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Appeal plan is: 
Cover letter (possibly just face the reading stuff head on? haven't decided.  Can her extra reading teacher provide input?)
5 non-math work samples
WISC score if it is decent

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Regarding the extra reading teacher: I would avoid it. When my oldest (currently in 7th) was in the process they still allowed letters of recommendation. They stopped that in 2020 due to the outside committee report. Trying to add one as part of your cover letter will look like trying to do something they explicitly and intentionally disallowed.

Instead, here are some ideas for work samples that combine critical thinking and language arts skills:

- have your child write something - poetry seems to be popular - and explain the theme or why a particular part of the poem is worded the way it is
- include a reading paragraph, and have your child respond to one of those "critical" thinking (in scare quotes because I personally think these are dumb assignments) type questions like "Apply the theme of this paragraph to your life." A good short passage might be an Aesop's Fable, which is tiny but has a clear theme.
- maybe try some verbal logic, yes even though the CogAT uses picture logic at this age - [ur=https://www.amazon.com/Primarily-Logic-Grades-Judy-Leimbach/dp/1593631227]from a workbook[/url]. A series of analogies requiring critical thinking would be good! Verbal + critical thinking. I'm sure the WISC will have sections that handle this as well.

Another thing to consider in your cover letter would be to talk about an above-grade-level book your child is reading and how they can summarize the plot for you. What you might describe is something like a [url=https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-to-do-narration/?srsltid=AfmBOopGSHiwUNSDlMjK49WH0P_b05DOjSyJCIRfoAinnqLzk4EMkEi1]Charlotte Mason narration[/url] your kid can do. This is super cliche, but one of my kids worked her way through Harry Potter as a first grader and I wrote about how she would come up to me to tell me excitedly about what she had just read as she went. This kind of example would be most persuasive if you can use actual descriptions of what your kid is telling you about the plot. Remember the committee cares a lot about specific examples that paint a clear portrait of your actual kid, just like a college admission committee does.[/quote]

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