We did both in junior year AP but I think it went over most of the students' heads, actually.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
javachik - Mar 31, 2011 9:13:55 am PDT #14219 of 28290
Our wings are not tired.
Fred Pete - Mar 31, 2011 9:34:39 am PDT #14220 of 28290
Ann, that's a ferret.
I read The Plague by Camus for a world lit class in 11th. Definitely went over my head.
Pix - Mar 31, 2011 9:37:12 am PDT #14221 of 28290
The status is NOT quo.
It's on my mind because both are currently on my school's 10th grade syllabus, and even at a college-prep private school there are plenty of kids who aren't ready for that combo at that age. It's one of the things I'm looking at working with my department on this summer.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 31, 2011 9:43:56 am PDT #14222 of 28290
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We did The Stranger and The Trial as part of an existentialism section of my senior year AP English class. Good stuff. Or maybe it was The Metamorphisis and I read The Trial on my own. Satre and No Exit had to wait until college.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite headlines - "Camus, dead? Absurd!"
Pix - Mar 31, 2011 9:44:57 am PDT #14223 of 28290
The status is NOT quo.
I think senior year is fine--again, depending on your audience's interest and willingness to do the reading and thinking. I just think 10th is a bit early.
Pix - Mar 31, 2011 9:47:16 am PDT #14224 of 28290
The status is NOT quo.
ION, I just finished Karen Moning's Fever series, and OMGGOODCRACK. The first book was somewhat annoying (I wanted to smack the protagonist most of the time), but it just got better and better. A really unique urban fantasy with a very satisfying ending. One word of warning--it's basically one long story broken into five books, and each one ends on a mega cliffhanger.
Amy - Mar 31, 2011 10:10:41 am PDT #14225 of 28290
Because books.
It's on my mind because both are currently on my school's 10th grade syllabus, and even at a college-prep private school there are plenty of kids who aren't ready for that combo at that age.
For my purposes, though, it totally works. I'm not going into detail at all, just mentioning them.
le nubian - Mar 31, 2011 10:12:17 am PDT #14226 of 28290
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Pix,
the titles are really cheesy. can you tell me what genre this is? I'm willing to try something new (I am a bit burnt out on serial killer fiction and procedural murder mysteries) for a month or two.
le nubian - Mar 31, 2011 10:14:30 am PDT #14227 of 28290
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I had World Lit in 9th grade, Brit lit in 10th, Amer Lit in 11th, and the "classics" in 12th.
Greek tragedies, Dante's inferno (which I really loved) - all 12th grade.
Pix - Mar 31, 2011 10:29:44 am PDT #14228 of 28290
The status is NOT quo.
Dark urban fantasy, le nub.