Anybody who knows what fiction books have to be read on the junior cert cycle?

julu1986

Hiya
Anyone please tell me what fiction , novels , dramas have to be read on junior cert cycle for english?

Glee_GG

any book/play that the teacher picks. i dont believe theres a set list!

spurious

There are no prescribed books.

Chuchoter

No prescribed books, lot of schools do To Kill a Mockingbird.

Cakes.

We done Of Mice And Men

jwcurtin

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry


What. A. Book

Troxck

I'm doing To Kill A Mocking Bird and for the play, The Merchant of Venice. I'm in Second Year, if you wanted to know

spurious

Such a pity to see that with the millions of possibilities out there, so many schools are doing the same texts I did when I was at school thirty years ago.

readystudypass

These are the ones I have heard of:

Shakespearean drama
Romeo and Juliet
Merchant of Venice
Julius Caesar

Modern drama
The Field by John B Keane

Poetry
Mid Term Break by Seamus Heaney
The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W B Yeats

Fiction
To kill a mockingbird
Roll of thunder
Of mice and men
Goodnight Mr. Tom
The Pearl
Lord of the flies

Chaotic_Forces

spurious wrote: »

Such a pity to see that with the millions of possibilities out there, so many schools are doing the same texts I did when I was at school thirty years ago.

Isn't that there is one list of books to pick from each year?

It's not exactl much variation and completely up to the teachers. It's up to the teachers to pick a set from a pre-set list. Or at least that was what I got told.

TehFionnster

At the moment, we're doing:

Julius Caesar - Studied Drama

The Pearl - Studied Fiction

Poetry

In memory of my mother - Kavanagh
Dulce et decorum est - Wilfred Owen
Base Details - Siegfried Sassoon
The Early Purges - Seamus Heaney
Conquerors - Henry Treece
Lake isle of Inisfree - W.B Yeats
Does it Matter - Siegfried Sassoon
Midterm Break - Seamus Heaney



I'm in third year btw :P

implausible

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

Isn't that there is one list of books to pick from each year?

It's not exactl much variation and completely up to the teachers. It's up to the teachers to pick a set from a pre-set list. Or at least that was what I got told.

As Spurious said, there is no list. At Leaving Cert there is. Teachers tend to use texts they and the examiners are familiar with.

Holes by Louis Sachar is a good novel, as is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne.

Chaotic_Forces

deemark wrote: »

As Spurious said, there is no list. At Leaving Cert there is. Teachers tend to use texts they and the examiners are familiar with.

Holes by Louis Sachar is a good novel, as is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne.

I always was told there was a set list, that it was so the examiners would be able to correct the questions.

implausible

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

I always was told there was a set list, that it was so the examiners would be able to correct the questions.

And do you think every examiner reads the 30+ different texts on the Leaving Cert list each year?:eek: An answer either addresses the question asked or it doesn't. You don't need to know a text inside out to know a good answer. There is no JC list. Whoever told you that is wrong.

Chaotic_Forces

deemark wrote: »

And do you think every examiner reads the 30+ different texts on the Leaving Cert list each year?:eek: An answer either addresses the question asked or it doesn't. You don't need to know a text inside out to know a good answer. There is no JC list. Whoever told you that is wrong.

Thanks but you're wrong. I know you are wrong. If that was the case I could have voted to read... Mein Kampf for my junior cert.

spurious

You could have chosen to read 'Mein Kampf' but it is not a novel wouldn't be much use for the themes that are asked about.
For the third and final time, THERE IS NO LIST.

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