Friday, 5 November 2010

Here are the homework choices (just in case anyone loses their sheet)

How to complete your homework task

  • Earn a minimum of 10 points a week.
  • Use a pencil and do your tasks neatly in your homework book.
  • Remember a date and a heading.
  • Extend yourself and try to earn as many points as you can!
  • Choose your activities from the list below.  You may repeat activities, however not in the same week.
5 point choices
  • Write the words neatly in joined up writing.
  • Write your words using one colour for vowels and another colour for consonants
  • Draw a picture of 10 of your spelling words.
  • Write your words in ABC order.

10 point choices

  • Write  your words three times in joined up  writing.
  • Write your words three times each in three different colours
  • Make a word scramble and solve it using your words.
  • Use all your spelling words to write 10 or more questions
  • Write an antonym for each word
  • Look up your words in the dictionary and write their meaning
  • Using your dictionary find ten of your spelling words and write down the page number along with the two guide words at the top of the dictionary page.
  • Classify the words according to parts of speech.
  • Write sentences with each words.
  • Write a newspaper article using ten or more of the words.
  • Write a great story using at least ten of  your spelling words.
  • Write newspaper headlines using your words.
  • Make a word search with all of your words.
  • Write a letter to a friend using all your spelling words.
  • Create a cartoon strip using at least 8 spelling words
  • Type your spelling list four times; with each list typed in a different font.

        15 point Choices



  •         Cut the words out of magazines and newspapers and make a collage
  •         Cut out a picture from a newspaper or a magazine and use spelling words to write a story about the picture. 

2 comments:

Wade Bias said...

Hello. My name is Wade and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I really think that it is cool to have so many choices on how you will do your homework and earn points.

Stephanie Belletty said...

Hi my name is Stephanie I am a student in Dr. Strange's class at the University of South Alabama. These seemed like really fun homework assignments for spelling homework. I wish my teacher's would have been more creative like this to teach us.

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