Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 14:07     Subject: Re:Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
House on Mango Street
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 13:46     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
The Magic Fish is a great book …. For middle school. Not appropriate as the one novel they read in a marking period in English 9 (let alone “honors” an English 9). It is a middle-grade graphic novel for struggling readers. Lexile level is very low (400HL).

https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/details/9781984851598

I’m also surprised that Moms for Liberty have not opted out of it. Or maybe they have and we just haven’t heard.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 11:12     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:Where do I see the list of books? I have seen a book yet.


I’m a parent and have never seen a list, but the books should have been brought home by now. Unless if they keep them in the classroom, but then how are they working on homework?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 11:05     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:Mine is reading Mice and Men.
I’m confused by OPs post — is she saying these are the only options for honors English 9? That’s what mine is taking.


Of Mice and Men is intended to be in MP2. Maybe your school is going rogue.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XsG7HxnXcr5tO7u7HpE7I28XTur-dKuQmAkJ1T0z_I/edit?tab=t.0
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 11:01     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:Where do I see the list of books? I have seen a book yet.


Linked in the OP
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 11:01     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Mine is reading Mice and Men.
I’m confused by OPs post — is she saying these are the only options for honors English 9? That’s what mine is taking.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 10:58     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:I teach 9th grade honors english at a HS. Half my classes are reading The Magic Fish. The other half All American Boys

PP I've always wondered how teachers/English departments make these decisions. Is it based on number of copies available, teacher choice, student preferences, student reading level, or other? Also in other grades, the Q1 list of curriculum books is longer so teachers have more choices to make than you do.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 10:49     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:I think they do a disservice to the class by not making it two graphic novels to one novel. While I certainly think graphic novels can be well done and teach a lot, kids often don’t sit with the content long enough, so it becomes an easier more enjoyable read as compared to the novels.

They could have done The Magic Fish along with any of these : The Best We Could/Vietnamerica/Such a Lovely Little War.

Frankly I would suggest doing a novel and graphic novel.


An honors student should be able to read a page of text without a picture for every sentence.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 10:44     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Where do I see the list of books? I have seen a book yet.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 08:21     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
I think they do a disservice to the class by not making it two graphic novels to one novel. While I certainly think graphic novels can be well done and teach a lot, kids often don’t sit with the content long enough, so it becomes an easier more enjoyable read as compared to the novels.

They could have done The Magic Fish along with any of these : The Best We Could/Vietnamerica/Such a Lovely Little War.

Frankly I would suggest doing a novel and graphic novel.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 08:01     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
They are reading all American boys.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 08:00     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
Anonymous wrote:I teach 9th grade honors english at a HS. Half my classes are reading The Magic Fish. The other half All American Boys


Is this just because there are too few copies of the book for every student to get the same one?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 06:38     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
I teach 9th grade honors english at a HS. Half my classes are reading The Magic Fish. The other half All American Boys
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 00:40     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
I’m impressed your 9th grader will get to read a book.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2025 23:45     Subject: Honors English 9A, MP1: What is your child reading?
I saw on MCPS's refrigerator curriculum that there are three choices for texts in 9th grade English this marking period.
- All American Boys
- The Magic Fish
- A Separate Peace
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/refrigerator/NinthGrade_Quarter-One.pdf

Can you please share which one your child is reading as the anchor text this marking period and the name of your child's school?