7 Courses
English
How to Teach Speaking (High school)
15-10-2024
Summary: This unit provides an overview of Reader’s Theater, a tool that promotes fluency in reading and oral proficiency. It presents the rationale and how to use it successfully in your classroom, step by step.
This unit was written by:
Rachelle Borenstein, JH&HS teacher and coordinator, and National Counselor.
Renee Binyamini, retired teacher, teacher trainer, and National Counselor, who continues to contribute to EFL education.
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: Junior High
Prerequisites: None
English
Enhancing pupil self-efficacy and Implementing self-assessment
27-10-2024
Summary:
Have you ever felt that your pupils know much more than they think they do? Are your pupils hesitant about speaking or writing because they are not confident about expressing themselves correctly? Do you know pupils who don’t try at all because they feel the goals are unachievable? The mindset of English Curriculum 2020 is aimed at helping those pupils and empowering them to become language users. This unit is designed to empower you, their English teacher, to make your classroom one where pupils say, “Yes, I can!”
This unit was written by Elinor Karsagi, retired junior high and high school teacher and guidance counselor.
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: All levels
Prerequisites: None
English
Reader's Theater
22-09-2024
Summary: This unit provides an overview of Reader’s Theater, a tool that promotes fluency in reading and oral proficiency. It presents the rationale and how to use it successfully in your classroom, step by step.
This unit was written by:
Rachelle Borenstein, JH&HS teacher and coordinator, and National Counselor.
Renee Binyamini, retired teacher, teacher trainer, and National Counselor, who continues to contribute to EFL education.
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: 7, 8, 9
Prerequisites: None
English
Teaching Writing in JH
04-07-2024
Summary: This unit offers practical tools and applicable ideas that will help your pupils to overcome roadblocks to writing in English.
This unit was written by Elinor Karsagi, retired junior high and high school teacher and guidance counselor.
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: 7, 8, 9
Prerequisites: None
English
Paving the way to AI with Padlet
12-08-2024
Summary: In this unit, you will learn to apply AI to make your lesson planning easier. Learn some tools that can enrich your and your student’s classroom experience while shortening your planning time immensely.
This unit was written by Gail Singer, National Counsellor, English Inspectorate
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: All levels
Prerequisites: Completion of the course: The Craft of Prompt Engineering
English
The Craft of Prompt Engineering
30-06-2024
Summary: Learn how to maximize your results from the different AI tools by gaining a basic understanding into the world of prompt engineering. Knowing how to “engineer” your prompt is the key to success when working with different AI tools. Refining and defining exactly what you need is a process that requires a basic understanding of how prompts work.
This unit was written by Gail Singer, National Counselor, English Inspectorate
Time Needed: 3 hours
Level: Elementary / Junior High
Prerequisites: None
English
Twee - AI tools for English teachers
09-07-2024
Summary: In this unit, you will learn to apply AI to make your lesson planning easier. Learn some tools that can enrich your and your student’s classroom experience while shortening your planning time immensely.
This unit was written by Gail Singer, National Counsellor, English Inspectorate
Time Needed: 3 hours
Suitable for grades: All levels
Prerequisites: Completion of the course: The Craft of Prompt Engineering
