Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a kid ins 7th gr intensive english and can share what its like?

Following! My son dislikes reading novels (and probably can't analyze them) but he learned to write well (grammatically correct) at Catholic school so he tells me he's a better writer than his classmates.

I'm concerned to place him in intensified English but I've only seen him read short stories from a textbook. When I was in middle school, we read and analyzed classic novels.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a kid ins 7th gr intensive english and can share what its like?

Honestly it's been the biggest mystery of all the intensified classes - almost no homework, few tests and quizzes (where the teacher says there is nothing to study), surprisingly little reading outside of school. But my child likes their teacher and is happier in the class compared to 6th grade.

Which school is this?

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a kid ins 7th gr intensive english and can share what its like?

Honestly it's been the biggest mystery of all the intensified classes - almost no homework, few tests and quizzes (where the teacher says there is nothing to study), surprisingly little reading outside of school. But my child likes their teacher and is happier in the class compared to 6th grade.

Anonymous wrote:DC is an 8th grader, and it is not too much work at all. Still minimal homework.

The biggest difference is the class seems to have a heavier concentration of kids interested in academics and school, so there are fewer discipline issues and disruptions.

This has been our experience with all intensified 7th grade classes. A big improvement over 6th grade classes, occasionally challenging, and still very little homework. I think it is totally manageable for a kid that earned all As through 6th grade

Anyone have a kid ins 7th gr intensive english and can share what its like?

The only thing that's a substantial difference work wise is math intensified, which they have to place you in and is much more difficult to opt into. (They will let you but don't want to do it and will tell you this.)

The rest of it is not too much homework at all.

DC is an 8th grader, and it is not too much work at all. Still minimal homework.

The biggest difference is the class seems to have a heavier concentration of kids interested in academics and school, so there are fewer discipline issues and disruptions.

Would a kid getting straight As in 6th grade be expected to take all the intensified offerings in 7th (in APS?) Or is that going to add too much work?