**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** To Judy and everyone else who I'm sure put many, many hours into the NBA booklet, Kudos on a job well-done. The booklet is clear and concise, yet includes basically all the information that we need to know. (I say basically because teachers HAVE come up with various questions, and I have a few of my own as well.) It was a real pleasure for me to read it. Now I feel that I really have everything I need to know about the Bagrut at my fingertips, as compared to the past when I had to look up old chozrei mancalim, call up inspectors and others "in the know", or post my question on Etni. This booklet will definitely make life a lot easier for us English teachers. I was also happy to see the order form for the booklet available on the Etni site, since this is one booklet I feel every English teacher MUST have a copy of, at least until the new Bagrut has been assimilated by all. Now, for a few questions and comments: 1) Will we be getting more sample exams over the course of the year? I am planning to have my 11th graders take modules A, B and C (some only A) this year, and feel that as good as the sample exams are, they're not enough to work with. I would like more sample exams for practice and to give as Matkonot. Is there any chance of this happening? 2) Regarding the extensive reading program, the booklet says that 1-point students need 2 book reports, and that 3-point students need 2 book reports. Does this mean that 3-point students need 2 book reports when doing module A + another 2 when doing modules B and C, or do they need only 2 in all? (The reason I ask is because at the bottom of the same page, regarding the literature program, it is made very clear what the difference is between 3-point students who have already done module A and 3-point students who haven't done module A.) 3) Bari already asked this, but in a slightly different fashion: Let's say that I have students doing only module A this year, and next year they do modules B-E, with the intention of having the 3-point mark to rely on should they fail the four-point test. Do they have to be tested twice orally in the same year? After all, the oral test for 3 points is different from the 4-point oral test. If they take only the 4-point test, what would they do if they failed the 4-point test? Thanks and all the best, Rivka --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####