HeyJaredNotes of a Native English Teacher
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The 5 Best Books... (opens the original)
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This is part 1 of a three-part series in which I discuss (defend) the works I choose to teach in AP Literature. Here, we will discuss the novels, with subsequent posts dedicated to the short stories and poem, respectively. As always, thanks for reading!There are a lot of books. Countless, really. Old ones, new. Classics, controversial classics, pop-lit, niche-pulls (as the kids say). And so on. I’m being glib here, obviously, but I begin here to set up what is, year-after-year, the most difficul
"The Young Man and the Lake" (opens the original)
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