PS. You can also include books you would NOT recommend.
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It depends on where you teach. Your school should have sets of core novels available. Look through those and start with the ones you know.
9th grade - Romeo & Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night, The Day No Pigs Would Die
10th - Julius Caesar, Lord of the Flies, A Lesson Before Dying, The Joy Luck Club
11th - (Generally accepted as American Lit) you can do a unit on Native American stories, one on the puritans (I suggest you keep that one short) Huck Finn, The Great Gatsby, Family, try As I Lay Dying (I love Faulkner)
12th - (some schools label this one British Lit/ others World Lit. The novels will depend on your school) Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, The Things they Carried... I suggest you look at the demographic of your school and pick novels from the represented regions.
These are just some staples to get you started. Some people may disagree because the same novels over and over get stale, but if it's your first time, it's all new to you! All the best!
I would say any books u love
I would definitely recommend Lord of the Flies, that's a classic and you can do so much with it. Also Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Night, Animal Farm, The Long Walk, Life of Pi, Fahrenheit 451, The Jungle...those are mostly books for freshman to sophomores, maybe juniors depending on your school.
Most states require a Bachelor's Degree in Education from a college or university, with a major in English before certifying a teacher to teach High School English/Literature.
Assuming you have been graduated from a recognized state college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and a major in English, your course of study would have made you cognizant of literature and novels appropriate for High School students.
If your study was limited to Elementary or Middle School literature, I suggest you work closely with your High School department chairman. He/she will be able to help you choose novels appropriate to your grade level.
Depends on where you teach. I teach in Indiana and we can only read certain types of novels for certain grade levels. Examples: 12th grade British/World Lit. (Animal Farm, 1984, Brave New World, ...). 11th grade American Lit. (Scarlet Letter, Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye,...). 9th and 10th mainly read plays in our text. Your school should have class sets available to help you out. Good luck.
Lilly One gave a really good answer, that is almost exactly what I did in high school. Plus she emphasized that each grade might have a different focus (just as my high school did) - 11th grade was American lit and 12th was English lit.
Yes, I agree that your high school should already have the curricula set, including either specifically what books to read or a choice between some. You should talk to either the head of the English department, the person that is in charge of curriculum (sometimes a vice principal), or go directly to your principal to tell you who to talk to.
I don't remember everything I read in high school, but this is what I can remember:
9th - Romeo and Juliet and A Tale of Two Cities
10th - Lord of the Flies and Julius Ceasar
11th - Death of a Salesman, The Scarlett Letter, The Outcasts of Poker Flat
12th - Hamlet, Macbeth, Morte d'Arthur
At some point I read Of Mice and Men
Also, we still had to do book reports on something we chose to read in both 9th and 10th grades. We were given a list of books to choose from, read the book on our own, then give a report (9th was oral, 10th was written). I chose The Good Earth in 10th; I don't remember 9th.
Then in 11th grade, we did a research project, so I don't remember a novel that I had to choose for that year. Then in 12th we had to do a "literary critique" on a book of our choosing. I chose 1984 (LOVED IT) and my sister chose Moby Dick.
My husband read these, as well:
The Little Prince
To Kill a Mockingbird
Flowers for Algernon
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