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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a middle school and high schooler, public school.  Yes, instruction in writing is practically non existent until AP English. [/quote]

I don’t understand posts like this. I believe you, but my question is how it’s possible? And how do students suddenly catch up or keep up in 10th or 11th, while also prepping for SATs and writing college apps? Because I’m assuming at least SOME kids are receiving some kind of writing instruction earlier than that (through tutors, better school curriculum, etc), wouldn’t they have a huge leg up? [/quote]

I don't get it either. If students aren't writing, and they're not reading books, what do they actually do all day?[/quote]

I know what they do (screens, group "work," SEL, "skills based work and assessments"), but I want to know how does this lead to top high school and college students? My area touts the public high schools as among the top 1000 public high schools in the country, but how can this be true if the kids are on Chromebooks for much of the day and not actually reading full books or writing essays until 10th grade? [/quote]what school is this?  Our kids had to write paragraphs and essays since first grade and onward due to the stupid Calkins writing workshop.  Our kids also have to read chapter books in book groups since fourth grade.  They also read the boring 2 page passages with SOL questions afterward.  So they do get reading and writing, but the writing instruction didn’t become structured and formal until 7th grade. And, they missed learning formal grammar so were not taught parts of speech and sentence diagramming.  It’s a hodge podge and poorly taught English. —FCPS parent who has supplemented for a decade [/quote]
What do you supplement with?[/quote]

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