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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?
(a) Energizing.
(b) Exhilerating.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Chaotic.

2. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 11:30 a.m.

3. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?
(a) She asked the families to provide better books.
(b) The students wrote their own books.
(c) She used existing Maori texts.
(d) She wrote the books for her students.

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

5. In what country did the volunteer describe teaching villagers how to read and write their own names?
(a) Libya.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Algeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?

2. How were the children's stories "produced"?

3. What superhero was included in the list of student words in "Organic Reading"?

4. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?

5. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?

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