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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is at a different MS. In grade 7 last year they only read one book called ‘Refugee’.  The questions were all multiple choice.  The rest of the year was very short passages and articles.

In grade 8 they have read independently one book from the library.  No book club.  No group book.  [/quote]

That's really sad. In seventh grade ELA, my kid had zero multiple-choice tests except the SOL. He also had book clubs. He hasn't had book clubs yet in eighth grade, but I hope they are coming up soon.

My best friend is a middle school ELA teacher and she has told me what the expectations are from FCPS. Book clubs is one of the expectations. The schools were given a list of books they could order, and those were supposed to be used for book clubs.

My two youngest siblings went to Carson in the early 2000s, and they read The Outsiders even back then. My nephew went to Carson in 2016-2018, and he read The Outsiders. According to a post above, Carson is still having students read The Outsiders.  [b]That means Carson has been reading The Outsiders for at least 20 years without changing their approach[/b].  :shock: [/quote]

Why is that a bad thing? It's a great book that is very appropriate for this age. I read The Outsiders when I was around this age, too. I re-read it with my daughter this year.  [/quote]

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