About Reading Quizzes
Reading quizzes will be given on most days when there is not a unit quiz, midterm, or review days. There probably will not be any reading quizzes on Late Starts, or other shortened or half days.    There will be between five and seven questions.  They range from yes or no type questions to very simple sentence completion questions.  You could have as many as five reading quizzes in a week.  The purpose of these quizzes is to make sure you stay on top of the daily reading.
If you bomb a reading quiz, don't worry. There are going to be a LOT of reading quizzes for one thing. You can erase a poor reading quiz score in a variety of ways.  The list below is not exhaustive; I will be adding more "dud droppers" as we go along and I am also open to your suggestions.
Dud Droppers:   -Maximum: four per quarter, unless covering excused absenses. -You must give me two detailed typed summary paragraphs (two large paragraphs) for dud droppers.  The first paragraph will be a description.  The second paragraph will be a reaction, in other words, your opinions, feelings and thoughts. -If your paper is weak, I reserve the right to reject it or reduce its value. -Do not email them.  Only printed DDs will be accepted. -Museum and gallery visit DDs must have some literature from the museum or gallery stapled to the writeup. -Museum and gallery visit DDs must be done no more than one month after the visit. -Museum visits on school field trips cannot be used for DDs. -Must be typed.  Do not hand-write. You can do a DD write-up for the following: 1. Visit to an art gallery (not an art gallery in a shopping mall) 2. Art museum visit     Art Institute of Chicago, Oriental Institute, Chicago Cultural Center, Museum of       Contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Photography. 3. Around the Coyote visit 4. Around the Coyote volunteer 5. Art magazine write-up (read an article from an art magazine that is in print or on line) 6. Article from a newspaper about an artist, museum or art exhibition.     The media center has Smithsonian and the New Yorker which have articles about art.