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Twelfth Night II: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online, interactive quiz on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night may be useful as a reference; however, the format and focus of several of the questions preclude it from being given as a valid assessment. It might, however, benefit your...
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Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz
While I don't recommend this online, interactive quiz, you may want to review it for possible quotes to use in your own assessment on Of Mice and Men. It includes 10 quotes for character identification, but the fill-in-the-blank format...
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The Grapes of Wrath: Fun Trivia Quiz
Fun Trivia quizzes can be made online by anyone, so you will want to look at these questions carefully before using them for your own assessment on The Grapes of Wrath. You could use this for your class to self-assess their basic...
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Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird: Fun Trivia Quiz
You could use this Fun Trivia Quiz to get ideas for making your own assessment on To Kill a Mockingbird, but because anyone can make these online quizzes, I do not recommend giving it as a class assignment without a thorough review of...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fun Trivia Quiz
Your class may enjoy taking this short online quiz on A Midsummer Night's Dream to self-assess basic reading comprehension; however, its lack of rigor and authority precludes it from being a suitable class assignment.
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Measure for Measure: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online, interactive quiz does not have the rigor necessary for a class assignment on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure; however, your class may choose to self-assess their understanding by taking it on their own. It requires no...
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Macbeth: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online, interactive quiz on Macbeth asks basic reading comprehension questions, but fails to require any critical thinking or analysis. For this reason, it may be useful for your class to self-assess their understanding, but has...
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The Taming of the Shrew: Fun Trivia Quiz
I don't recommend you use this online, interactive quiz as a class assignment (it lacks rigor and has typos); however, if your class wants to self-assess their basic understanding of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, this Fun Trivia...
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Life in the Secret Annex - The Diary of Anne Frank: Fun Trivia Quiz
This is a mediocre online, interactive quiz on The Diary of Anne Frank, but your class may want to use it to self-assess their basic understanding of the work on their own time. It may also be useful to get ideas for your own quiz, but...
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In Cold Blood, Part 1: Fun Trivia Quiz
While I don't recommend this Fun Trivia Quiz on In Cold Blood for a class assignment, you may suggest your readers use it to self-assess their basic understanding of the work. It includes 15 multiple choice and true/false questions that...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou: Fun Trivia Quiz
This Fun Trivia interactive, online quiz may be engaging for readers who want to self-assess their basic understanding of Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; however, I do not recommend it as a class assignment given the lack of...
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East of Eden - The Hamiltons: Fun Trivia Quiz
This might be a nice online quiz for your class to self-assess their basic understanding of East of Eden. Be aware; however, that Fun Trivia quizzes can be made by anyone, so check each question and the answers carefully before you use it.
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Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz
You could suggest this online, interactive quiz on Of Mice and Men to your class as a means of self-assessing basic reading comprehension; however, it lacks the rigor necessary to warrant using it as an assignment.
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck: Fun Trivia Quiz
You may want to suggest your class take this online quiz on The Pearl to self-assess their basic reading comprehension; however, it is not appropriate for a graded assignment given the lack of rigor. Additionally, Fun Trivia quizzes can...
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Tender is the Night Part 2: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online quiz may be used as a basic check for understanding, however most of the questions address unimportant factual information and require no higher-level thinking. Additionally, as anyone can make these online quizzes it may be...
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A Christmas Carol: Fun Trivia Quiz
Online quizzes can be fun for testing reading comprehension; however, this Fun Trivia quiz on A Christmas Carol does not have the rigor necessary for a class assignment. Instead, you may want to suggest your readers take it on their own...
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A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online quiz may be fun for readers to take on their own to self-assess basic understanding of Dickens' A Christmas Carol; however, the lack of rigor makes this questionable as a class assignment. These online, interactive quizzes...
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Great Expectations: Fun Trivia Quiz
This Fun Trivia online interactive quiz is not appropriate for a class assignment; however, your pupils may enjoy taking it on their own to self-assess their basic understanding of the plot.
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The Characters in Great Expectations: Fun Trivia Quiz
Your class may enjoy taking this online, interactive quiz on Great Expectations to self-assess their basic reading comprehension; however, it is not appropriate for an assignment due to the lack of rigor and educational value.
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Benjamin Franklin and Learning a Lesson
Examine stories with a moral in a character development instructional activity. The class reads a short story written by Benjamin Franklin in which he pays too much for a toy whistle. Individuals then make text-to-self connections and...
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Using the Sounds of Words Reading Task
Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...
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Reading Comprehension 1: Level 9
The Iditarod Trail and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are the focus of a comprehension assessment. Readers must identify the main idea of the passage, draw inferences, define words using context clues, and identify the organizational...
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Main Idea in Informational Text
Individuals complete a pre-assessment to gauge their ability to determine the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction text. They examine a new piece of nonfiction reading by looking at the table of contents, headings, and index...
Teaching Tolerance
Artistic Expression Showcase
No one is too young to create a masterpiece. Elementary artists delve into the topic of social justice with original artwork. Scholars keep journals to reflect on their experiences before putting paintbrush to paper. Final artwork is...