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Reply to "my sixth grader has not learned to write in MCPS"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all of the replies. I've been asking other parents in our middle school, and it seems that this middles school does not teach the five paragraph essay until eighth grade (interesting that some posters replied that their kids learned that method in mcps in earlier grades, i think one poster even said fifth grade). Anyway, after reading these responses and from what I've gathered talking to other parents, I think what is going on for my DD is a combo of lack of strong writing instruction in my child's schools, my expectations being not age appropriate, and that writing is not DD's personal strength. I am very frustrated that there is a lack of emphasis on essay organization, not to mention spelling and grammar, but I am going to work on that with DD outside of school. [/quote] Then their high school and college teachers need to unteach this formulaic writing. Knowing the five-paragraph formula is not a skill.[/quote]
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