Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pages 89 through 112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a November 2nd entry, what does Codell do to help teach about inventors?
(a) Holds a brainstorming session in which kids think of fantastic inventions.
(b) Helps her students create a simplified cotton gin.
(c) Has the kids invent their own "better mouse trap."
(d) Dresses up in a wild outfit full of accessories that have inventor stories behind them.

2. When an architect shows Codell her future classroom in Part I, which of the following is something Codell thinks?
(a) She does not like the "new construction" smell, preferring the unique smell of a school classroom.
(b) She wishes the classroom was on the second story for safety reasons.
(c) The classroom will be much too small for her expected number of students.
(d) She is glad her classroom is so far away from Mr. Turner's office.

3. What is Codell's impression of the scary story contest she holds for Halloween?
(a) She is frustrated that most students haven't improved their writing skills.
(b) She is disappointed that only a few students volunteer stories for the contest.
(c) She is amazed at Vanessa's story, and how effectively scary it is.
(d) She is uncomfortable with the level of gore several students use.

4. Which of the following is NOT an activity Codell describes her class doing for Halloween?
(a) Dramatizing the book Old Devil Wind for a kindergarten class.
(b) Holding a mummy-wrapping race.
(c) Reading The Bat-Poet and studying bats.
(d) Dressing up as ghosts and playing a prank on a second-grade class.

5. How does the class respond to Ashworth's revealing of his missing digit.
(a) They support him and threaten to beat up anyone who does not.
(b) They are silent, and most do not talk to Ashworth afterward.
(c) Many girls in the class are sickened at the sight.
(d) Several classmates loudly ridicule Ashworth, and Codell must shout them down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Codell and Mr. Turner fail to secure any donations, according to the July 28th entry?

2. Which student becomes teacher for a day, swapping places with Codell?

3. What film, the first classic film Codell shows, is shown in October 15?

4. How long into Codell's teacher observation time is she allowed to teach?

5. According to Codell, what is Miss Clark's flaw as a teacher?

(see the answer key)

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