I’m teaching two writing courses and I’m giving a diagnostic writing in each. They write an sample essay. However, I found out a tremendous amount about my student’s vocabulary with a simple vocabulary activity that I did in class. I gave them various vocabulary lines like scorching……. freezing in which I asked them to add words in between or at the ends such as scorching…boiling…hot…cool…frosty…icy…freezing. I gave them four other opposite lines to do. I could quickly tell who had an indepth vocabulary and who will probably have difficulties in expressing themselves. I walked around as they were doing the vocabulary sheets and recorded my observation. Next class, I will have to do activities to help them enlarge their vocabulary so they can be expressive writer
What quick diagnostic tests do you do in your class that give you powerful results
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle 
