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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Her class just completed an autobiography project that’s ten chapters long, which means many of the kids have written assignments that are 30 pages in length, printed 10pt font[/quote]

10 "chapters" yes.  Each chapter is 1-2 paragraphs and an illustration.  No child wrote a 7500 word autobiography.  Stop your nonsense. [/quote]

In DC's CES there was one project where several kids did write over 10k words. 2k wasn't uncommon either.[/quote]

7500 is what? 15-20 pages, single spaced?

I had to do that in middle school, so even that sounds like a lot, but not totally outrageous if it were a semester-long thing.[/quote]

Im the PP that wrote this originally. Multiple kids wrote 30 plus pages. It absolutely is not a couple of paragraphs per chapter. The instructions were very detailed and there’s no way to do everything without writing thousands of words. [/quote]

Don’t know word counts but this assignment included title pages, drawings, photos, awards, ticket stubs, a table of contents, family tree, personal timeline, interviews with friends and family, in addition to the text covering ages 0-6, 7-10, feelings, achievements, description of self, family history, an autobiographical self portrait with a theme, birth story, likes and dislikes, future plans, hopes and dreams etc. Some kids had 40-50 pages.[/quote]

This actually sounds really interesting. It'd be a great momento of their childhood. I think my child would really enjoy doing this if spread out over time.[/quote]

The concept was great! The classroom time devoted to it was not. It meant a lot of work at home for weeks and weeks, on top of a heavy workload of other assignments including others of considerable complexity and length.[/quote]

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