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

[Anonymous]

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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.

After reading what you just wrote above, I realize I should not insult teenagers by saying your posts are from teens. That isn’t fair to teens when the actual problem is that you literally can’t read.

The OP asked an extremely clear question. People posted extremely clear responses. You claimed they were lying because you didn’t like those very clear answers to a very clear question. And now, because your failure to understand basic English is clear, you are flailing about talking about English literature class.

Let the people with basic reading and writing skills intact have this conversation, please. You aren’t capable.

[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.

I can’t read because my 7th grade middle school didn’t have any novel reading. Only the rich kids got to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m sorry you are so stupid. That is really the only thing left to say. Learn to read and let people with reading skills have this conversation.

Also learn basic vocabulary like “sock puppet.” As a tip, you should not try to use insults you don’t understand. It makes you look dim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

After reading what you just wrote above, I realize I should not insult teenagers by saying your posts are from teens. That isn’t fair to teens when the actual problem is that you literally can’t read.

The OP asked an extremely clear question. People posted extremely clear responses. You claimed they were lying because you didn’t like those very clear answers to a very clear question. And now, because your failure to understand basic English is clear, you are flailing about talking about English literature class.

Let the people with basic reading and writing skills intact have this conversation, please. You aren’t capable.

Why would you write a message to someone who you say cannot literally read? Do you know what literally means? Please don’t brag about your reading and writing skills.
Funny you are so literal and don’t understand the definition. I would think you’d be an expert. Literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m sorry you are so stupid. That is really the only thing left to say. Learn to read and let people with reading skills have this conversation.

Also learn basic vocabulary like “sock puppet.” As a tip, you should not try to use insults you don’t understand. It makes you look dim.

Says someone calling people stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m sorry you are so stupid. That is really the only thing left to say. Learn to read and let people with reading skills have this conversation.

Also learn basic vocabulary like “sock puppet.” As a tip, you should not try to use insults you don’t understand. It makes you look dim.

Are you the one who does not know “literally?”

[Anonymous]

Go to your local library and pick out novels. Select some classics. Why are some of you parents relying entirely on schools to do that? Prior to Christmas break, I had several classics ready. The school didn’t ask that I do that. Take responsibility instead of pouting and complaining.

[Anonymous]

7th grade public (not on East Coast):
Four books, most recent The Outsiders, don't remember the rest. A bunch of poetry, short stories, excerpts. Not much writing, alas.

Far more writing in Social Studies (600 word essays) and Civics.

I supplement the reading heavily from the public library--it is no joke finding books an extremely sports-obsessed 12 year old boy is willing to read, but it can be done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to your local library and pick out novels. Select some classics. Why are some of you parents relying entirely on schools to do that? Prior to Christmas break, I had several classics ready. The school didn’t ask that I do that. Take responsibility instead of pouting and complaining.

It’s one thing to provide classics to your kids—I do, although they definitely prefer the YA stuff. What I’d like to see is a teacher guiding them through more difficult works of literature, leading discussions and assigning written analyses. They’re not going to do all that for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to your local library and pick out novels. Select some classics. Why are some of you parents relying entirely on schools to do that? Prior to Christmas break, I had several classics ready. The school didn’t ask that I do that. Take responsibility instead of pouting and complaining.

It’s one thing to provide classics to your kids—I do, although they definitely prefer the YA stuff. What I’d like to see is a teacher guiding them through more difficult works of literature, leading discussions and assigning written analyses. They’re not going to do all that for me.

I can assure you many parents on here complaining about it are doing nothing at home to expose their children to literature except.

[Anonymous]

It is strange to me that their is such a difference in assigned reading throughout the same school district. My kids are in FCPS, and they were assigned several books (2 teacher picks and 1 student choice) during 7th grade English. But other parents in FCPS have posted that their children were assigned 0 books during 7th grade. You would think it would be standardized.

[Anonymous]

^^^ there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is strange to me that their is such a difference in assigned reading throughout the same school district. My kids are in FCPS, and they were assigned several books (2 teacher picks and 1 student choice) during 7th grade English. But other parents in FCPS have posted that their children were assigned 0 books during 7th grade. You would think it would be standardized.

Yes, that’s odd. Which FCPS middle schools didn’t assign any books?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is strange to me that their is such a difference in assigned reading throughout the same school district. My kids are in FCPS, and they were assigned several books (2 teacher picks and 1 student choice) during 7th grade English. But other parents in FCPS have posted that their children were assigned 0 books during 7th grade. You would think it would be standardized.

Yes, that’s odd. Which FCPS middle schools didn’t assign any books?

I would not be on here sulking about it like some of these parents have been if it is standard in the district. I would be a responsible parent and put that energy into getting in touch with the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to your local library and pick out novels. Select some classics. Why are some of you parents relying entirely on schools to do that? Prior to Christmas break, I had several classics ready. The school didn’t ask that I do that. Take responsibility instead of pouting and complaining.

It’s one thing to provide classics to your kids—I do, although they definitely prefer the YA stuff. What I’d like to see is a teacher guiding them through more difficult works of literature, leading discussions and assigning written analyses. They’re not going to do all that for me.

I can assure you many parents on here complaining about it are doing nothing at home to expose their children to literature except.

Bold of you to assume many parents on here read much themselves to begin with.