Gifted Language Arts: Filling the Canvas with Quality

Conversations with Josh, a mentee of the author, and other gifted students caused the author to realize that in many cases, what is presented as appropriately differentiated language arts curriculum for gifted/talented students is nothing more than general education curriculum with additional work a...

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Published inUnderstanding our gifted Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 14 - 17
Main Author Lloyd-Zannini, Lou
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Open Space Communications LLC 2008
Subjects
Academically Gifted
Brain
English
Grade 10
Grammar
Honors Curriculum
Individualized Instruction
Language Arts
Talent
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Conversations with Josh, a mentee of the author, and other gifted students caused the author to realize that in many cases, what is presented as appropriately differentiated language arts curriculum for gifted/talented students is nothing more than general education curriculum with additional work at the same level as the regular curriculum. If everyone else is writing a 300 word essay, gifted students are assigned 500 words. If everyone else is reading one book per semester, gifted kids are expected to read two. Brain numbing tedium indeed, and hardly appropriate for gifted kids. Obviously, "more of the same," "brain numbing tedium" is not the kind of (allegedly) differentiated curriculum people want to see in gifted children's language arts curriculum--or any other for that matter. What does a good language arts curriculum for the gifted look like? In this article, the author describes the characteristics of a good language arts curriculum for gifted learners.
ISSN:1040-1350