[etni] Fw: re:James Backer's post

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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:27:05 +0200
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From: remanuel - remanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: re:James Backer's post


Jimmy Backer was simply reiterating what Anonymous 1, Anonymous 2, the 
undersigned and my dear and esteemed colleague, Batya Shai, have been 
writing for months.

We too laughed when we saw the official confession of what it's all about in 
the title of the final powerpoint "Infusing HOTS with the Teaching of 
Literature"!!

But it's no laughing matter!

I will give just one more example: What higher order thinking skill is there 
than a deep comprehension of irony in a piece of literature??? Originally 
this was on the litany of HOTS in the form of "interpreting the text using 
literary techniques" and the sample tasks/questions cited on the most 
important handout we received start with: "Where/how is irony used in the 
text?"

Well, for our final assignment in our course the undersigned and her 
esteemed colleague, BS, jumped at the opportunity and handed in, what we 
consider to be a fantastic unit on Ozymandias which I love teaching, 
including an explicit presentation of the HOTS of irony etc., etc., only to 
be told by our long-suffering teacher (to whom we all had to apologize for 
making her life such a misery - when she is a lovely person who just happens 
to be a victim of the system!) that she would accept it as she loves us so 
much, but we should know that this is no longer considered a HOTS but only 
as a literary term which needs to be understood!!!

Come to the roundtable discussion at ETAI and make your voice heard!!!

Rachelle Emanuel


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