The Quiz Whiz Presented by Brian Jeffrey National Board Certified Teacher Los Osos High School Rancho Cucamonga

Let’s Quiz Ourselves on Quizzes As teachers, what’s our objective for quizzing? Do multiple-choice or open- ended quizzes really help students master a range of the curriculum standards? Will different quiz formats produce different results?

Plan of Action Instead of multiple choice quizzes, multiple quiz formats Use a variety of student friendly, standards based quizzes to keep kids interested Take suggestions from your students on ideas for quizzes

Create Quizzes from Their World –The Blog Quiz Macbeth –MySpace Quiz A Modest Proposal –Text Message Quiz The Fall of the House of Usher –Job Review Quiz “Dead Man’s Path” Literary Response and Analysis Standards 3.0: Structural Features of Literature

Quizzes from Literary World –Headline Quiz Of Mice and Men –Point of View Quiz The Crucible –Dramatic Structure Quiz The Perks of Being a Wallflower –Four Square Quiz 1984 Literary Response and Analysis Standards 3.0: Structural Features of Literature

Quizzes for Groups Walk-about Quiz Fallen Angels Basketball Quiz To Kill a Mockingbird On These Days Quiz Perks of Being a Wallflower Literary Response and Analysis Standards 3.0: Structural Features of Literature

Quiz Whiz Benefits Multiple quiz formats reaches multiple learning styles Multiple quiz formats reaches wider range of curriculum standards Multiple quiz formats allows for students’ input

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