[English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?

[Alex NELSON]

We do Edgar Allen Poe, A View From the Bridge  (as a sort of Views and Values study), Frankenstein (as a novel into film study), Midsummer Nights and a short story from Tim Winton's  "Minimum of Two" for the comparison task, and Chaucer's A Millers Tale for creative response. But nothing very modern in here...

Just went to a New texts for Year 12 English PD and was told Atwood's Cat's Eye, Carver's Will You Be Quiet Please and Things We Didn't See Coming, Steven Amsterdam (I think) would all work well for Year 11 Lit as well.

Cheers
Alex

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We are finding 'I'm not Scared' a terrific choice at yr 11.

We still love Macbeth, always works with Yr 11s with lots of supplementary activities.

We also look at Paul Kelly's lyrics and again Yr 11s respond to the familiarity of these.
Good luck, Kathryn

On Wed, Jul 27th, 2011 at 1:05 PM, "Kennedy, Renee L" <kennedy.renee.l at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to know what texts schools are choosing for year 11 
> Literature?  Can anyone give me some good suggestions?
> 
> Renée Kennedy.
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