Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pages 112 through 134.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ms. Coil, how do teachers (besides Codell) react to her suggestions to improve the design of their classrooms?
(a) Teachers usually tell Ms.Coil they are too busy to see her, in an effort to ignore her.
(b) Teachers usually make the suggested changes without any resistance.
(c) Teachers tell Ms. Coil, in different words, to get lost.
(d) Teachers agree with the vast majority of suggestions Ms. Coil makes.

2. What does Codell use the Thinking Cap for?
(a) She claims that if students concentrate hard enough with the cap on, they will become smarter.
(b) She places potpourri and incense in the cap, allowing the wearer to benefit from aromatherapy.
(c) She puts it on students so they can take extra time to give a good answer.
(d) She makes troublemaking students wear it, so they can think about what they've done.

3. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?
(a) Kyle agrees to bake her a cupcake for her upcoming birthday.
(b) Kyle agrees to return the pencil he stole.
(c) Kyle will bring her lunch for a week.
(d) Kyle agrees to never speak to Zykrecia again.

4. According to a November 2nd entry, what does Codell do to help teach about inventors?
(a) Dresses up in a wild outfit full of accessories that have inventor stories behind them.
(b) Holds a brainstorming session in which kids think of fantastic inventions.
(c) Helps her students create a simplified cotton gin.
(d) Has the kids invent their own "better mouse trap."

5. What subject does the student Codell makes teacher for a day choose to make a lesson from?
(a) Monster movies.
(b) Density.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) Paper airplanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the teachers union representative react to Codell's request to become a representative?

2. What is the ethnic makeup of Codell's class?

3. Why does Codell fear that student B. B. will be chosen as the first student to use the time machine?

4. What theme does Codell choose for her students for their Christmas assembly?

5. What is Codell's true intention in using the time machine?

(see the answer key)

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