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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Ms. Coil, how do teachers (besides Codell) react to her suggestions to improve the design of their classrooms?
2. What is the name of Codell's immediate supervisor at her work in Part I?
3. Who provides Codell with an explanation as to why her substitute got stabbed in the back with a pencil?
4. What does Codell tell Mr. Turner about why he did not receive her classroom's inaugural newsletter?
5. What is the name of the mentor who inspired Codell to do her best as a teacher?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Codell take B. B. and his little sister in to her home for a night?
2. What is Vanessa's problem with the Christmas assembly, and how does she overcome it?
3. Describe the theft of the Columbus comic book and its resolution.
4. What question does Codell have for the "educational chiropractor" brought in by Mr. Turner?
5. What toll has the school year taken on Codell?
6. Why do the students stab the substitute teacher in the back with a pencil on February 1?
7. What is Codell's attitude toward teaching sexual education?
8. Describe some things Codell's class does for Halloween.
9. How does Codell build up suspense in her class for the introduction of the "time machine"?
10. How does Codell believe that Mr. Turner chose the teachers for his school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The class has a moment of unity when they read The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes.
1)Describe the plot of The Hundred Dresses.
2)Why do you think the story caused Ashworth to reveal the fact of his missing finger to the class?
3)What larger comment does this incident make about the power of learning and of reading?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the tone of EDUCATING ESME. What does Codell wish for readers to take away from her journal? How is any discussion of tone complicated by the fact that, presumably, Codell was writing a private journal and did not expect her entries to be read by anyone else?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the epilogue, Codell states: "Everything [my students] become, I also become. And everything about me, they helped to create." Dissect and explain this enigmatic statement. What implications does this have for the teaching process as well as the learning process? How might such a statement help to explain Codell's larger philosophy about the correct way to teach?
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