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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. What does Codell use the Thinking Cap for?
2. At the end of the day in which Codell makes a student teacher for the day, what does Codell have her children do?
3. What does Codell call the subject of Science?
4. Which is NOT one of the ways in which Codell's class learns about Native Americans?
5. On September 27, what book is read that inspires Ashworth to reveal his missing digit to the class?
Short Essay Questions
1. As related in Part I's first entry, what happens in Codell's first interviews for the position at the new public school?
2. Describe Miss Clark's attempt to teach Codell's kids on January 11.
3. Who is Marky?
4. Describe Shira's transformation on December 13.
5. Describe some things Codell's class does for Halloween.
6. How does Codell build up suspense in her class for the introduction of the "time machine"?
7. As revealed at the end of Part II, what is Codell's ultimate career aspiration?
8. Describe the day when a student brings a two-year-old brother to school.
9. Describe the last day of school.
10. Describe Codell's experience with the teachers union representative.
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
A fellow teacher at Codell's school states that the modern teacher must not only be a teacher, but oftentimes a mother, a counselor, and more. State Codell's own attitude in regards to a teacher's enlarging role in a child's life. What might be the advantages to a child when a teacher is more than a teacher? What might be the advantages to a child when a teacher stays strictly to teaching?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Codell's unique approach to classroom reading. How does she divide the students, and what roles do they have? What might be the advantages to such a system? What are possible disadvantages?
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