comparative clauses (pachot m (less than)/ yoter m (more than)); superlatives (hachi (most) and beyoter (the most))

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1 ADVANCED Bishvil Ha-Ivrit 5 Unit 1: Be a Sport! Hachi Hachi definitions of sport; ways to improve world records; sports in Jewish sources; the attitude of Judaism to sports; the character of a sports fan; comparisons between different sports; sports and politics; using animals in sports; conversations about attitudes of different people towards sports; careers in sports; effort, danger, and competitiveness; soccer and basketball fans comparative clauses (pachot m (less than)/ yoter m (more than)); superlatives (hachi (most) and beyoter (the most)) 2 Paal - gerunds in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms 2 In Bishvil Ha-Ivrit 5 students learn the gerunds of the five active verb patterns in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms, via pattern recognition (as in round 1) and via meaning and context (as in round 2).

2 Unit 2: Behind the Mask Ha-emet M achorei Ha-masecha Do clothes make the man/woman?; Do masks hide or reveal personal truth?; the internet as a masquerade ball; camouflage and survival in nature; theater and acting; fables about animals that disguise themselves; linguistic disguises non-hebrew words that change their form in Hebrew; maintaining a separate national identity vs. assimilation from Megillat Esther through today; medical clowns why and how?; masks in the world; conversations about costumes; style and fashion; clothes in our lives; identities different forms of adverbs of the type: hu medaber yafeh/b nimus/b ofen retzini/b tzura tova Morphology conjugation of the word etzem: atzmi, atzmecha after prepositions: b atzmi, l atzmi, et atzmi Piel - gerunds in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms

3 Unit 3: Wanderings Vayisu V yachanu Why do people wander and why do they travel?; What are people searching for when they travel far from home?; backpacking trips; the wanderings of the 10 tribes legends and testimony; the wandering of the Hebrew language; Jewish traveler jokes; life as a journey reflections on the need to travel; conversations between different types of travelers; preparations for a trip and adventures along the way Hifil - gerunds in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms

4 Unit 4: All Together Now Yachad What is a group?; When do several people become a group?; social behavior in animals; experiments related to social pressure and the influence of the group on the individual,; the attitude of the group towards the other; Jewish attitudes on an individual s obligation to the group; excommunication in Jewish history; the kibbutz history and memories; changes in kibbutzim; conversations about social pressure on social networks; consolidation of groups; thoughts on life on an urban kibbutz adversative constructions lo (no/not) ela (rather); copula (connecter): hu, hi, hem, hen (he, she, they) Morphology summary of conjugation of prepositions in the singular (et, l,im, ) and plural (el, al, lifne, m al ) Hitpael - gerunds in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms

5 Unit 5: The Right Person at the Right Time Ha adam Hanachon Bazman Hanachon Who is a leader?; a leader advances peace; analysis of the traits of a Biblical leader; types of leaders and leadership; advancing women s leadership; humor as a leadership tool and as criticism of leaders; conversations about the need for a leader; identifying a leader in a social group The final chapter in the unit is a model for developing a research project about a famous leader organizing the information, using source texts, integrating opinions about the leader, etc. adversative phrases (l umat, v ilu, b nigud l (as opposed to) ); comparison phrases (k shem sh (kach), k fi sh, b domeh l. (just as)) Morphology Declension of regular and irregular nouns in singular and plural Nifal - gerunds in the regular root form and in common irregular root forms

6 Books In these books, the emphasis is on content, enriching vocabulary and providing an encounter with longer and more sophisticated texts and issues, and less grammar is taught in these books. Book 21: Let Freedom Ring L hiyot Chofshi the meaning of freedom and its limitations and advantages; the rights of the individual; human rights, such as children s rights and minority rights; the concept of freedom and its meanings in different periods in 20th century Israel; Book 22: Journey Forth Lech Lecha emigration and immigration, absorption of immigrants, and reasons for immigration; waves of immigration to the Land of Israel and the causes for each wave of immigration, hardships encountered by Olim (immigrants to Israel); the contribution of the Olim to Israeli society; conversations between new immigrants and longtime residents of Israel, between immigrants of different Aliyot (waves of immigration to Israel between 1881 and 1948), and between children and parents in an immigrant family; the attitude of the absorbing society to the immigrants and the influence of immigration on Israeli society; migration of plants from different countries to Israel and comparison with immigration and absorption of human beings to analogous processes in plants and animals;

7 Book 23: Illuminations and Celebrations Tamid Ner What is a ceremony?; conversations about whether an Israeli Independence Day ceremony should be held in schools outside of Israel, on what day it should be held, what the ceremony should consist of, and whether it should be conducted in Hebrew; ceremonies and their purposes, types, and influences; traditional family ceremonies and Shabbat celebrations at home; planning a ceremony; emotional and personal implications of ceremonies; ceremonies in different communities and different; Book 24: Food for Thought Al Halechem V lo Levado eating habits around the world and taste and smell; restaurants and meals, recipes and cooking techniques, and traditions related to meals in families and in different Jewish communities; moral, political and social issues related to food; ceremonial aspects, symbolism, and emotional meanings of food, cooking, and eating; recipes; the food and eating customs of the Jewish people in different historical periods; proverbs and expressions related to food and table manners; food-related humor; the culture of eating and the importance of food; restaurant reviews and cookbooks;

8 Book 25: Lights, Camera Family! Seret Mishpachti What is family? sociological, psychological, philosophical and legal sociology viewpoints; Israeli films about families; families in Israel and differences between families in Israel and Israeli families and families in other places in the world; animal families; family-related excerpts from the Bible such as the stories of Jacob and Esau, Cain and Abel, and Rachel and Leah summary of the formation of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences of various kinds: cause, time, purpose, result, comparison, contrast, concession; expressions of introduction, explanation, addition, and generalization; sentences of correlation conjugation of Nifal in all three tenses in the regular root form in its passive aspect; conjugation of Hufal in all three tenses in the regular root form; conjugation of Pual in all three tenses in the regular root form