[etni] Re: proposal for literature bagrut;
- From: קובי לביא <kobilavy@xxxxxxx>
- To: bonnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 'Mailing list ETNI' <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 18:51:39 +0300
That's exactly what we do in our school!!!
We do start some of the literature program in 10th grade (both for 4 and 5
pointers) but we don’t do more than 2 literary pieced throughout the whole
year as most of the year is devoted to the rest of English teaching. The
students do E and C at the end of 10th grade (4 or 5 pointers).
Then in 11th grade the whole year is devoted to the log. We finish all the
literary pieces and make sure everyone has a nice prepared log to be
submitted after Pesach.
In 12th grade we focus on the project and the final module E or G.
It's much more sensible to do it this way and the fact that we start with
the pieces in 10th grade and the bagrut at the end of 10th grade allows us
to make sure that everyone is sitting in the right place. Those who don't
can still make the shift at the beginning of 11th since they only missed 2
literary pieces and we try to do similar ones in the 4 and 5 point classes
and then those who move up just have to do some more extra work and those
who go down to 4 points don't need to do anything.
Does that sound sensible?
Kobi
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Subject: [etni] proposal for literature bagrut;
Hi all!
Being totally immersed in LOGS and preparations for turning in the final
grades for them has set me thinking or perhaps dreaming. Would it be
possible to teach the literature modal in all schools only in the eleventh
grade? If the program could be revised a bit to make this proposal doable,
there could be some advantages.
First of all, neither teachers nor students would feel that there was too
much emphasis on literature and not enough time for "teaching." Although I
feel that the literature program is essential and genunine teaching, it has
begun to cast too giant a shadow. We would know that for that for year,
literature is our mission. Stronger students could take the E/C in 10th
grade. Weaker ones could take both E and G/C and E in winter and summer of
12th grade. Teachers could devote the proper amount of time and effort as
they would not being doing the LOGS for more than one class. Those teaching
for the test would not have to encourage cramming and other shortcuts in
12th grade for materials learned over three years.
There would be no reason not to use literary texts in 10th or 12th grades
when apporpiate and in whatever way suits our classes or the materials we
are working with..
What do you think? Does this make sense or sound off the wall? Comments
welcome!
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