sense and Sensibility
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist/ David Copperfield/ Great Expectations
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kinkaid, Jamaica Annie John
Knowles, John A Separate Peace
L'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time
London, Jack The Call of the Wild
Markanday, Kamala Nectar In A Sieve
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Rawis, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Steinbeck, John The Red Pony
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Twain, Mark Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Wyss, Johann The Swiss Family Robinson
Assignment:
In a 2-3 page essay, answer the following questions:
What makes a book a classic? According to your own definition of a classic book, does the selection you've chosen qualify as a classic? Why or why not?
DUE TUESDAY, 12/2
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4 comments:
hello Tom, I think I wiwll read "Treasure Island" for the classic book assignment
hey tom, i think i will read pride and prejudice fo the classic booko assignment.
hey tom, I'm going to the book Anne of Green Gables for the classic book assignment.
do you think of me reading Flowers for Algernon? or should i read the old man in the sea?
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