German Grade 11
Assignment
In addition to the required reading for each grade level, the students will pick any one book from their grade's reading list. Upon return to school, the students will be assessed on their knowledge of the required reading. For their free choice they will also write a recommendation to be kept on file as a reference for next year's students. One of the books will also serve as the basis for an extended individual book project due sometime during the first quarter. (Specifics for each grade will be given during the first week of school.)
Required
- Jurek Becker, Jakob, der Lügner
Free Choice
- Hesse, Hermann, Siddharta
- Hesse, Hermann, Der Steppenwolf
- Hesse, Hermann, Unterm Rad
- Prinz, Alois, Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne ( Biographie: H Hesse)
- Frisch, Max, Homo Faber
- Grass, Günter, Die Blechtrommel
- Grass, Günter, Katz und Maus
- Kästner,Erich, Fabian
- Mann, Heinrich, Professor Unrat
- Mann, Thomas, Der Tod in Venedig
- Walser, Martin, Ein fliehendes Pferd
- camus, Albert, Der Fremde
- Süßkind, Patrick, Das Parfüm
- Kafka, Franz, Die Verwandlung
- Zweig, Stefan, Die Schachnovelle + Anna Seghers, Das siebte Kreuz (counts as one reading!)
- Gaarder, Jostein, Sophies Welt
- Heuck, Sigrid, Der Windglockentempel
- Rosendorfer, Herbert, Briefe in die chinesische Vergangenheit
- Gottschalk, Maren, Der geschärfte Blick (Sieben Journalistinnen und ihre Lebensgeschichte)
- Zenatti, Valerie, Leihst du mir deinen Blick
- Christiane F., Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo