The document provides students with a menu of homework options to choose from that summarize topics they have recently studied. The homework tasks range from writing poems, letters, newspaper articles, or creating leaflets, factsheets, comic strips, posters, mind maps, flow diagrams, quizzes, dictionaries, or tweets. Students are encouraged to challenge themselves with "EXTRA HOT" tasks that require explaining and communicating key information about topics through various formats.
The document provides students with a menu of homework options to choose from that summarize topics they have recently studied. The homework tasks range from writing poems, letters, newspaper articles, or creating leaflets, factsheets, comic strips, posters, mind maps, flow diagrams, quizzes, dictionaries, or tweets. Students are encouraged to challenge themselves with "EXTRA HOT" tasks that require explaining and communicating key information about topics through various formats.
The document provides students with a menu of homework options to choose from that summarize topics they have recently studied. The homework tasks range from writing poems, letters, newspaper articles, or creating leaflets, factsheets, comic strips, posters, mind maps, flow diagrams, quizzes, dictionaries, or tweets. Students are encouraged to challenge themselves with "EXTRA HOT" tasks that require explaining and communicating key information about topics through various formats.
The Peri-ometer suggests the difficulty or challenge the homework may offer. Every term you should attempt at least one ‘EXTRA HOT’ task! Write a poem or song which Write a formal letter to an Write a newspaper article relevant summarises the topic we have institution explaining the topic we to the topic we are studying. studied recently. have studied recently. Include specific, accurate facts Make it informative but catchy Use a letter layout, remember with good English. You should and remember to include key key terms and use persuasive include quotes and images… terms… language to explain key issues… Create a leaflet which summarises Create a factsheet summarising Create a comic strip to explain a the topic we have studied the topic, but also add additional new process we have learned or to recently. research and facts. summarise a topic. Use key terms, make it Use correct terminology and use Use pictures and key words to informative and eye catching… the internet to include extra explain the process in a clear facts (no copy & paste!) way… Create a poster summarising Create a flow diagram/chart to Create 10-15 challenging quiz today’s lesson/topic we have been explain a new process we have questions about what we have studying recently. learnt. covered so far in this topic. Use key terms, make it Use pictures and key words to Write the questions with correct informative and eye catching… explain the process clearly… answers separate to test a peer… Create a mind map summarising Identify key terms we’ve used in Write 3 Tweets that could today’s lesson/topic we have been this topic and write a dictionary. summarise the lesson/topic. studying recently. Find the definitions of key words No more than 140 characters; use Use key terms, make it and write a glossary to help you #’s for key words and they must informative and eye catching… to learn spellings… be informative…