Acceptable texts for the Prós / Filíocht roghnach

pernod_oclock

I was looking at the new syllabus and the prescribed texts on there and I have to say I'm not very impressed to be honest. Especially with the poetry which in general leave me a bit cold - lack of friotal, imo. I'll give them a chance but if I do end up teaching leaving cert next year, I'd rather have a few fall-backs to rely on. Would the poetry / texts of the last syllabus be accepted for the cúrsa roghnach now?

As well, I noticed in previous syllabi that no poem / text could be taken from Duanaire na Meánteistiméachta or Diolam na Meánteistiméarachta. My former Irish teacher has confirmed for me that this was the case. This explicit instruction is now gone; in its place is a caveat about the source of the text being easily accessible. I've not seen Duanaire na Meánteiste but heard it's huge, would it have anything at all acceptable for Leaving? I've seen Éigse for the old Ardteist, looked quite intimidating for Leaving students now. I've a copy of Fios Feasa 1. Most of it I would dismiss out of hand - having used a couple of the stories for my own JC - but there are a couple of really nice, deep enough prose texts that I think might be relevant. Would all these books be dismissed due to their age and long period out of print?

I'd like to add that I do look at more modern poetry to teach contemporary examples of the language in literature and have found a few I like but I think a good mix is needed, to cover both early modern, early 20th century and beyond.

gaeilgegrinds1

I would think choosing totally new texts is the way forward, something novel. I'm not doing that for now though, my students chose to leave that part.

gaeilgebeo

I think the new poems are much better than the last 5!