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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1984
The Hate U Give
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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The Kite Runner
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Gosh, another bad list. Who doesn’t love Kite Runner, and I thoroughly enjoyed ELIC. But, let’s be honest these are books to read for pleasure. I was under the assumption that high school reading selections are supposed to expose our children to works that they would not read otherwise because of their difficulty,  challenging themes or inaccessibility? In fact, English class is supposed to teach high schoolers *how* to read & analyze challenging books.  Not read & analyze easy books. [/quote]

No, it’s not. [b]HS English is supposed to get to kids to want to read novels and encourage engagement .[/b] It doesn’t have to be Beowulf. How boring. [/quote]

This is an interesting observation. If that is indeed the purpose of HS English, then the reading list would be different from a class whose purpose it is to introduce students to methods of literary analysis, timeless themes, and rich and complex writing, for example. Not all of the texts the the PP considered "woke" would necessarily be excluded by the second set of purposes, btw. Just a different curriculum goal.[/quote]

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