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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?
(a) John Dewey.
(b) C.E. Beebe.
(c) Horace Mann.
(d) Rousseau.

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

3. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?
(a) Plato.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?
(a) Knife.
(b) Police.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Frightened.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?

2. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?

3. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?

4. In what country did the volunteer describe teaching villagers how to read and write their own names?

5. Where did Ashton-Warner say many classrooms grow seeds for indoor study?

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