[etni] [FWD: RE: traveling project]

 
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Subject: RE: traveling project
From: "Esther Revivo" <estherrv@xxxxxxxxxxx>

When I do projects with weak groups, I have them choose the 
topic (i.e. which country). Then I spend time on the Net finding 
them sites whose English is easier enough for them to somehow, 
with my help, deal with.(Yeah, I know-- I'm an idiot to do this 
at home without getting paid for it, but otherwise, the project 
time needed at school is double; when the kids get 2-3 sites they 
have NO excuse for not starting to work.) I must say that one 
year in a REALLY weak 4 pt. class, I allowed the pupils to use a 
little of the original text from the site provided: A- I SAW PROOF 
THAT THEY TRANSLATED THE INFO AND KNEW WHAT THEY WERE QUOTING  
and  B- They had to write their own introductions including why 
they chose the topic, and what their research question is. 
Also, they had to write their own summary.

Let's be honest: in University when we submitted term papers and 
/ or did a thesis we all quoted word for word from other sources 
and then noted the places with a number , and source in the Appendix. 
Writing projects should, in my opinion, help the pupils learn 
how to write other serious research papers and I feel it is 
legitimate for weak pupils to copy small portions from "ready texts," 
as long as they don't download entire projects. I'm sure some 
teachers won't agree with this-- to each his own :) 

Esther Revivo


Mark wrote:
>I am planning a project for a weak 3 point class on
>traveling. They have to choose a country. Does anyone
>have any ideas.


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