Family Activity: Making Up Questions for the Midterm Exam

I want each of the two families (blue & magenta) to come up with SIX short-answer questions for the midterm exam from anything we have covered since the beginning of the term, which would include, of course, lecture notes, some blog material (eg., notes on "Affluenza"), xerox handouts, and thru at least Chapter 25 in our book, "Affluenza," which is not quite to the end and which we will cover next week in class. This is an exercise designed to put you in my shoes, so to speak, and consider what you believe students should know or be tested on. I've thrown out just a couple samples of what I mean by short-answer questions, and I'll try to do some more of that next week. But I can tell you what I do NOT want. I do NOT want open-ended, opinion questions, NO true-false or multiple-choice, but I WILL accept fill-in-the-blank. I will give the families some class time next Tuesday, 3/15 and Thursday, 3/17 to brainstorm some questions and to come to a consensus on the six best questions. Each of the families will, then, submit to me in writing or via email your six (AND ONLY SIX) questions and ANSWERS. I will need these questions and answers NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MARCH 21ST BY NOON. I will try to select at least three questions from each family for inclusion on the midterm exam. For every additional question I select, that family will earn a bonus point and have the added benefit of knowing more of the questions on the exam. So, try to put some effort into this. I will post the questions and answers I selected on this blog no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND, so you will be able to study them in preparation for the midterm exam which will be given on THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH. This exercise is worth 5 activity points, and you must participate in order to earn those points.