Our teachers were asked to name the significant title that figured on the landscape of their memory. This may have changed the way they perceived the world; it may have been simple a turning point marker in their growth; it may have been associated with a special person. We only asked that they feel an emotional investment in their choice. We took the first paragraphs of the work, collated them and circulated the list to students to read aloud during their Drop Everything And Read period on September 3. Students were given an initial, a gender and a Key Learning Area for the teacher and then asked to guess which title was the favourite of which teacher. The list is below will be used as our follow on activity over the next few months as we upload those seminal words that were so inspirational. (Of course we carefully referenced the sources of the works). See which titles you recognise!
Ms. K. (Creative Arts)
Spyri, J 2000, Heidi, Harper Collins, New York
Ms. M. (History/LOTE)
Lee, H 1974, To kill a mockingbird, Pan, London
Ms. S. (Careers)
Sewell, A 2001, Black Beauty, Scholastic, New York
Ms. A. (TAS)
Dostoyevski, F 1991, Crime and punishment, Wayland, Hove
Klein, R 1984, Hating Alison Ashley, Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria
Mr. G. (Creative Arts)
Burroughs, ER 1967, The son of Tarzan, Atlantic, London
Ms. A. (English)
Forster, EM 1991, A passage to India, Hodder & Stoughton, London
Heller, J 1961, CATCH-22, Corgi, London
Ms. S. (English)
Austen, J 1974, Emma, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Austen, J 1965, Persuasion, Penguin, London
Ms. B. (Maths)
Vikram and Vettal (Malayalam) www.wikipedia.org
Ms. D. (Special Ed.)
Dickens, C 1979, Great expectations, Pendulum, Connecticut
Ms. O. (English)
White, P 1957, Voss, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
Ms. M. (English)
Lee, H 1974, To kill a mockingbird, Pan, London
Montgomery LM 2001, Anne of Green Gables, Scholastic, New York
Mr. B. (HISIE)
Dickens, C 2002, Oliver Twist, Nodtronics, Seven Hills, NSW
Mr. M (Creative Arts)
Blyton, E 1992, Secret Seven fireworks, Knight, Sevenoaks
Mr. P.(Maths)
Steinbeck, J 1947 Tortilla Flat, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Ms. A. (TAS)
Steinbeck, J 1992, Of mice and men, Mandarin, London
Mr. I. (Social Science)
Salinger, JD 1994, catcher-in-the-rye, Penguin, London
Ms. V. (LOTE)
Scott Fitzgerald, F 1950, The great Gatsby, Penguin, London
Ms. J. (Science)
Ransome, A 1962, Swallows and Amazons, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Ms. D. (English)
Paterson, K 1980, Bridge to Terabithia, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Ms. K. (Maths)
Lindgren, A. 1971, Pippi Longstocking, Oxford University Press, London
Ms. F. (Maths)
Cooper, S 1965, Over sea, under stone, Penguin, London
Ms. R. (Science)
Tolstoy, LN 1978, Anna Karenin, Penguin, London
Ms. M. (English)
Orwell, G 1948, 1984, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Ms. G. (Creative Arts)
Bronte, E 1993, Wuthering Heights, Everyman, London
Ms. W. (Social Science)
Burnett, FH 1951, The secret garden, Puffin, Harmondsworth
Ms. D. (Maths)
Montgomery LM 2001, Anne of Green Gables, Scholastic, New York
Ms. J. (TAS)
Park, R 1977, Poor Man’s Orange, Penguin, Ringwood, Vic.
Mr. P. (Maths)
Steinbeck, J 1935, Tortilla Flat, Penguin, Harmondsworth
Mr. I. (Social Science)
Salinger, JD 1994, The catcher in the rye, Penguin, London
Ms. G. (HISIE)
Stine, RL 1993, Night of the living dummy, Scholastic, New York
Ms. R. (TAS)
Coolidge, S 1993, What Katy did, Classics, London
Ms S. (Creative Arts)
Alcott, LM 1993, Little Women, Armada, London
Ms. N. (TAS)
Lawrence, DH 2000, Sons and lovers, Penguin, London
Mr. N. (Science)
Tolkien, JRR 1975, The Hobbit, Allen & Unwin, London
Ms. A. (Science)
Herbert, F 1972, Dune, New English Library, London
Ms. J. (PDHPE)
Goodrich, F 1991, The diary of Anne Frank, Heinemman Educational, London
Ms. M. (PDHPE)
Tolkien, JRR 1937, The Hobbit, Allen & Unwin, London
Ms. R. (PDHPE)
L’Engle, M 1967, A wrinkle in time, Penguin, New York
Ms. P. (Science)
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, AC 1984, Bhagavad-Gita as it is,Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Sydney
Ms. C. (English)
Tolkien, JRR 2001, The lord of the rings, HarperCollins, London
Ms. S. (English)
Golding, W Lord of the flies
Ms. L. (Social Science)
Lewis, CS 1989, The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, Collins, London
Mr. S. (Maths)
Eddings, D 1985, Pawn of Prophecy, Corgi, London
Ms. B. (Science)
Tolstoy, L 1997, War and peace, Penguin, London
Ms. J. (English)
Christie, A 1993, Murder on the Orient Express, HarperCollins, London
Ms S. (English)
Golding, W 1962, Lord of the Flies, Faber and Faber, London
Ms N. (PDHPE)
Hardy, T 1983, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, OUP, Oxford
