Middle schools that differentiate English instruction?
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Anonymous
| I've heard that there are some schools that differentiate and offer GT, not just advanced to all students. If your school does this, could you please post the school name? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| My kid in TP magnet is taking "advanced" English (the course is labeled "ADV ENGLISH 6"), but it appears as "G" on her transcript in the column labeled "GT or HONORS." |
Anonymous
| At SSIMS, all students take Advanced English, but some take a class designated Advanced English GT. DD was recommended for Advanced English 6 GT for next year. I have no idea if it will really be any different in terms of content, or just a different peer group. |
Anonymous
That's correct re SSIMS, it is a different peer group and different reading assignments, not sure if work load is different otherwise, it is mostly completed in class. Also older DC felt the distinction became less significant with each grade, either number of sections and/or percent of kids slacking increases. At least that was the perception among students. Second DC is in sixth and does say English is one of the better behaved classes. |
Anonymous
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bump.
Any schools besides SSIMS? TPMS actually doesn't differentiate. |
Anonymous
| There are some middle schools that do not place all students in advanced english. Some kids take English 6, and others take Advanced English 6. I think it is like that at Eastern MS. So, perhaps at those schools, advanced English is actually advanced. |
Anonymous
My kid in TPMS magnet is also taking this class, but it is in no way what I would consider "advanced" or "GT" coursework. The requirements are very low. |
Anonymous
| I'm pretty sure Pyle has advanced and regular. My kid's teacher said they are reading different books. |
Anonymous
| JW has in class differentiation. Same topics but different books/assignments etc. Most kids are advanced..which is not that advanced. |
Anonymous
Agree 100% My kid is also taking that "Advanced" class and child has serious writing issues. So far all As in English... Bar is so low that I do not even see it... |
Anonymous
Question is is there differentiated instruction. First are there sections of English 6 and sections of Adv English 6 or is everyone in Advanced? From Edline it's possible to see how many sections of a class are offered. Second question, if all English classes are labeled Advanced, is there any differentiation between sections--ability grouping, differentiation in assignments, etc? Second question is harder to determine, only the teacher could answer definitively but students are usually aware of distinctions. Sounds like TPMS places everyone in Adv English. SSiMS definitely does. |
Anonymous
We are zoned for Eastern and from what I can tell from their website it does look like they offer both English and Advanced English. Maybe someone with a non-magnet kid there can weigh in on whether this results in more differentiation? |
Anonymous
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At Sligo there is both advanced and regular English. To be in advanced you need to be at a reading level w at the end of 5th and 215 on MAP R. These are on grade level. So
I imagine that the regular is actually remedial and advanced is at grade level and above. |
Anonymous
So at SSIMS there is a similar benchmark but it's for the Reading class. 6th grade students who aren't above grade level take a Reading class in addition to English (the name has changed, think it's now called Digital Literacy) anyone above the benchmark has the option of beginning a foreign language instead. |
Anonymous
| It's strange that this differs by school. |