Flowers for Algernon workshop 2:Quiz and IQ tests

1. Do the 10-question quiz .

When completed, submit your answers. If at loss, check the correct answers on the screen.

2. do a research work on the concept of IQ.

Prepare a 15-line project which explains what lies behind "IQ".

Try to find a few examples than you can do on-line. You can have a go at this one . Don't do the whole test, just have a try!

Raed about the interpretation of IQtests

3. In class. Groups of 4. Be ready to debate about the value of IQ tests, their limits, their bad and good sides.

Organize your debate around the following ideas :

What is the average IQ rate?

What does it depend on in your opinion?

What factors beside intelligence may influence the test?

What effect/impact can IQtest results have on self-esteem and self-confidence?

Is our IQ inherited from our parents?

What IQ tests don't take into account?

Would you be ready to take an IQ test which would allow you access to an excellent school for instance?

What if schools relied on IQ tests to accept students?

What does an IQ test lack?

Workshop on Progress Reports

Assignment # 1:

At the beginning of the book, the narrator Charlie doesn't write his progress reports in correct English. Your challenge is to correct his mistakes, to guess what the words he has misspelt really are and to write them in correct English. Do your job as best as you can.!

Progress Report 1 one student

Write down your version of Progress Report 1 in correct English. Click on "commentaires" to do so. Don't forget to sign your writing at the end.

Progress Report 2 Two students

Write down your version of Progress Report 2 in correct English. Click on "commentaires" to do so. Don't forget to sign your writing at the end.

Progress Report 3 Two students

Write down your version of Progress Report 3 in correct English. Click on "commentaires" to do so. Don't forget to sign your writing at the end.

Progress Report 4 p.5-7 Two students

Write down your version of Progress Report4 p.5-7 ( to the end of the first paragraph) in correct English. Click on "commentaires" to do so. Don't forget to sign your writing at the end.

Progress Report 4 p.7-8 Two students

Write down your version of Progress Report 4 p.7 (from "well do you ...") to p.8 in correct English. Click on "commentaires" to do so. Don't forget to sign your writing at the end.