Types of Homework
- 1. Practice Creative Practice exercises let students apply new Creative homework helps students integrate knowledge or review, revise and reinforce multiple concepts and promotes the newly acquired skills. development of critical thinking and problem solving skills. This type of homework often Examples: takes the form of open-ended questions and • memorization of mathematical long term projects that allow students a choice. tables • practicing spelling words Examples: • essay writing • dioramas • reading for pleasure • science projects • posters Sample Assignments: 1. Reading Journal Logs Sample Assignments: (http://waynesclass.org/Documents/Reading%2 1. Digital photo story of a biography or a 0Log%20Summary%20Sentence.pdf) historical person such as Harriet Tubman 2. Online Flash Cards 2. Creating a movie trailer for a historical (http://www.flashcardmachine.com/) event such as the Revolutionary War Preparation Extension Preparatory homework where students gain Extension assignments encourage students to background information on a unit of study to pursue knowledge individually and better prepare them for future lessons. imaginatively. Extension homework helps students take what they learn in class and Examples: connect it with real life. It requires students to • reading a chapter in preparation for transfer specific skills and concepts to new discussion situations. • pretests • surveys Examples: • writing a book review Sample Assignments: • researching local news 1. Conduct a close reading of a chapter in • compare and contrast historic events social studies. Come up with two questions for with current events each section in the reading selection. Sample Assignments: 2. Find and read two scholarly articles about 1. Interview a survivor from the Holocaust the current class topic of study. 2. Creating a mock checkbook and balancing it. M. Winfield