10th Grade Reading List Hotlinks

The following is Shelby County Schools' suggested list of novels that should be taught in 10th grade English classes. An asterisk (*) next to a title indicates that a class set has been ordered by our system.

*The Chosen
*The House on Mango Street
*A Separate Peace
Of Mice and Men
*1984
All Quiet on the Western Front
*Silas Marner
The Old Man and the Sea
*The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Their Eyes Were Watching God

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok Homepage

The Chosen Teaching Guide(from McDougal Littell's Literature Connections Series)

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: The Chosen

 

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

A Separate Peace Homepage

John Knowles Homepage

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace Study Guide

1984 by George Orwell

George Orwell Resources

1984 Teaching Guide (from Penguin-Putnam)

1984 Teacher's Cyberguide

1984 Teaching Guide (from McDougal Littell's Literature Connection Series)

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: 1984

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Silas Marner full-text with additional links

Silas Marner full-text with notes

Silas Marner Teaching Guide (from Penguin-Putnam)

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: Silas Marner

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines Biographical Info

Links to Gaines' discussion of book

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Teaching Guide (from McDougal Littell's Literature Connection Series)

Teach with movies: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Biographical Information on Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street Web Resources

The House on Mango Street Study Questions

The House on Mango Street Teaching Guide (from Random House)

Student-created Analysis of The House on Mango Street

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men Teacher's Cyberguide

Of Mice and Men Teacher's Guide (from Penguin-Putman)

Of Mice and Men Survival Guide

Map of mentioned places from Of Mice and Men

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: Of Mice and Men

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Biographical Information on Erich Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front Teacher Cyberguide

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: All Quiet on the Western Front

Discovery.com Lesson Plans: All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front Teaching Guide (from Random House)

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway Sites on the Net

The Old Man and the Sea Teacher's Cyberguide

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: The Old Man and the Sea

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God Teacher's Cyberguide

SparkNotes Online Study Guide: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God full-text with additional links

 

Other titles included on the SCS Suggested 10th grade reading list

Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain