--- title: "TERRIE" description: "Participants read a short text excerpt, submit fact-recall questions for a fast response quiz, and then compose open-ended questions voted on by the group." last_updated: "2026-09-07" canonical: "https://unitedwetransform.com/exercises/terrie-technology-enhanced-required-reading-interactive-exercise/" --- # TERRIE Participants read a short text excerpt, submit fact-recall questions for a fast response quiz, and then compose open-ended questions voted on by the group. **Time:** 15 minutes. Based on a single 15-minute passage cycle from the Thiagi source record. **People:** 4 to 24. Individual reading and typing with whole-group rapid quizzes ## Choose this exercise **Purpose:** Process and test comprehension of required reading material through participant-generated questions and peer responses. **Use it when:** Use during a training session or class when a dense technical passage or policy excerpt must be read and analyzed closely. **Skip it when:** Skip when the material is purely narrative, highly sensitive, or when the group lacks typing access or quick feedback tools. ## Materials and tools - Display slide with selected reading passage (18pt font or larger) - Timer visible to all participants - Chat or messaging tool for question and answer submission - Four-choice poll tool (options A, B, C, D) or visual polling cards ## Before participants arrive 1. Select a short, dense excerpt (one or two paragraphs) from the required reading. 2. Prepare presentation slides: reading passage, countdown timer, and a multiple-choice poll with options A, B, C, and D. ## Say this to open Please read this paragraph on the screen. As you read, type factual questions based on the content into the chat. Make sure each question has one direct factual answer found right in the text. ## How to run it ### 1. Read and draft factual questions (3 minutes) Display the reading excerpt. Deliver the opening script. Participants read silently and type fact-recall questions into the chat. At 2 minutes 30 seconds, give a 30-second warning for final factual questions. ### 2. Run closed question quiz (4 minutes) Select one participant question. Announce: 'I will read a factual question. You have 30 seconds to type the answer. The first three correct responses earn points.' Read the question and start the 30-second timer. Note the first three correct answers. Repeat with 1 or 2 additional submitted questions. ### 3. Draft open-ended questions (3 minutes) Display the excerpt again. Instruct participants to write an open-ended question requiring interpretation or application. Neutral example: 'How would this policy change our team workflow on a weekend shift?' Review entries as they appear and select one strong question. ### 4. Run open-ended contest and poll (3 minutes) Read the selected open-ended question aloud. State that the author cannot answer. Ask the room to type responses of three lines or fewer. Stop after collecting four responses. Label them A, B, C, and D, and read them aloud. Open an anonymous poll (A, B, C, D). Participants vote on the most thoughtful response. Show results. ### 5. Debrief reading mechanics (2 minutes) Close the exercise with a brief whole-room reflection on key insights extracted from the text. Take up to two brief comments from the room. ## Debrief questions - Which details became clearer only after you saw someone else's question? - What difference did you notice between answering factual recall versus evaluating the open-ended question? **Finished output:** A set of participant-generated review questions and peer-evaluated responses addressing the passage. ## Remote Run via web meeting software. Display the passage on screen share. Participants type questions into the main meeting chat. Run the final vote using the native platform poll tool. ## Hybrid In-room participants use personal devices or a shared screen to view the text. Both in-person and online participants submit questions into a single unified chat stream. Run polling digitally so all votes tally together. ## Access and participation choices - Provide the text excerpt as plain text in the chat or on printed paper for screen-reader and visual accessibility. - Participants may read along silently and vote in polls without submitting their own typed questions. ## If the session gets stuck **Chat answers arrive too fast to distinguish who was first, second, or third.** Use the server timestamp order in the chat log, or award credit to all answers that land before the 30-second buzzer. **Participants submit trivia questions that depend on outside knowledge instead of the passage.** Remind participants that both factual and open-ended prompts must connect directly to the text displayed on the screen. ## Terms used here - Fact-recall question: A direct query with exactly one correct answer explicitly stated in the source text. - Open-ended question: A question with no single right answer, prompting evaluation, interpretation, or practical application. ## Sources and adaptation Observed in The Thiagi Group archives (game-terrie.html, revised October 2002), attributed as an adaptation of Team Quiz and Fast Grab. Retained the core two-phase quiz structure from Thiagi's original online exercise (factual speed quiz followed by open-ended question polling). Added explicit timing totaling 15 minutes, neutral prompt example, access choices, and concise debrief questions. [The Thiagi Group](https://thiagi.net/archive/www/game-terrie.html) [The Thiagi Group](http://thiagi.net/archive/www/game-terrie.html) Current run sheet: https://unitedwetransform.com/exercises/terrie-technology-enhanced-required-reading-interactive-exercise/