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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The English instruction is poor in MS. What has your student really learned in 7th or 8th grade English.   They only read 1 book the whole year.   There are no vocabulary or grammar lessons.  There is an essay or speech each quarter, but it’s very scaffolded with little leeway.  No working on analogies, etc. There is little to no feedback on writing.  Very poor instruction on how to improve writing.  No comments.  No working 1-1.  No writing and the re-writing.  Just a turn-in.  Time management is even poor.  That’s all problematic in MS. [/quote]

My kids 8th grade class has been doing vocabulary and grammar all year long. They have been working on root words, prefixes, suffixes and the like.  They get comments on their esays, [b]they give feedback to each other on their essays and then revise them[/b]. I am not sure what school you are at but our experience at Carson has been very different then what you are describing.

[b]His class read two books in 7th grade[/b]. [/quote]

LOL.  I love how PP notes these things like they're impressive.  Two books is such a bare minimum for 7th grade, and you didn't even name the books.  The books our kids read in FCPS middle school were exceedingly easy... they could finish it in a few hours.  And do you honestly think peer review is of any value whatsoever?? It's an absurd practice.[/quote]

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