Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 08:52     Subject: spelling - English class vs foreign language class
OP, I thought the same thing! I am not saying it is wrong to take off in Spanish but so weird that in English, Social Studies and Science DD can spell a word wrong in every sentence (except formal Summative papers in English) and get 100%. In her Spanish class, not just conjugation but anything spelled incorrectly is taken off. It seems inconsistent to me. I would rather she does learn to spell!
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 06:49     Subject: spelling - English class vs foreign language class
Anonymous wrote:What a great point, OP! I love your perceptive criticism.

I wish I knew the answer.

And guess how my daughter learned grammar? certainly not through her English courses

What a sorry system we have!


If your daughter is a native English speaker, then your daughter learned English grammar as she learned to talk. As Monsieur Jourdain says in Moliere's play Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, "Par ma foi, il y a plus de quarante ans que je dis de la prose, sans que j’en susse rien."

I have a middle-schooler and a high-schooler in MCPS. They've had their spelling mistakes marked off in English writing assignments. Mechanics is always part of the grading rubric.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 06:20     Subject: Re:spelling - English class vs foreign language class
"It's the message that is important." That's what I heard through all of my son's years in public school about his writing. Nobody cared about handwriting or spelling even in MS. I switched him to Catholic school for HS and they marked off for spelling and poor handwriting.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 06:17     Subject: spelling - English class vs foreign language class
Anonymous wrote:Why is it that my seventh grader has never been marked off for spelling in his various writing assignments through the years, but now that he is taking a foreign language he loses points for the slightest spelling error?


Are they using a computerized system? They are extremely picky. Wouldn't you want your child to learn how to spell or do you want him carrying those flawed skills into the workplace?
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 05:49     Subject: spelling - English class vs foreign language class
What a great point, OP! I love your perceptive criticism.

I wish I knew the answer.

And guess how my daughter learned grammar? certainly not through her English courses

What a sorry system we have!
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2017 00:54     Subject: spelling - English class vs foreign language class
Why is it that my seventh grader has never been marked off for spelling in his various writing assignments through the years, but now that he is taking a foreign language he loses points for the slightest spelling error?