English 9 honors or World civ honors (combo of history and English)?

[Anonymous]

. . So class is almost 3 hours? If 2 blocks together? Yikes!

No - they have block scheduling so they have it as one of their periods each day. (7th on the odd day, 8th on the even day)

[Anonymous]

My DD took it - teachers were very good, but grading was really tough and it was a lot of work. The assigned English reading mostly tracked with the history class so there was some overlap and a LOT of reading and writing. It's probably good prep for later AP classes, but a bit jarring straight out of MS.

Try to get some intel about how it's taught at your kid's high school - it's probably not for everyone. My younger DC wanted nothing to do with it.

[Anonymous]

My child took the World Civilizations course at Chantilly High and did well after being in the AAP program in middle school.

The Language Arts and social studies teachers at my child's middle school prepared them well for the content of the World Civilizations course. It was understandably more challenging than the middle school courses were but my child faced a more noticeable challenge moving from AAP elementary school to AAP middle school than they did transitioning from middle school to high school because the writing demands were far more intense even in seventh and eighth grades. Elementary school didn't challenge my child to be a better writer, but middle school did and high school understandably had even higher expectations.

The teachers of the World Civilizations course were undeniably tough graders but they were not unfair. They made expectations clear, taught the content and process, provided feedback throughout the assignments and assessed accordingly. I believe my child who was enrolled in World Civilizations was better prepared for AP English than had been my older child who did not take the combined course.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son came from AAP - and he and his friends all are taking english 9 honors now.

World civ honors sounds interesting but I think it's off the standard track if you're not taking it as an elective.

Is English 9 honors difficult coming from AAP?

Generally, no. But everything is teacher dependent.

Is English 9 Honors difficult coming from regular English 8?

It probably depends on your child and the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child took the World Civilizations course at Chantilly High and did well after being in the AAP program in middle school.

The Language Arts and social studies teachers at my child's middle school prepared them well for the content of the World Civilizations course. It was understandably more challenging than the middle school courses were but my child faced a more noticeable challenge moving from AAP elementary school to AAP middle school than they did transitioning from middle school to high school because the writing demands were far more intense even in seventh and eighth grades. Elementary school didn't challenge my child to be a better writer, but middle school did and high school understandably had even higher expectations.

The teachers of the World Civilizations course were undeniably tough graders but they were not unfair. They made expectations clear, taught the content and process, provided feedback throughout the assignments and assessed accordingly. I believe my child who was enrolled in World Civilizations was better prepared for AP English than had been my older child who did not take the combined course.

How long ago was this? I have a 9th and 7th grader who went to Rocky Run, the AAP center for Chantilly, and they have done almost zero writing for middle school. And not much reading. In AAP.

[Anonymous]

My child is taking it at woodson now and she doesn’t like it. She wishes she had opted for honors but not that combo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son came from AAP - and he and his friends all are taking english 9 honors now.

World civ honors sounds interesting but I think it's off the standard track if you're not taking it as an elective.

Is English 9 honors difficult coming from AAP?

My son seems to be coasting thru 9th grade (all honors + Alg 2) and maybe I’m not giving him enough credit, but I think that says less about him and more about how easy post pandemic school is. I tell him I hear he will have to do more work to get good grades in 10th grade.

[Anonymous]

My child is currently in 8th AAP at Carson and there has been little to no writing over the last two years. I am very worried about honors English in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child took the World Civilizations course at Chantilly High and did well after being in the AAP program in middle school.

The Language Arts and social studies teachers at my child's middle school prepared them well for the content of the World Civilizations course. It was understandably more challenging than the middle school courses were but my child faced a more noticeable challenge moving from AAP elementary school to AAP middle school than they did transitioning from middle school to high school because the writing demands were far more intense even in seventh and eighth grades. Elementary school didn't challenge my child to be a better writer, but middle school did and high school understandably had even higher expectations.

The teachers of the World Civilizations course were undeniably tough graders but they were not unfair. They made expectations clear, taught the content and process, provided feedback throughout the assignments and assessed accordingly. I believe my child who was enrolled in World Civilizations was better prepared for AP English than had been my older child who did not take the combined course.

How long ago was this? I have a 9th and 7th grader who went to Rocky Run, the AAP center for Chantilly, and they have done almost zero writing for middle school. And not much reading. In AAP.

My children were in AAP at Franklin.

They did research, reading, and a lot of writing in both social studies and English Language Arts. The older child did a lot of writing in seventh grade history and eighth grade English Language Arts and did a lot of research and reading in seventh grade English Language Arts and eighth grade social studies, so between the two years of middle school, they were required to do quite a bit research, reading, and writing.

While Rocky Run is probably the largest AAP feeder to Chantilly, remember that there are also AAP students at Franklin and Carson who then go to Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Several boys have said do not take it. Too much work and harder grading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is taking it at woodson now and she doesn’t like it. She wishes she had opted for honors but not that combo.

Can you elaborate on why she does not like it? My cold will be at Woodson next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child is taking it at woodson now and she doesn’t like it. She wishes she had opted for honors but not that combo.

Can you elaborate on why she does not like it? My cold will be at Woodson next year.

*child not cold

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Anonymous wrote:My child is taking it at woodson now and she doesn’t like it. She wishes she had opted for honors but not that combo.

Can you elaborate on why she does not like it? My cold will be at Woodson next year.

It is everyday with the same two teachers who don’t seem to like each other. She thinks her friends have better teachers in honors English and are doing cooler stuff. The tests are obscure facts and hard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is taking it at woodson now and she doesn’t like it. She wishes she had opted for honors but not that combo.

Can you elaborate on why she does not like it? My cold will be at Woodson next year.

It is everyday with the same two teachers who don’t seem to like each other. She thinks her friends have better teachers in honors English and are doing cooler stuff. The tests are obscure facts and hard

My child also says the 2 teachers at Woodson don't like each other. And the History teacher is more of a nit-picky grader than a hard grader. But he also teaches an Honors World History class that some friends are in, so you could have him either way. My kid doesn't seem to think the class is all that hard, though.

[Anonymous]

My kid is doing the combined course and likes it a lot.