English homework.
Sometimes I struggle to make it interesting.
I'm required to give it once a week and I wanted to make it more interactive and possibly fun.
I saw this idea for having an on-going project that incorporates many of the features of text that we'd previously worked on in class. I tweaked it for my Year Six class for half a term and put the page along with the required paper in small folders.
Would you believe they loved it?! They loved the idea of choice, they loved adding onto to it each week.......they said it was actually...fun!
Even better...I didn't have to sort homework week after week. They had their homework assignments for the next 6 weeks!
I've uploaded it to google docs in Word so you can change it to what you need. Please tell me if that works. I haven't used that in ages. I was too lazy to upload it to TPT. Click here for it.
One more thing for homework.
We recently returned from Easter holidays (off for 3 weeks). Again, I'm required to give English homework. This time I gave a letter with choices.
They had to pick 3 writing choices (to average 1 a week). I did mention reading in the letter, but focused more on writing for this holiday. I copied this cover sheet on bright yellow colored paper, along with several pieces of blank writing paper, and put it in a folder. Easy. Except for grading them when they come back, but hey.
Can you believe they came back showing each other what they picked and what they wrote and were so proud?! I was speechless. I was just so happy to see them enjoy writing and even want to share it with their peers!
Click here for this document in Word so you change it for your needs.
Hope some of you can use this and I can save you some time!
Have a good one xx
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