[HANASHIR:10165] Re: teaching trope

[Ilana and Mark Axel <axelsinchicago...>]

I am also a tutor, though I have yet to try the
wonderful methods suggested here from Jeff Klepper's
Evanston classes. In the meantime, with your time
constraints, one simple method I find works very well
with average kids as well as the more advanced, is to
pencil lines into their study guides between the trope
clauses, usually phrases that are from 2-5 words. This
really helps them focus using smaller tasks and goals.
Then I teach them using an old tried and true musical
method - repetition of small phrases and clauses that
are then strung together with the neighboring clauses.

Sometimes, for fun and variety, we work the phrases of
a line, then a whole aliyah backwrads. And I have them
repeat the seams between the clauses alot, because
that is where the problems usually occur.
I'm enjoying learning myself from the responses to
your question.
Ilana Axel
--- H & R Shubert <notfranz (at) total(dot)net> wrote:
> I will soon be coaching pre-B'nai Mitzvah kids for
> the first time.  Since I will be working one-on-one
> with kids who may be under pressure for various
> reasons, including academic difficulties and getting
> a late start, I would love to hear about any
> teaching "tricks" or memory devices which have
> worked well. For example, I have noticed that some
> teachers use colours, but I am not sure exactly how.
>   At this point our school is not teaching kids to
> read trope symbols, but rather to memorize the
> melody of the assigned text.  Since I am not a
> classroom teacher, I have to go with this method.  I
> cannot always refer to my own educational experience
> since I am self-taught using the UAHC Art of Torah
> Cantillation and other home-study materials, so
> would welcome input.  
> Thanks,
> Rachelle Shubert
> notfranz (at) total(dot)net
> 
> 


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