We have an HGC child who is in Advanced English 6. It is no sweat, but our child enjoys it. For fun, our child goes to Writopia weekly, and reads/writes extensively after school. http://www.writopialab.org/

Anonymous wrote:I find English to be the least of the problem areas coming from a HGC. There is some choice in books and a writing assignment can be done at any level.

What's the biggest problem area?

I find English to be the least of the problem areas coming from a HGC. There is some choice in books and a writing assignment can be done at any level.

Our MS only has Advanced English. It's pretty easy for my HGC kid, but I think the teacher is excellent. They have to complete "literature profiles" on books of their choosing--so kids can choose more difficult books if they like. For my particular kid, the analysis takes some thought.

In its after-school offerings, our school has speech and debate and also acting/improv.

Our home ms offers advanced and regular English. The advanced English requires a MAP score of 215, reading level W to get in. These seem like low barriers which makes me think that the regular English is actually remedial.

Anonymous wrote:My sixth-grader is in Advanced English, which is a separate class, and it's been fine. There isn't as much writing, but there is writing, and my child definitely is not skating by. The books aren't necessarily to my child's taste, but I think that's fine. My child can choose more congenial books to read for fun.

There is a separate Advanced English class at your child's home school? That's great, but I understand it's not offered at our home MS. I was told (at the info session) that the classes are heterogeneous.

My sixth-grader is in Advanced English, which is a separate class, and it's been fine. There isn't as much writing, but there is writing, and my child definitely is not skating by. The books aren't necessarily to my child's taste, but I think that's fine. My child can choose more congenial books to read for fun.

There was another thread on this in the last week and people offered some suggestions.

For those whose child returned to the home middle school after an HGC, can you comment on how English went? If it's not challenging, were there any particular ways to support a special interest in humanities outside the classroom that you can recommend? Were there any clubs offered at the middle school that would be relevant? Thanks!