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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child took the World Civilizations course at Chantilly High and did well after being in the AAP program in middle school.

The Language Arts and social studies teachers at my child's middle school prepared them well for the content of the World Civilizations course. It was understandably more challenging than the middle school courses were but my child faced a more noticeable challenge moving from AAP elementary school to AAP middle school than they did transitioning from middle school to high school because the writing demands were far more intense even in seventh and eighth grades. Elementary school didn't challenge my child to be a better writer, but middle school did and high school understandably had even higher expectations.

The teachers of the World Civilizations course were undeniably tough graders but they were not unfair. They made expectations clear, taught the content and process, provided feedback throughout the assignments and assessed accordingly. I believe my child who was enrolled in World Civilizations was better prepared for AP English than had been my older child who did not take the combined course.

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How long ago was this? I have a 9th and 7th grader who went to Rocky Run, the AAP center for Chantilly, and they have done almost zero writing for middle school. And not much reading. In AAP.[/quote]

+1 Carson AAP here and same for us. Very little writing. They have done some novels but pretty disappointing overall - mostly graphic ones.[/quote]

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