Two Teachers, but no Co-Teaching?

The 11th and 12th grades will have two teachers. One for "learning English," and the other in a large double-lesson, for doing "unseens," reading comprehension.

We officially had it this year, but my weak students hated it. They never showed up. To improve matters, I've suggested that they get separate grades for the 2/5 hours. I also told the teacher who is getting these sessions that he must have help. Anarchy isn't conducive to learning.

I'm going to cross-post on me-ander.

English Bagrut

Where I teach, the kids who need to hear the test on tapes or orally are set up in the Tikshoret, Media, classroom. There's a two-room soundproof studio, just perfect for special testing.

getting the students to write a composition

For dovrim (native speakers), they should be able to work more on their own, or in pairs. My group was the other end of the spectrum. But first teach them the basis of simple stories by using the question words. They should learn that a story has beginning, middle end, conflict and resolution.
Collect pictures from all over, magazines, internet, or like mine were sent by my son when trekking around. Mount them on bristol and code them. Have the kids write the code so you'll know which they used. You can reuse the pictures if they're mounted, like I did.

Considering that not all Israeli students are taught composition skills, it would be good to do a sample first together.

Please let me know what happens.
Good luck!

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We are English Teachers EFL in the Binyamin Local Council in Israel, just north of Jerusalem. We teach all levels.