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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My AAP 7th grader has a couple hours of homework a night and several major tests and projects.  [/quote]

Are you in a TJ feeder? Can you name the school? Maybe I’ll mention this to my kid’s school[/quote]

Does this middle school still read full length novels?[/quote]

I teach 7th grade AAP English. My students read a lot of short stories during 1st quarter vs novels. We do this because the large writing assignment is a personal narrative, which lends itself to short stories as a model. During second quarter we will read full length nonfiction texts and a lot of nonfiction articles. Third and fourth quarter include multiple full length novels as well as some nonfiction article readings that support the text themes. There is more to life/English class than hammering full length novels out all year long. [/quote]

So why did my school not have the personal narrative?  Why do some schools have this and not others?  You would think the AAP level would not skip this stuff. [/quote]

Did your AAP student write a different type of essay during 1st quarter? I'd much rather my kid write persuasive, technical, or expository essays than personal narratives. All they wrote in elementary school was narratives and creative poems, and they were never taught how to write. If in middle school the teacher chooses to have students write at a higher level by having them write persuasively or technically, that should be celebrated. [/quote]

I teach 6th AAP and if this was the case, your child had teachers not using the pacing guide. In 6th grade students write memoirs, nonfiction, newspaper articles, poetry, research project, historical fiction, persuasive essays, etc. Other grades also have a mix of expository and narrative writing. I will say this. Most kids hate writing and it is hard for many. My students are writing a lot. This does not include writing about reading. [/quote]

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