Middle school english curriculum

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Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

[Anonymous]

You wouldn’t see the CKLA logo on any papers that came home if the teacher is with her salt. The CKLA materials need modification, additional instructions, point values, etc added.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:After some investigating, it appears that my daughter’s teacher at a DCC middle school is primarily using the CKLA version for emergent English learners for whole-class instruction.

I’m curious whether students in other parts of the county are receiving workbooks or the MCPS binded collections of instructional materials instead. I would love to see a 6th-grade English syllabus from schools outside the DCC to better understand how curriculum and materials may differ across the county.

If anyone is willing to share their school’s syllabus or provide insight into the materials their 6th graders are using, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you in advance.

Is your daughter is in a class with numerous English Language learners? If so, then what would you prefer they do? Teach two curriculums simultaneously? This is the primary reason that MCPS needs to do away with “honors for all.”

Even honors for all has ELD students in a separate class. Those class are under the ELD listings, not English. For example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tlr_B-DC5YOgrnPqN51OKyJOL7zZALUF/view

The PP you responded to should be speaking with the English content specialist and the relevant AP at her school. Non-ELD students should be getting the regular CKLA curriculum. And if that doesn’t happen even after speaking with the school, she should escalate to the secondary English department in central office and the school’s principal. -DP

This is not the case for every middle school.

What do you mean not the case for every middle school? The PP is correct that non ELD students should be using the regular CKLA version. If not, why not? Have the department resource teacher or AP explain.

Unless the ELD student is new to the country, they are in mainstream classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

That tells you all you need to know about HS English. And the "honors" English 9/10 classes are easier than even the 6th grade CKLA curriculum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

AP Lang is more about essays than books. AP Lit should have started a book by now.

[Anonymous]

I find the CKLA curriculum underwhelming. I appreciate that it incorporates grammar and vocabulary word morphology, which were sorely lacking in the StudySync curriculum. However, when it comes to opportunities for deeper literary analysis, CKLA falls short. Please see this example from the 7th grade curriculum. This is the model introductory paragraph provided to the students for their essay on theme: " In Hello, Universe, author Erin Entrada Kelley shows that pets are special and make a positive difference in her characters’ lives. I relate to this because just like Virgil, I have a pet guinea pig, Baxter. "

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Anonymous wrote: I find the CKLA curriculum underwhelming. I appreciate that it incorporates grammar and vocabulary word morphology, which were sorely lacking in the StudySync curriculum. However, when it comes to opportunities for deeper literary analysis, CKLA falls short. Please see this example from the 7th grade curriculum. This is the model introductory paragraph provided to the students for their essay on theme: " In Hello, Universe, author Erin Entrada Kelley shows that pets are special and make a positive difference in her characters’ lives. I relate to this because just like Virgil, I have a pet guinea pig, Baxter. "

At least 7th graders are reading an actual book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

I pulled this for the English 6 description- What does this look like in practice? "Plan instruction that includes scaffolds and supports for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and those reading below grade level, while maintaining access to grade-level texts and tasks."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

I pulled this for the English 6 description- What does this look like in practice? "Plan instruction that includes scaffolds and supports for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and those reading below grade level, while maintaining access to grade-level texts and tasks."

Nd teachers are supposed to provide enrichment for those who are above grade level.

In practice, it means that no kids have their needs met.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

AP Lang is more about essays than books. AP Lit should have started a book by now.

The sample syllabus lists:

* Summer reading nonfiction book, class worked in the fall

* The Crucible

* Macbeth

* The Great Gatsby

In addition to shorter works.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-english-language-and-composition-sample-syllabus-1.pdf?course=ap-english-language-and-composition

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

AP Lang is more about essays than books. AP Lit should have started a book by now.

AP Lit begins with a Short Fiction unit and then a Poetry unit. Longer Fiction isn't until Unit 3. But yes, reading has really decreased in AP classes. Most teachers (and many districts) feel that assigning summer reading and normal at-home reading is inequitable. If you can only read during class, your ability to cover whole books diminishes. (Not to mention that many kids won't do outside reading, and instead of pushing back, teachers have capitulated.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what they should be learning in each grade:

English 6:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZeAlNINm8fHAAVyVNbwJcQ1u14vK-b52qRjF_V1zx0/edit?tab=t.0

English 7: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/edit?tab=t.0

English 8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HinKw5UZlW-7_hwMIktrkK045jnmSWd9JyEM191GgOg/edit?tab=t.0

If your child is not doing this curriculum (and is not in the humanities magnet), start with their teacher. If needed, escalate, starting with the content specialist and AP and then moving up.

So yes, they have trimmed even the standard 8th grade CKLA by removing Frankenstein.

Yes, that was answered above.

They removed 2 units from 6th grade and 1 unit from 7th and 8th grades.

My senior's AP Lit class is reading Frankenstein this year. Maybe that's why it's not being taught in 8th?

I don't think so -- just a coincidence. There is a lot of flexibility for AP teachers to select their own books; there is not a set curriculum for MCPS. I think it is just that they could only cover 7 units particularly given all the testing in the spring (semester 2 only has 3 units, whereas semester 1 has 4), and they had to select something to leave out. It is still so much more than they covered in Study Sync, where they only did 4/6 units and maybe did 20% of each unit. Ridiculous.

It’s a month in our ap English and no books.

AP Lang is more about essays than books. AP Lit should have started a book by now.

AP Lit begins with a Short Fiction unit and then a Poetry unit. Longer Fiction isn't until Unit 3. But yes, reading has really decreased in AP classes. Most teachers (and many districts) feel that assigning summer reading and normal at-home reading is inequitable. If you can only read during class, your ability to cover whole books diminishes. (Not to mention that many kids won't do outside reading, and instead of pushing back, teachers have capitulated.)

My AP LIt student started on the first novel a couple weeks ago.