Does anyone still do the daily short vocabulary quizzes?
daily 2 point (2 word) quick vocab quizzes again at the beginning of class just after taking attendance. I give the students 4 words the day before from their chapter, they find out the meaning; they use them in sentences. They are to know what they mean in English and how to spell them in Spanish for the next day. Our other Spanish and German teachers are doing similar quizzes (some have done this for 20 years) and have found them quite effective in adding vocabulary to their middle and high school age students’ reperatoire. At least if they have a “Daily Quiz” to look forward to perhaps 50% to 75% of them might actually study the 4 little words they are given. Homework is often copied or done in the few minutes before the bell rings. When I taught French we used to do a short “dicte'” every day to get the students to be able listen to a French sentence, understand and spell it. It kept them on their toes. Unfortunately, in high school, you can’t wait to give them one quiz a week or o
