Langston Hughes Advanced Academic

ProgramAAP(Level IV) Center

Langston Hughes Advanced Academic

ProgramAAP(Level IV) Center

Fairfax County Public Schools

Langston Hughes Advanced Academic Program

Langston Hughes Advanced Academic Program

Langston Hughes Advanced Academic Program

AAP(Level IV) Center

Full-time academic placement in English, social studies and science for highly gifted students found eligible through a screening process

Follows FCPS Program of Studies Is different in depth, breadth, and pace of instruction Emphasizes higher level thinking skills Provides opportunities to develop independent research

skills Incorporates advanced reading materials Mathematics placement according to test results

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Differentiation

Curriculum can be differentiated in one or more of the following three ways:

Content – What students learn Process – How students learn Product – How students

demonstrate what they have learned

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Language Arts 7: BeowulfGuiding Question: How do we grow through

conflict?

English 7 Lesson: Students will explore the archetype of the Hero’s Journey and the themes of perseverence and good vs. evil as they read Beowulf.

Honors Lesson: Students explore the concept of duality, annotating the text to find examples of how the author uses symbolism and other literary devices to reveal his themes related to good vs. evil and the nature of heroism.

GT Center Lesson:Students independently annotate Beowulf, identifying and analyzing key passages and literary devices, then develop an original thesis about the author’s intent based on this evidence. They will write an argumentative essay featuring a claim, text evidence, and commentary.

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Science 7 Creating Order Out of Chaos

Concept: Classification Science 7 lesson:

Classification lab in lab manual – “Putting Things in Order- Classifying leaves.” Students learn how to use a dichotomous key to classify leaves.

Honors lesson:Classification is tied to a concept – order vs. chaos. Lab is focused Parallel of Practice – working like a botanist. Students take lab a step further by developing a flow chart to classify organism. Generalizations are developed.

GT Center lesson:

Students can develop their own dichotomous key for their objects. Students can determine how order is created out of chaos in nature/real world.

What are the implications for scientist?

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How does Local Level IV differ from the Full-time AAP Center?• The teachers in both settings are trained in gifted education and

teach the same advanced academic curriculum to students who are ready for a highly challenging instructional program in the core subject areas. 

• The main difference is in the make-up of the class.  All of the students in a full-time AAP center-based class have been identified as center-eligible by a central selection committee and will be coming from several neighborhood schools to comprise the center class. 

• In a Local Level IV classroom, the students are a mix of students who are center-eligible and high achieving students who are capable of working at advanced levels, all enrolled in their local

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Langston Hughes Middle School Gifted and Talented Center

Langston Hughes Middle School Gifted and Talented Center

Homogeneous Grouping Curriculum Framework

Teacher Training

Amielia.mitchell@fcps.edu

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