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Google Forms for vocabulary assignments

Vocabulary is such an important part of the development of language. It is important for the development of comprehension in reading. It facilitates language development. Increases communication skills. Facilitates the communication of ideas. Increases writing skills. This lesson demonstrates how to create assignments and assessments for vocabulary.

google forms for vocabulary assignments and assessments

Introduction

Vocabulary is such an important part of the development of language. It is important for the development of comprehension in reading. It facilitates language development. Increases communication skills. Facilitates the communication of ideas. Increases writing skills. I have a couple of links below with information on the importance of vocabulary development.

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/understanding-vocabulary/

https://infercabulary.com/top-5-reasons-why-vocabulary-matters/

Spelling and using vocabulary in context is important. This lesson focuses on the use of Google Forms to create spelling assignments or assessments. The lesson leverages the quiz option to check the assignment for us.

Log into Google Drive and create a new Google Form. You can also go to https://forms.google.com to create the form. Name the form Mammals Vocabulary Quiz.

mammals vocabulary quiz form

Click the Settings icon.

settings icon

Remove the option to collect an email address. Enable the option to limit the response. This requires that students be logged into their account. 

limit response to 1 option

Go to the presentation section. Select the options to show the progress bar and to shuffle the question order.

show progress bar and shuffle question order option

Go to the quiz section. Enable the option to make this a quiz. Click the Save button.

make this a quiz option enabled

Click the actions menu.

the actions menu option next to the send button

Select the Preferences option.

the preferences option

Check the option to make all questions required. Enable the default quiz point value. I have each word in the quiz worth ten points. Choose your own point value. Click the Save button.

default point value for questions

There are several ways to format questions. We will look at some of the options. Use more than one question format to keep things interesting. 

The first question describes a mammal. This mammal has black and white stripes. 

the first question

Click the question type selector. Choose a Short answer.

short answer type selected

Click the Answer key link.

answer key link

Click in the correct answer field.

correct answer field

Type the word zebra. Select the option to mark all other answers as incorrect. Google Forms uses these options to automatically grade the assignment. Click the Done button.

mark all other answers incorrect enabled

Make sure the required option is turned on for the question. Click the Add section button.

add section button

Set the name of the section to Mammals vocabulary quiz.

section name set to mammals vocabulary quiz

Click the Add question button.

add question button

Click the Insert image button next to the question field.

insert image button

Go to the Google image search section.

google image search option

Search for a squirrel. Select the image of a squirrel. Click the Insert button.

selected squirrel image

Type a question for the image. What is the name of this mammal? 

question that goes with the image

Use Short answer for the question type.

short answer for the question type

Click the Answer key link. Type squirrel for the correct answer. Select the option to mark all other answers incorrect.

There is an option to provide feedback. This feedback appears at the end when the student sees the scored assignment. This feedback is useful to reinforce their correct answer. It is also useful for students that don't answer correctly.

answer feedback option

Go to the section module. Click the action menu. Select Duplicate section.

duplicate section from action menu

Click on the white space next to the image. This displays the action menu for the image.

action menu for the image

Click the action menu. Select the option to change the image.

change image option in action menu

Go to the Google search section. Search for an elephant. Select an image and inert it.

Click the Answer key link.

Set the correct answer to elephant. Click the Done button.

Click the action menu for the section. Select the Duplicate option.

Scroll to the duplicate section and question. Click the action menu for the image. Select the option to remove the image.

remove image option

Remove the question. Use a fill in the blank sentence. Use a sentence that allows students to use context clues. "The (blank) uses its long neck to reach leaves in tall trees". Change the correct answer from elephant to giraffe.

cloze sentence for question

These are the three types of question prompts. I prefer to use images for vocabulary. Complete the form to create a quiz with ten questions.

Click the Preview button.

form preview button

The first question appears below the name of the quiz. A progress bar appears below the question. The progress bar appears because we used sections between each question. Type the answer and click the next button.

first question with progress bar and next button

The next question shows the image and provides space for students to enter the answer. The progress bar updates and shows we are on question 2 of 10.

question 2 with image and space for answer below image

Complete the quiz to make sure everything works correctly. Students can view their score at the end of the quiz. Immediate feedback is important. Research shows that immediate and meaningful feedback is important.

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/tips-providing-students-meaningful-feedback-marianne-stenger

view score button

Their score is displayed at the top of the page. This score as shown separately for each student.

score for the student assignment at the top of the page

Correct responses are highlighted in green.

correct answer highlighted in green

Wrong answers show the wrong answer and the correct answer.

wrong answer highlighted in light red with correct answer below

You might want to take the quiz again to test any changes. You need to remove the option in settings to limit the responses to 1. Don't forget to set it back when you are ready to release the quiz to students.

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