View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Mohi pick as his first key word?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Jet.
(c) Kiss.
(d) House.

2. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?
(a) There were no chairs used.
(b) In straight lines.
(c) In three rows.
(d) In a ring.

3. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Sing.
(b) Do a science experiment.
(c) Dance.
(d) Read a story.

4. 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) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 11 a.m.

5. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?
(a) Fear and hate.
(b) Fear and sex.
(c) Love and sex.
(d) Fear and love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?

2. Why did Ashton-Warner object to the use of terms such as "do not" in early readers?

3. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?

4. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?

5. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 242 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample