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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?
(a) They wrote stories using the words.
(b) They read the words to the teacher.
(c) They paired up with other students and taught each other the words.
(d) They read the words silently to themselves.

2. Where did the smaller children sometimes go during the shared reading period?
(a) To another room for history.
(b) Outside for games.
(c) To another room for science.
(d) To the math room.

3. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?
(a) Kiss.
(b) Love.
(c) Darling.
(d) Dance.

4. How long did Ashton-Warner give the students each day to write their stories?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) A half-hour.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) An hour.

5. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Too happy.
(b) Dead.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?

2. What word did Mohi pick as his first key word?

3. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?

4. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?

5. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?

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