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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All American Boys 
But they will also be reading Of Mice and Men 
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Of Mice & Men is a choice in MP2. And it's super short. Why couldn't they read both of these in MP1?[/quote]

Totally agree.  My HS English class in 1986 probably read twice as many books.  I remember we read Great Expectations, catcher in the rye, Frankenstein, a Shakespeare play, the Iliad, and I’m sure there were a couple more I’m forgetting now (maybe Huck Finn?)  And I went to public school in a random state so I feel like it’s achievable for McPS.  [/quote]

Note that Shakespeare and poetry are covered in the English classes but its usually not listed as the quarterly novel or reading.[/quote]

Romeo and a Juliet is an option (not a requirement) in Q4. There is no other Shakespeare in 9th grade English. [/quote]

Is that not enough? How much Shakespeare do your think really needs to be done in a school year? [/quote]

I would be fine if kids actually read the play — but a) it’s an option, not a requirement and b) at some schools they say they do Shakespeare but the kids don’t read the play — they watch a movie version. I hope that even central office staff would admit that’s not acceptable, but there is zero oversight or accountability.[/quote]

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