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Middletown staff to bring ‘World Novel’ course proposal to full Board of Education
Summary
Teachers proposed renaming the 11th‑grade American Novel elective to World Novel to reduce overlap with a relaunched 10th‑grade American Studies course; the committee voiced consensus to present the proposal to the full board, and staff estimated about $750 in textbook costs covered by existing building funds.
Katie Wikander, a tenth‑ and eleventh‑grade honors English teacher at Middletown High School, and a colleague from the Office of Teaching and Learning presented a proposal to change the 11th‑grade elective called American Novel to World Novel.
Wikander said the change is intended to reduce overlap with a relaunched 10th‑grade American Studies program and to expand students’ exposure to global perspectives while keeping the same Connecticut grade‑level 11 ELA standards and assessment structure. "It's really just to expand the content in which my students are able to…
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