[etni] Re: literature exam
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:51:02 +0300
I agree and I have already made this suggestion.
Bari
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:49 PM, sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bari and the list,
>
> OK - besides my many problems with this program, there is something I have
> been wondering about and really don't understand about the bridging
> question, which you mentioned.
>
> What exactly do the set phrases:"How does this *quote/information* *help
> you understand/ add to your understanding of* the poem (or story)?"
> mean? Wouldn't it be better to ask how this information *connects* to
> the poem? Or "After learning this new information, where do you see the
> author's life reflected in the poem?" or something like this? (BTW, these
> are the types of questions we use in our log units, in both the bridging
> task and the bridging questions in the SA.)
>
> Because the information in the given quote is usually so banal that if
> the students has studied the poem in depth (or at least in as much depth as
> we have time for,) I really don't see any of the quotes helping the student
> to understand something NEW, that they didn't understand before.
>
> thanks,
> sara g
>
>
>
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