Middle school english curriculum

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Anonymous wrote:How was quarter one with the new English curriculum at your kid's middle schools?

Did CKLA in 5th and now in 6th-curriculum not that challenging but they are reading excerpts of novels like How to be an Inventor by Temple Grandin which is good. Next unit is abridged Iliad and Odyssey which my kid is excited about as she likes Greek mythology.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't middle schools teach or read Macbeth?

Maybe they're trying to teach them to read contemporary English before expecting them to read Shakespeare. Not sure that a dumbed down version is worth it. Or are you addressing the AP Lang posts?

my kid's teacher did a Midsummer night's dream in 7th grade....but there was some sort of Shakespeare translated into modern English alongside the play text that they were also given. there is some diversity in how teachers teach.

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Anonymous wrote:How was quarter one with the new English curriculum at your kid's middle schools?

My 8th grader liked it a lot more than Study Sybc, especially the Frederick Douglass book. The teacher also added novel studies.

What novel studies do they have in 8th?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was quarter one with the new English curriculum at your kid's middle schools?

My 8th grader liked it a lot more than Study Sybc, especially the Frederick Douglass book. The teacher also added novel studies.

What novel studies do they have in 8th?

There are 5 options each MP. Students are required to do at least 1 but can do more if they want. For MP1, the options were:

Out of the Dust
Chinese Cinderella
March Book Two
Ten Days in a Mad House
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer

This MP, I don't have a list of all the options, but my kid is reading Refugee.