CURRICULUM DECISIONS ABOUT LITERATURE IN CONTEMPORARY CLASSROOMS - A PRELIMINARY-ANALYSIS OF A SURVEY OF MATERIALS USED IN EDMONTON GRADE-10 ENGLISH COURSES

A survey of the materials used in grade 10 English classes in Edmonton in 1996 produced returns from 21 out of 22 schools in the public and Catholic systems. Teachers produced 1,698 citations of titles, coverin g materials in different print genres,film and video, and a few titles in of her media. A small number of titles predominated in the lists, particularly Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird. The most popu lar titles in a range of genres, as cited by the teachers, are include d in this article, which constitutes a preliminary analysis of the dat a.