Topic: What is the course content for Grade 9 English and what are the expectations of the English teachers?
Presenter: Jenny Chavush
Facilitator: Özer Gülen
Protocol: Tuning
Objective: To inform Grade 8 teachers about what's going on in Grade 9
Özer welcomed the group and reminded them of the protocol steps which were displayed on the board.
Jenny proceeded to give an overview of course content. Please see following link.
Clarifying Questions:
Q:How many exams do students have?
A:Used to be 3 per subject, now changed to 3 Language, 3 Literature &2 Writing
Q: What's the logic behind 3 exams for Lang. &Lit?
A: This is a subject that needs to be discussed.
Q: Are Writing exams based on what ss learn in class?
A: Usually based on activity in course book.
Q: How many oral grades do the students have?
A: Two
Probing Questions:
Q: You spoke only of written assessment. What about on-going assessment?
A: There is continual assessment of projects, class presentations, class performance, HW & quizzes but no Writing quizzes as the component is only 2 two hours.
Q: How do you assess listening?
A: We don't have it at the 9th grade level.
The teachers examined the resources and made notes for feedback.
Warm Feedback:
* Great presentation* Good research on student profile
* Informative
* Wide variety of materials
* Nice to see students' improvements from folders.
* Nice idea keeping students' works in teachers' files.
* Home reading assignments.
* Nice to give them a choice for home reading.
Cool Feedback:
* Too many exams
* Lit. exams...some memory questions.
* Exam and worksheet headings are not standard... different fonts being used.
* Not enough space for students to write answers on worksheets
* Long vocabulary lists
Jenny: Need to examine number of exams.
Some memory questions to make students read.
We need to look into using different fonts and formats.
When it comes to space on worksheets, students write lit. answer in their notebooks.
Vocabulary lists contain words chosen by the students and vary according to the
length of the stories.
Özer wound up the meeting by asking how useful the protocol was.
For feedback please see the following link
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