APS - 10th Grade English

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Focus should be on writing and using proper grammar in preparation for college rather than discussing literature all year.

Students write better papers when they have better discussions of the literature.
But don't worry. They aren't discussing all that much literature - if you're talking about novels. But they are doing a lot of reading and writing of short pieces (ie no long papers)

This is true. See Natalie Wexler’s The Knowledge Gap and Daniel T Willingham’s research. Thankfully the ELA Department at APS knows this and that’s why we have a new curriculum. If a teacher plans to ignore the new curriculum (as one of the PPs posted) then that is concerning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Focus should be on writing and using proper grammar in preparation for college rather than discussing literature all year.

Students write better papers when they have better discussions of the literature.
But don't worry. They aren't discussing all that much literature - if you're talking about novels. But they are doing a lot of reading and writing of short pieces (ie no long papers)

This is true. See Natalie Wexler’s The Knowledge Gap and Daniel T Willingham’s research. Thankfully the ELA Department at APS knows this and that’s why we have a new curriculum. If a teacher plans to ignore the new curriculum (as one of the PPs posted) then that is concerning.

What, like the new curriculum is entirely new content? I don't think so, though I admit I haven't read either one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Focus should be on writing and using proper grammar in preparation for college rather than discussing literature all year.

Students write better papers when they have better discussions of the literature.
But don't worry. They aren't discussing all that much literature - if you're talking about novels. But they are doing a lot of reading and writing of short pieces (ie no long papers)

This is true. See Natalie Wexler’s The Knowledge Gap and Daniel T Willingham’s research. Thankfully the ELA Department at APS knows this and that’s why we have a new curriculum. If a teacher plans to ignore the new curriculum (as one of the PPs posted) then that is concerning.

What, like the new curriculum is entirely new content? I don't think so, though I admit I haven't read either one.

I don’t understand your question. Haven’t read what? Natalie Wexler and Daniel Willingham argue that background knowledge is paramount. The new curriculum is knowledge rich.