[etni] Fw: re: Why I dropped out of the HOTS program
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- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:19:40 +0200
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From: "Marlene" <marlenegay@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Why I dropped out of the HOTS program
I had a similar experience helping students interpret a Hebrew poem by
Rachel.
I was working in the library and offered my two bits to the high school
students trying to understand the famous poem.
They came back the next day to say I got it all wrong - their teacher said.
I guess there was some canonical interpretation imposed from on high, so
none of your gut feelings. This was in the 90's. Maybe Hebrew lit has
advanced since - or not? Then I merely had a B.A. in English lit. Since my
M.A. , literary criticism has evolved to allow a multitude of
interpretations.
When I teach poetry I like to relate it to their world, bringing in popular
songs that treat the same theme, trying to get them aware of the depth of
feeling in a well-written poem.
Everybody likes a good story. My son said that he preferred the storybook
textbook far better than the endless unseens. How can we teach them to
appreciate a well-written story if we take the fun out of it by dissecting
it to death. Maybe the bagrut exam should be to write a short story or poem
of 200 words on the theme of...
Marlene
Doron wrote:
>Dear Phyllis (what a poetic name - means green bough),
>I read your letter with sadness. I am not in favor of the HOTS approach
>when applied to teaching literature, but I am hugely in favor of teaching
> lit. in english classes. My sadness stems from two sources: one,
> that someone dared say to you that your poem was not poetry, and
> the other, a symptom of HOTS fever, that there is a belief that there
> is one way of appreciating and teaching poetry/lit., and that you're
> doing it wrong.
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