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CHANGES IN THE

LITERATURE PROGRAM

October 2013

© 2013 Bari Nirenberg

Number of Texts

Five points (F):

2 poems

3 short stories

1 play or novel

Four points (D):

3 poems

3 short stories


Texts for the Exam – Module F

Option 1:

The Road Not Taken

As I Grew Older

A Summer’s Reading

Mr. Know All

Rules of the Game

All My Sons / The Wave


Texts for the Exam – Module F

Option 2:

The Road Not Taken

Count That Day Lost


The Enemy

The Split Cherry Tree

All My Sons / The Wave


Texts for the Exam – Module D

Option 1:

The Road Not Taken

Count That Day Lost

Introduction to Poetry

The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Thank You, Ma’m

Mr. Know All


Texts for the Exam – Module D

Option 2:

The Road Not Taken

Count That Day Lost

Grandmother

The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Thank You, Ma’m



Key Components

Pre-reading

Basic Understanding

Analysis and Interpretation

Bridging Text and Context

Post-reading

Reflection

Summative Assessment


Bridging Text and Context

New definition:

Activities for Bridging Text and Context encourage

learners to understand connections between the

text, universal themes and relevant information

and ideas from other sources. These sources may

include the biography and personality of the

author, themes and aspects of the historical, social

and cultural contexts of the text. This component

may be taught at any stage in the teaching of the

unit.


Bridging Text and Context - Rubric

The rubrics for marking the Bridging Text and

Context component have been changed. See

the Handbook for more information.


Post-reading

Post-reading has not changed, but note the

changes in the Post-reading rubrics in the

Handbook.


Reflection

Reflection should be done 2-3 times during the

program.

It is recommended to do it at the beginning,

middle and end of the program.



In light of changes in the Table of

Specifications for the Bagrut exam, Summative

Assessment has been changed as well.

Changes:

Rubrics

Question types

Number of questions

Point distribution


Summative Assessment – Rubrics

Rubrics have been added to the Handbook for

LOTS questions, HOTS questions and Extended

HOTS questions.

The rubric for marking the Bridging Text and

Context question has been changed.

Important addition: “Answer explicitly states the

connection between the new information and the

text.”


Summative Assessment – Question

Types

Summative Assessment should still contain:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions.

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions.

a Bridging Text and Context question.

The Justification question has been replaced by

an Extended HOTS question.


Summative Assessment – Extended

HOTS Question

For the Extended HOTS question, students must:

choose a HOTS to answer the question and name

the HOTS.

answer the question showing appropriate evidence

of the use of the chosen thinking skill.

Students will no longer be asked to justify why

they chose the thinking skill.



HOTS Question

Students should be taught to use vocabulary

that is related to the thinking skill in their

answer to the question.

A list of vocabulary for thinking skills can be

found in the Literature Handbook.



HOTS Question

Examples of good answers to the Extended

HOTS Question (from the Handbook):

Question 1: How do you think Mr. Cattanzara

sees George? Support your answer with

information from the story.



HOTS Question

Thinking skill: Inferring

Answer: I think Mr. Cattanzara sees George as

someone who reminds him of himself. I infer

this from Mr. Cattanzara’s words: “Don’t do

what I did” which means that once Mr.

Cattanzara was in the same situation as

George and he doesn’t want George to

repeat his mistakes.



HOTS Question

Question 2: How does what we learn about

George’s family and/or his neighborhood help

explain his situation at the beginning of the

story?



HOTS Question

Thinking skill: Explaining cause and effect

Answer: George’s family is poor and

uneducated. The fact that he had no educated

role model at home caused George to

misunderstand the importance of education

and also caused him to do nothing to improve

his life.



HOTS Question

When marking the Extended HOTS question,

two rubrics must be used:

The HOTS question rubric (10 points)

The Extended HOTS question rubric (5 points)

Note that points are deducted for language

only in the HOTS question rubric. All 5 points

for correct use of the HOTS are for content.



HOTS Question

The rubric:


Summative Assessment – Number of

Questions

Your Summative Assessment must contain a

minimum number of questions for each question

type.

Note that the Summative Assessments in the

course books do not meet the new criteria for

Summative Assessment.



Questions

Module F:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions: at least 4

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions: at

least 4

One question must be an Extended HOTS question

Bridging Text and Context: 1 question

Remember: This question must provide the students with

new information that was not learned in class!



Questions

Module D:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions: at least 5

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions: at

least 3

One question must be an Extended HOTS question

Bridging Text and Context: 1 question

Remember: This question must provide the students with

new information that was not learned in class!


Summative Assessment – Point

Distribution

Module F:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) section: 20 points

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) section: 60

points

Bridging Text and Context question: 20 points


Summative Assessment – Point

Distribution

Module D:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) section: 45 points

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) section: 40

points

Bridging Text and Context question: 15 points



A few final words on Summative Assessment…

Summative Assessment must be done in class

under test conditions.

Summative Assessment may not be done in

pairs or groups – it must be done individually.

Open-book tests are not allowed.


The Bagrut Exam

Changes to the exam:

Question types

Number of questions

Point distribution


The Bagrut Exam – Question Types

The Justification questions will be replaced by

Extended HOTS questions.

As of Summer 2015, the alternate question will

no longer be offered.


The Bagrut Exam – Number of

Questions

Module F:

2 Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions for each text

2 Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions for the shorter text (poem or story)

3 Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions for the play/novel

1 Bridging Text and Context question

* Note that Analysis and Interpretation questions can include questions about literary terms


The Bagrut Exam – Number of

Questions

Module D: 3 Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions for one text

4 Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions for the other text

2 Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions for one text

1 Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) question for the other text

1 Bridging Text and Context question * Note that Analysis and Interpretation questions can include

questions about literary terms


The Bagrut Exam – Point Distribution

Module F:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions: 5 points

each for a total of 20 points

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions: 10

points for regular HOTS questions and 15 points

for Extended HOTS questions for a total of 60

points

Bridging Text and Context: 20 points


The Bagrut Exam – Point Distribution

Module D:

Basic Understanding (LOTS) questions: 4 questions

worth 6 points and 3 questions worth 7 points for a

total of 45 points

Analysis and Interpretation (HOTS) questions: 10

points for regular HOTS questions and 15 points

for Extended HOTS questions for a total of 40

points

Bridging Text and Context: 15 points


The Literature Handbook

Please be sure to download a copy of the NEW

Literature Handbook from the TLC site at

http://tlc.cet.ac.il

Note that if you have already downloaded the

Handbook, there have been a number of

amendments. You can see them on the page where

you downloaded the Handbook.


http://tlc.cet.ac.il/

Questions?

Feel free to email me at:

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