Lod Science Comprehensive High School Entrance Exam
Requirements of Instruction, Learning and Assessment
Aimed at equipping pupils with the knowledge of English that the modern world
demands.
Students are expected to gain the following standards (knowledge and language
abilities) in each domain of language learning:
Social Interaction, Access to Information, Presentation and Appreciation of Literature,
Culture and Language.
Intermediate Level II
Performance Tasks /Activities/ that will enable students to achieve standards
I.
Social Interaction
Pupils use English fluently and
appropriately to the social
situation, using basic language
structures accurately
II.Access to Information
Pupils obtain and use
information from longer oral
and written texts that are
linguistically more complex &
that deal with concepts and
topics that are new to them
III. Presentation
Pupils present ideas fluently,
orally and in writing, dealing
with general topics.
Role-Plays, E-mail and Snail
Correspondence, Peer-GroupClass Discussions, Interviews,
Debate
Reading and Listening
Comprehension: Sources:
textbooks, newspaper&magazine
articles (both paper & on-line),
web material (incl. search
engines), radio & TV broadcasts
(incl. news)
Projects, Book Reports,
Portfolio,
Essays, Monologues, Debate
Pupils use basic language
structures and suitable
vocabulary both orally and in
writing, with few errors in a
variety of formats.
IV.Appreciation of
Literature
Pupils interpret literature in
English appropriate to their
age and interests
Culture Pupils become
Novels, Poems, Stories-ReadingDiscussion-Portfolio Work &
other related activities
acquainted with cultural norms Projects
and behaviors in a variety of
cultures and
Language
Vocabulary, Grammar and
Pupils are aware of differences
between English and their
mother tongue
Dictionary work
(e.g.using Oxford Elementary
Dictionary
English-English-Hebrew
Kerneman Publishing-Lonnie
Kahn&CO)
To achieve the above mentioned standards in the four domains of language
learning students should develop the following abilities .
I. Social Interaction Students will achieve the standards if they are able to
a)
ask &answer questions (mind word order in questions & statements) to
gather and share personal information & opinions on past, current and
future events (e.g.talking about themselves, their families, likes and
dislikes, the home, daily routine, feelings, making plans, computers)
b)
express personal wishes and opinions about general topics such as
current events, the weather, the seasons, holidays, friendship, etc..)
c)
Give and follow directions & instructions
d)
converse fluently on familiar topics (e.g.books, movies, television
programs, the neighbourhood, school, food, hobbies, leisure time)
e)
give and receive information in the context, orally or in writing, in
person or by e-mail (e.g. being able to write a letter to your pen-pal
abroad telling about yourself, hobbies, leisure, family, being able to
respond to her/her letter, expressing your opinion about the topics
discussed)
II.
Access to Information
Students will achieve the standards if they are able to
a)
understand
punctuation
marks
and
simple
discourse
markers (e.g.capitalization, full stop, inverted commas, comma,
apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark) and how they affect
the meaning of the text / foundation level
b)
use knowledge of simple grammatical structures (e.g. Present & Past
Simple & Progressive Tenses, Future Simple, etc.) in order to get a
more accurate understanding of a text
c)
understand the main & supporting details of a text
d)
use information tools, such as a learner's dictionary (e.g. Oxford
Elementary
Dictionary
English-English-Hebrew
Kerneman
Publishing-Lonnie Kahn&CO, a spell ckecker)
e)
identify the points of view in a text , distinguishing fact from opinion
& being able to identify the sequence of events in a text , as well as
true and false information
III. The Domain of Presentation
Students will achieve the standards if they are able to
a)
write and print legibly
b)
compare and contrast information from various sources, such as the
Internet, newspaper publications using different means of presentation
(e.g. visual aids, OHPs, posters, etc.)
c)
express ideas and opinions bout familiar topics and experiences using
main and supporting ideas with use of basic language structures and
suitable vocabulary (e.g.Simple and Progressive Tenses, Modals and
Semi-Modals, Manner Adverbs, Stative verbs, Adjectives with the
suffixes ed-& -ing , Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives)
IV. Appreciation of Literature & Culture
Students will achieve the standards if they are able to
a)
discuss favorite or recently read books, writers and films
b)
express opinions about books, writers and films
c)
refer stories or/and books read to their own/or real life experiences
d)
discuss themes and topics in the story
e)
read books for enjoyment and not only for book reports
f)
discuss and compare social traditions in different cultures
V. Appreciation of Language
Students will achieve the standards if they are able to
a. know about some grammatical differences ,such as tense and gender (e.g.
personal , possessive and demonstrative pronouns,masculine,feminine
and neuter gender )
b. distinguish between words that sound the same in both languages but
have different meanings.
c. be aware of different idiomatic expressions both languages use to express
the same ideas (e.g."color" or "food" idioms)
Additional requirements for those who start studying in
the 10th grade in our school
1) A COOL COLLECTION 2 BY LINDA TAHARLEV/ECB- Brighton
Beach Memoirs, Angela’s Ashes, The Joy Luck Club, Refugee in America, My
Life, Façade, The Lady and the Tiger, The Client, The Godfather, The Ransom
of Red Chief, A Retrieved Information, Class Dismissed, Elvis Died at the
Florida Barber College, The Way Up to Heaven, The Monkey’s Paw, We and
They
Do “Looking Closer” questions, “Looking Further” questions and one of the
Writing Assignments.
2) GRAMMAR IN FOCUS BY MARCELLE DRAY& OTHERS ECB
Do Units 1-6,9,12 and 13
3) More Unseens 4 ECB Do all units
4) Write Away by Sharon Azaria and Irit Rogovin ECB
Do all units (produce all SEVEN writing assignments)
Be ready to show your English Teacher this work by September 1st !