Home-Schooling

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Did you do your homework?

• yes

• no

• only part of it

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How would you define the level of difficulty?

• very difficult

• difficult

• challenging

• easy

• irrelevant

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1.     How is Home Schooling defined in the text? 

Multiple Choice

2.     Circle True or False. Justify by quoting from the text.

Before compulsory education, all children were educated at home.

True / False.  Justify ________________________________________________

• True

• False

​Most rich people sent their children to a religious place for education or had a tutor for them at home. 

Open Ended

3.     Name two other places where children received an education outside of their home.

a.   _____________________________________________

b.  _____________________________________________

Multiple Choice

4.    Home schooling is (---)

  

• a new option for parents.

• an alternative option which has been used before.

• an option which started at the beginning of this century.

• an option for public schools.

Open Ended

Which word helped you answer question 4 ?

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5. “These parents” (par.2) refers to

Match

6. Match the reasons for homeschooling to the examples given to each!

• The education children get at home is better than at school.

• Some parents want a more religious education for their children.

• There is more flexibility when teaching from home.

The quality of teaching, the violence in the classrooms or the increase in drug –taking at school

None

Parents can take their children on a museum trip or nature outing whenever they choose.

• The quality of teaching, the violence in the classrooms or the increase in drug –taking at school

• None

• Parents can take their children on a museum trip or nature outing whenever they choose.

Open Ended

7. Name 4 disadvantages to homeschooling.

a.     __________________________

b.     __________________________

c.      __________________________

d. __________________________

Multiple Choice

8.    a. Which disadvantage do educators think is the most important?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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8 b. Which words helped you answer the question?

Multiple Choice

9.     Choose True or False. Justify by quoting from the text.

Educators believe that there are only disadvantages to homeschooling.

• True

• False

1. ​some educators believe that there are some disadvantages to homeschooling

2. However, it still remains an issue that raises questions amongst educators and parents as to its advantages and disadvantages.

Open Ended

10.     Complete the following sentence according to the text.

Although home schooling is becoming more popular worldwide, ________. 

Match

Match the following

• more than 50%

• obligatory

• teacher

• slowly

• customary

most/majority

copulsory

tutor

gradually

traditionally

• most/majority

• copulsory

• tutor

• gradually

• traditionally

Match

Match the following

• complete change

• option

• adaptability

• expensive

• chance

revolutionary

alternative

flexibility

costly

opportunity

• revolutionary

• alternative

• flexibility

• costly

• opportunity

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The children in the school came into the classroom and found a new ​

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waiting for them. It was difficult at first to get used to her, but the children got used to her ​

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.  She used ​

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methods to those they were used to.  The teacher was very ​

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and in the end, the ​

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of the children said that they had enjoyed their lessons with her.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

tutor

gradually

alternative

qualified

majority