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This website is meant as a resource for my (Dutch) ESL students to choose the right novels for their reading list. The students are between 15 and 19 years old. I often get the question […]

Assessment

Critical Thinking & Bloom’s Taxonomy

Critical thinking is the set of intellectual skills and psychological habits that you need to solve problems, discover truths and communicate clearly . Critical thinking entails: Solving Problems: see from multiple perspectives, recognize patterns, produce […]

Assessment

Novel questions

In the second part of their oral test, students will get questions on their four to eight novels. This will take about ten minutes. Not all novels will be asked, though the questions could be […]

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Comparison

During the assessment students need to compare two novels of their own choice for five minutes. This is a monologue in English and is to be prepared. The comparison should show that they have understood […]

Assessment

Reading Journal

Students have to keep a reading journal. A reading journal is personal. They decide how to approach the journal, but they need to be able to show it to their teacher. A reading journal contains […]

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Literature Oral Exam

Students need to read 8 literary novels in two years. Four novels will be assessed with specific projects. Four novel will be assessed with the literature oral exam. During the exam, five minutes will be […]

Theory

Narrative Perspective

Narrative perspective is about who and how the story is told. In novels we can have different narrative perspectives with each a different narrator. It is important to know who is talking, because it says […]