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[quote=Anonymous]My DD read House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros in 9th grade H Eng.  This has a Lexile of 870, which falls in the Common Core standard for 4-5th grade. Yes, I think thematically it might be a good choice, but not as a good text to work on for an entire quarter.

1984 has a Lexile of 1090. 1050 is a beginning of the year expectation for 9th grade.  1080 is the beginning of the year expectation in 10th grade. My DD read it at Eastern middle school magnet in 6th or 7th grade I think. That gives an idea how far ahead many advanced learners are (far more are qualified for EMS than attend).

One cannot substitute thematic challenge for text/lexical challenge - kids need to read long texts with complex sentence structure and complex vocabulary if they are going to be successful in college and professionally.

The problem is that texts assigned for required English class have to be selected at a level that the vast majority of class can understand - given that 50% of 3rd graders in MCPS weren't reading on grade level in 2020 -it's not surprising that assigned texts in class are below grade level.

MCPS doesn't want to admit that they aren't successful at teaching reading - they don't know how to fix that problem, so they just dumb down the curriculum. It's a disservice to all learners - not just advanced learners. [/quote]

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