[English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?

[Alison Smith]

I'm at a large regional secondary college. I've had a lot of success with Anson Cameron's short stories in Nice Shootin' Cowboy (although, sadly, it is currently out of print). Last year I also did Lord of the Flies, King Lear (Because we could see it in performance), Toy Symphony (also because it was touring; it was fantastic), Far From Heaven (film text) and some Emily Dickinson poetry. I think I also used some short stories from Book of the Beach. 
Cheers,
Alison

On 28/07/2011, at 7:16 AM, Jan May wrote:

> I've been using 'A Christmas Carol', the film Graveyard of the
> Fireflies, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Inheritance, Frankenstein,
> poetry text Blue Light, Clear Atom and a Shakespeare play. Also did
> earlier in year a bit of a Shaun Tan unit using class set of The Red
> Tree and short film, The Lost Thing. 
> 
>>>> "Caruso, Greta"  07/27/11 6:39 AM >>>
> We have done 
> Beneath Clouds (Great Australian film) but will next year swap to Mary
> and Max (animated film by Adam Eliot)
> The Longest Memory but will swap to  The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
> (possibly) 
> Night 
> Medea (but I think I am sick of that)
> 
> Cheers, 
> Greta
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> 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"  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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Alison Smith
Chisholm House Leader
Wanganui Park Secondary College
Shepparton, Victoria
Phone: 03 5820 9900







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