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

[Anonymous]

None for my FCPS honor's English kid

[Anonymous]

I have no idea. I don't do the homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea. I don't do the homework.

Neither does mine. Because there isn’t any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS--they had to choose 4 books from a list, 2 fiction, 1 historical non-fiction, 1 non-fiction for reading groups. They read a lot of other things though too (short stories, plays, poems, essays).

Similar to our FCPS middle schooler, except more books completed and different genres. The class is reading Scythe now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS--they had to choose 4 books from a list, 2 fiction, 1 historical non-fiction, 1 non-fiction for reading groups. They read a lot of other things though too (short stories, plays, poems, essays).

Similar to our FCPS middle schooler, except more books completed and different genres. The class is reading Scythe now.

Oh, and the kids are told to have a book available to read during downtime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS--they had to choose 4 books from a list, 2 fiction, 1 historical non-fiction, 1 non-fiction for reading groups. They read a lot of other things though too (short stories, plays, poems, essays).

Similar to our FCPS middle schooler, except more books completed and different genres. The class is reading Scythe now.

I actually don't know what books they read together, just know the four "choice" ones that we purchased from the list.

[Anonymous]

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.)

[Anonymous]

^^ chose

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

My child in gen ed English did not read any books.

[Anonymous]

Are they doing some reading? Short stories, excerpts? Are they writing?
To say they are not reading books is no the same as they are not reading.

[Anonymous]

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.

Wait. You have your kids in private but you are claiming that you know what happens in ALL public schools such that you are claiming those of us who have lived or are living this are lying? That is offensive. You make private schools look worse than any honesty about our experiences in public could.

My kid was assigned no books in seventh grade English in public. He was assigned one short story (Shirley Jackson) and read excerpts from other books, but was not assigned a whole book. Are you claiming that you, who wouldn’t let your kid get close to the school my kid attended, know what happened better than I did? You are genuinely awful and wow do you live up to the stereotype of private parents.

[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.

Wait. You have your kids in private but you are claiming that you know what happens in ALL public schools such that you are claiming those of us who have lived or are living this are lying? That is offensive. You make private schools look worse than any honesty about our experiences in public could.

My kid was assigned no books in seventh grade English in public. He was assigned one short story (Shirley Jackson) and read excerpts from other books, but was not assigned a whole book. Are you claiming that you, who wouldn’t let your kid get close to the school my kid attended, know what happened better than I did? You are genuinely awful and wow do you live up to the stereotype of private parents.

I have a child in private AND one in public. I also tutor. Drama queen.

[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.

Wait. You have your kids in private but you are claiming that you know what happens in ALL public schools such that you are claiming those of us who have lived or are living this are lying? That is offensive. You make private schools look worse than any honesty about our experiences in public could.

My kid was assigned no books in seventh grade English in public. He was assigned one short story (Shirley Jackson) and read excerpts from other books, but was not assigned a whole book. Are you claiming that you, who wouldn’t let your kid get close to the school my kid attended, know what happened better than I did? You are genuinely awful and wow do you live up to the stereotype of private parents.

NP. I do agree there are exaggerations.

[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.

Wait. You have your kids in private but you are claiming that you know what happens in ALL public schools such that you are claiming those of us who have lived or are living this are lying? That is offensive. You make private schools look worse than any honesty about our experiences in public could.

My kid was assigned no books in seventh grade English in public. He was assigned one short story (Shirley Jackson) and read excerpts from other books, but was not assigned a whole book. Are you claiming that you, who wouldn’t let your kid get close to the school my kid attended, know what happened better than I did? You are genuinely awful and wow do you live up to the stereotype of private parents.

Quite a few exaggerations in your comments.