It's springtime, and for a fourth-grade writing assignment, Ms. ...

[dejastew]

It's springtime, and for a fourth-grade writing assignment, Ms. Parker assigns an essay titled, Summer vacation. With such a general title, she is likely to find that the students in her diverse, international school will:
 
  a. write about their family's plans for the upcoming summer vacation.
  b. write about either this summer or a previous summer, depending on their cultural background.
  c. write a story about something that happened to them one summer in the past.
  d. write a general essay including facts about summer, but without personalizing it.

Question 2

Ms. Johnson announces to the class that 40 of the students will receive a C in the class and that the top 10 of the students will receive A's, the next 20 of the students will receive B's, the bottom 10 of the class will receive F's with the final 20 of the class receiving D's. How can this be?
 
  a. Ms. Johnson uses norm-referenced grading.
  b. Ms. Johnson is a psychic.
  c. Ms. Johnson has been teaching so long, she knows this is how grades always turn out.
 d. Ms. Johnson uses criterion-referenced grading.

[Bigfoot1984]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

A

[dejastew]

TYSM

[T4T]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it