Okay - so I'm asking: what is behind the reason for not publishing the answer keys? Puzzled, not angry. Shana Tova -----Original Message----- From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adele Raemer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 7:10 AM Cc: etni Subject: [etni] Re: New lit module F No one is asking you to "make it up as you go". Rather than getting angry , you could ask what is BEHIND the reason for not publishing the answer keys. But sometimes it's more fun to get angry. Gmar Hatima Tova to all Adele ** *"*Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." *P. J. O'Rourke* On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Judy Givati <jesg50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Dear Adele, > > > "hanging in there" is just what we need to be doing at this point as the > year is progressing and we need to be preparing our kids... Unfortunately > the "making it up as we go" attititude seems to be the style of the day and > as a result we get this past summer's modules E and F tests.. which might > be > "just have to > hang on" to you... but NOT to the kids whose futures you are playing with!! > Maybe you should remember that the overall Bagrut results- EXTREMLY > unfortunate as that is- do affect their futures... I do not see you telling > the army and universities to "Please hang on" while you straighten out the > mess! > > Over the many years of teaching here I have taken several > excellent courses in preparing and writing tests ..... maybe y'all should > do > the same!!! > > and if y'all want to "banish " me for my above comments (and I'm not > talking ETNI when I write " y'all" ) too late! Let the English teachers > know that this tactic has already. been played ... > > jesg > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adele Raemer" <araemer@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <judiavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:41 PM > Subject: [etni] Re: New lit module F > > > > Rather than printing just the answer keys, the examiner/s will be making > a > > webcast about grading the exam. They will show sample answers, issues > > regarding the answer keys, and lots more. I am afraid you will just have > > to > > hang on until those are done. > > Adele > > > > ** > > *"*Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the > middle > > of it." *P. J. O'Rourke* > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Avi Granit <judiavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > >> > >> While access is available to copies of the past two literature bagrut > >> exams > >> on the internet there don't seem to be any answer keys around. Does > >> anybody > >> have an answer key which they are willing to share or is there one > posted > >> somewhere that I wasn't able to find? I feel that for those of us > >> teaching > >> kids who are going to be taking the module this summer, it is really > >> important to see them. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Judi G. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >