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Reply to "AP English teacher never read Orwell?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, Op's 11th grader is suggesting Animal Farm as a high school curriculum option. I read it in middle school a gazillion years ago, and my MCPS 8th grader is also reading it in 8th grade. [/quote] our first year here, DC was in 9th grade, and took Honors English. That teacher decided it would be too hard for the students to read the Shakespeare play they were required to study under the district syllabus, so instead they watched the Leonardo DiCaprio/Claire Danes movie. In Honors English. [/quote] In middle school now they are reading whole books first and then watch the movie. In 7th grade they did this with “The Outsiders” and then “The Giver”. In 8th grade they start reading Shakespeare and interested kids can try out for the yearly Shakespeare play. My son got a part in “The Winters Tale”. Separate but equal I guess in terms of types of reading each grade works on. [/quote]
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