[etni] Re: Fw: Clarification
- From: Barry Silverberg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ask@xxxxxxxx, ETNI <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:30:08 +0300
Dear Esther,
Reading your letter after studying the thinking skill "Evaluating new ideas
rather than running with the herd like a lemming,"
has made me look at literature, life, me and you in a whole new way. I
don't know about you, but the other three aren't much to look at.
Barry
PS: Just thank the bowers that pe that when they made the acronym H O T S,
that they did not add the first 3 letters of the word 'Literature."
Nuff said.
B
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Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:49 AM
Subject: [etni] Fw: Clarification
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny and Esther Behar and Family" <behar123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Clarification
>
>
> Dear Powers That Be,
>
> My main objection to the new HOTS/literature module is that in attempt
> to hide the fact that students will only learn the same old tired
> literature which their parents learned, we are being taught to dress
> up these oldies by using the bells and whistles of HOTS. This will
> force students, and teachers, to learn a whole new lexicon, which they
> will NOT have any use for, outside of taking the new English literature
> F module.
>
> Of course our students analyze, compare, contrast, and find motivations.
> We just never made them answer questions about 'which thinking skill did
> you use'. We never did that because it is NOT necessary. Is that what
> metacognition, the new buzz word requires? That students must be able
> to analyze themselves and the way in which they arrive at answers,
> beyond, what I believe is more important, being able to justify your
> answer based on something from the text itself?
>
> I understand the need to standardize the literature module so that
> national bagrut tests can be written. However, what is wrong with
> presenting students with an 'unseen' of a poem, or extract from a short
> story, and having them use whatever tools or literary devices they know
> to answer analytical questions? Why must we turn somersaults teaching
> them useless verbiage when many five pointers still cannot use the
> present perfect grammar tense correctly and consistently?
>
> And yes, I believe that this new module also will require teachers and
> students to delve way too long and too deeply into each piece of
> literature.This, I believe, will only foster a lifelong distaste for
> English literature in our students. This is the Facebook generation,
> they are NOT interested in reading a short story six different times so
> the teacher can complete the Unit Planner.
>
> Shabbat shalom,
> Esther Behar
>
>
>
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