How many books was your seventh grader assigned in seventh grade English?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just keep in mind that English class in middle school is not a literature class. Some literature is a part of it, but 7th grade ELA is big on grammar, expanding vocabulary, developing structured writing skills, research skills and source evaluations, and exploring many genres of writing to broaden the typical teen diet of chapter books.

Assuming this is true it’s a perfect explanation for the lack of books. It’s like complaining that your child didn’t dissect any frogs in chemistry class.

[Anonymous]

Top NYC private, they started with the Old Testament, then did a number of short stories and plays (including A Dolls House, last year she read A Raisin in the Sun), then Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime, then 2 others I don’t remember (I think one was , now reading Annie John and about to write an essay on that so I expect there may be time for one additional book. Not sure if they’re doing a Shakespeare play this year, but she enjoys Shakespeare so reads and watches it on her own time.
In 6th during COVID they read Animal Farm, The Giver, Midsummer and Raisin, and maybe one other book… it was definitely a much lighter year. They barely did any writing last year either. This year she has 2 foreign languages and a much more rigorous history class as well, with lots of writing. It’s really fun to see her develop as a writer, she’s always loved to read.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it unbelievable that people are refusing to believe there are 7th grade English public school classes where books aren’t assigned. Do you people know literally anything about educational inequality? Are you all that blind? This thread is mind-blowing in the ignorance shown.

There is reading done. Short stories, excerpts, etc. Stop with your scare tactic and deceitfulness.

Short stories and excerpts are not books. Stop trying to hide glaring educational inequality.

EAP would like a word...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

Wow. My kids read Esperanza Rising in 4th grade. Such a huge difference between schools!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

This. Not sure why folks are hung up on kids being assigned a bunch of books to read. Seems the class read a number of things and worked on a variety of skills and topics in English. Isn’t that the point? I can count on one hand the number of assigned class books that I actually enjoyed.

[Anonymous]

French school in Bethesda- they read three books together through the year and have writing assignments from those (other reading/writing assignments but these are just the books)- this is Honor's English- there is one level higher
Farewell to Manzanar
The Schwa Was Here
The Giver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

This. Not sure why folks are hung up on kids being assigned a bunch of books to read. Seems the class read a number of things and worked on a variety of skills and topics in English. Isn’t that the point? I can count on one hand the number of assigned class books that I actually enjoyed.

Who says they have to enjoy it? The point, for me, is to expose them to things they wouldn’t otherwise read on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

This. Not sure why folks are hung up on kids being assigned a bunch of books to read. Seems the class read a number of things and worked on a variety of skills and topics in English. Isn’t that the point? I can count on one hand the number of assigned class books that I actually enjoyed.

The backtracking from the people who claimed the public parents were lying is bizarre, as was their original take. Obviously the public parents were answering the exact question asked in the OP. It’s the fault of those PPs if they could not understand the very clear OP and answers given. It was strange behavior.

But I also seriously object to the idea that excerpts and short stories teach kids 7th grade literacy skills sufficiently. There is a pedological difference that is significant. Reading a full book requires a level of depth and attention that cannot be replicated by short excerpts. The move away from books is concerning.

In any event, I feel like this thread has a bunch of teenagers posting who are knee-jerk posting responses defending public schools without actually understanding the discussion. Certainly the analytical level of the posts is low, like the PP above who idiotically claimed that answering the exact question asked implied kids didn’t read at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

This. Not sure why folks are hung up on kids being assigned a bunch of books to read. Seems the class read a number of things and worked on a variety of skills and topics in English. Isn’t that the point? I can count on one hand the number of assigned class books that I actually enjoyed.

The backtracking from the people who claimed the public parents were lying is bizarre, as was their original take. Obviously the public parents were answering the exact question asked in the OP. It’s the fault of those PPs if they could not understand the very clear OP and answers given. It was strange behavior.

But I also seriously object to the idea that excerpts and short stories teach kids 7th grade literacy skills sufficiently. There is a pedological difference that is significant. Reading a full book requires a level of depth and attention that cannot be replicated by short excerpts. The move away from books is concerning.

In any event, I feel like this thread has a bunch of teenagers posting who are knee-jerk posting responses defending public schools without actually understanding the discussion. Certainly the analytical level of the posts is low, like the PP above who idiotically claimed that answering the exact question asked implied kids didn’t read at all.

