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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your 7th grader must be confused. Every APS grade from at least 4th up writes multiple essays per year. I teach 4th and following the APS curriculum we have written a realistic fiction piece, opinion essay, persuasive essay written as a letter, and a literary essay. Obviously these are guided units as they are teaching the basic 5-paragraph essay structure. In 5th grade there are more plus the writing SOL which is a 5 paragraph opinion piece.[/quote]

I'm a parent and I can confirm what the teacher here says.  Unfortunately, the emphasis on those same essays continues into high school without ever developing into longer written papers.  My oldest child wrote more extensive essays in 5th grade than they have had to write in 3 years of high school.

There's a lot of "online discussion" assignments whereby each student in the class has to provide a paragraph response to a topic and respond to at least two other students' comments.  Limited usefulness in learning to conduct online discussions respectfully; but no real benefit to developing analytical and writing skills.[/quote]

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