Participant Level: WC (Whole Class); GR (Groups); P (Pairs); I (Individual Students)

Title: Day 1 Quiz Description: Divide the class into teams of three Strengths: This activity helps me or four depending on the class size. Display find out what students already questions related to reading on the OHP. Give know or not know, clarify their each team enough time to discuss all the misconceptions, and give them questions. Write down question numbers on important information in an chits of paper. Each team picks a chit and has to engaging way. I also take the answer the question they get. opportunity to show them relevant websites such as the Example (for Academic Reading Class): Sample Oxford Collocation dictionary questions for the quiz: and the  Is there just one way of reading? University of Nottingham’s AWL  What is the best way to become good and GSL site. readers?  What does paraphrasing mean? How is it It is a great way to introduce the different from summarizing? important strategies and skills  What does annotating a text mean? that will be covered during the  What is considered to be a good reading semester. speed for college students?  What are collocations? Since this quiz is on the first day of  What is the difference between active the class, it is also helpful in and passive vocabulary? helping students get to know  What are prefixes and suffixes? How do each other better. they alter words? Submitted by: Prof. Vani Chauhan Montgomery College

Participant Level: GR Prep Time: S Class Time: M When: B Code Legend: Participant Level: WC (Whole Class); GR (Groups); P (Pairs); I (Individual Students) Prep / Class / Results Analysis Time: S (Short); M (Medium); L (Long) When to Use During Semester: B (Beginning); M (Middle); E (End); A (Any time)