Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Codell and Mr. Turner fail to secure any donations, according to the July 28th entry?

2. Why does Codell take her students outside for a field trip on January 7th?

3. In the first entry of the book, how does Codell respond when asked what she would do if a student uttered a curse word in her classroom?

4. Why does Codell organize a field trip to the university science fair on October 13?

5. What is JoEllen's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Codell think of the numerous speeches at the graduation?

2. What is the significance of the blue, pink, and gold sari Codell receives?

3. What embarrassing exchange over pronunciation happens in Part I's meeting over Codell's Fairy Tale Festival proposal?

4. Describe some things Codell's class does for Halloween.

5. How does Ms. Federman convince Codell to remain a teacher at the school on February 15?

6. Why does Codell resent the "educational chiropractor" brought in by Mr. Turner?

7. What is Codell's rationale for insisting her students call her Madame Esme?

8. What is The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes about, as described in a September 27 entry?

9. Why does Codell take B. B. and his little sister in to her home for a night?

10. Why do the students stab the substitute teacher in the back with a pencil on February 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Codell must frequently deal with misbehaving students.

1)What is Codell's attitude about bad behavior? Should a teacher consider the student's home situation when disciplining the child?

2)What is a principal's role in addressing and correcting bad behavior?

3)Why does Codell disagree with the corrective behavior administered by the parents of B. B. and Twanette, for two examples?

Essay Topic 2

In a few places in the text, Codell speaks of why she's doing what she's doing, and what reward, literally or figurative, she is receiving for her work.

1)Describe two times in the text that Codell has felt "rewarded" in her work.

2)What is the nature of this "reward"? How does this relate to a teacher's purpose in general?

3)What might be considered Codell's ultimate reward, to her mind? In a perfect world, what kind of satisfaction would she be receiving from her work, and what form would it take?

Essay Topic 3

Is Codell emotionally involved with her students? Is "love" an appropriate term for Codell's relationship with her students? What might Codell say about the value (or danger) of a teacher's emotional attachment with his or her students? How might this attachment affect the learning process?

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