Ironically, you idiotically claim it’s a bunch of teenagers posting and you want to be taken as credible. Seems reading did not help you to grasp inferences.
If you believe that public middle schools or even private middle schools have an English Literature class apart from standard English class, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

Lol love the backtracking.

Private school parents really come across badly in this thread.

Yes, the public school parent who stated her child was not reading and then later posted that there was reading happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None for my FCPS honor's English kid

Are you saying that your kid did not read any books for their English class? What middle school? I find this very hard to believe. At Rocky Run MS, my son's class all read Peak and Refugee, and then they each choose 3 more books from a list of 6 and were grouped accordingly. (My son selected The Book Thief, The Crossover, and The Outsiders.)

It’s just not true. There are multiple exaggerations from few posters here to make public a look bad and I’m a private school parent.

For the record, here’s just one post from the obnoxious tutor and private school parent where she says that a parent who said that her public school kid wasn’t assigned books was not telling the truth. I realize she and her private school buddies in this thread are trying desperately to backtrack because of how bad they look, but the posts are there for all of us to read, like this one.

Your “gotcha” is a fail. Better luck next time sock puppet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

Lol love the backtracking.

Private school parents really come across badly in this thread.

Yes, the public school parent who stated her child was not reading and then later posted that there was reading happening.

That didn’t happen. Learn to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None for my FCPS honor's English kid

Are you saying that your kid did not read any books for their English class? What middle school? I find this very hard to believe. At Rocky Run MS, my son's class all read Peak and Refugee, and then they each choose 3 more books from a list of 6 and were grouped accordingly. (My son selected The Book Thief, The Crossover, and The Outsiders.)

It’s just not true. There are multiple exaggerations from few posters here to make public a look bad and I’m a private school parent.

For the record, here’s just one post from the obnoxious tutor and private school parent where she says that a parent who said that her public school kid wasn’t assigned books was not telling the truth. I realize she and her private school buddies in this thread are trying desperately to backtrack because of how bad they look, but the posts are there for all of us to read, like this one.

Your “gotcha” is a fail. Better luck next time sock puppet.

So not only can you not read, you don’t know what a sock puppet is. Oh well. Keep squirming. It is amusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None for my FCPS honor's English kid

Are you saying that your kid did not read any books for their English class? What middle school? I find this very hard to believe. At Rocky Run MS, my son's class all read Peak and Refugee, and then they each choose 3 more books from a list of 6 and were grouped accordingly. (My son selected The Book Thief, The Crossover, and The Outsiders.)

It’s just not true. There are multiple exaggerations from few posters here to make public a look bad and I’m a private school parent.

For the record, here’s just one post from the obnoxious tutor and private school parent where she says that a parent who said that her public school kid wasn’t assigned books was not telling the truth. I realize she and her private school buddies in this thread are trying desperately to backtrack because of how bad they look, but the posts are there for all of us to read, like this one.

Your “gotcha” is a fail. Better luck next time sock puppet.

So not only can you not read, you don’t know what a sock puppet is. Oh well. Keep squirming. It is amusing.

Oh, the sock puppet is still here! I thought you would be reading a novel that your middle school English Literature class assigned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m one of the public school parents that the private school parent PPs claim is lying about my own kid’s experience in public school. (Why they are doing that, I do not know or understand). But here is what happened:

When I say my kid was not assigned books to read in 7th grade, I mean exactly that: there were no books assigned during 7th grade English. It was not the case that my kid could pick books on their own for an assigned book report, which I saw someone speculating about. I mean no books were assigned at all. The year was broken down into units, which were things like short story, narrative and speech, poetry, novel, or play. For the poetry unit, poetry was assigned. For the short story unit, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was assigned. For narrative and speech, it was an excerpt of an MLK speech. For the plays and novels, they were excerpts from the play or novel. I think one of the excerpted novels was Esperanza Rising but I might be mixing that with 8th grade English.

It wasn’t the case that there was no reading assigned at all, and I don’t want to leave that impression. There were no full books assigned, but some shorter reading assignments were assigned. I wasn’t very happy about the lack of full books being assigned, FWIW.

You have attempted to give the impression that there is no reading but this is your first post stating that there is reading that your child is getting at school. This is why you were challenged I believe as parents knew this was very doubtful.

Lol love the backtracking.

Private school parents really come across badly in this thread.

Yes, the public school parent who stated her child was not reading and then later posted that there was reading happening.

That didn’t happen. Learn to read.

Yes, you did deny reading and later after you calmed your raging posts, you then said there is reading. You ‘re still hot for that validation? Sock puppet.