How is Homework Graded?
Check += 100 points All questions are answered and answers show a deep understanding of topic.
Check = 80 points All questions are answered and answers show a basic understanding of topic.
Check - = 60 points Some questions are answered. Answers do not show understanding of topic
Zero= 0 points Half or less of the questions are answered
Check += 100 points All questions are answered and answers show a deep understanding of topic.
Check = 80 points All questions are answered and answers show a basic understanding of topic.
Check - = 60 points Some questions are answered. Answers do not show understanding of topic
Zero= 0 points Half or less of the questions are answered
Homework Tips
1. Plan ahead. If you have a study hall, do as much of it there as possible. The more you do when you are at school, the less you will have to do at home. Try to do it in class (if time is provided), at lunch, or any other spare time you might have. Also, be sure to put the hardest class' homework at the top of your list to do. Get help if you don't understand. Ask your teachers: they're there to help you.
2. Get motivated. Promise yourself a reward for finishing the homework, anything that you would find enjoyable and doable after you finish. Don't use food as a reward. Save a special magazine to read when homework is done or make plans to talk with a friend on the phone as soon as both of you have completed your assignments. Go on your favorite website, or even dedicate yourself to a great book you've always been wanting to read. Also, take advantage of any holidays or vacations that may be coming near. On a Thursday, remind yourself that it is almost the weekend, and the moment this homework assignment is done you'll be one moment closer. Remind yourself that Thanksgiving, winter break, or summer break is nearing, and the moment your homework is done you can enjoy it to its fullest.
3. Write down motivational tools that work for you. Sometimes we get in the habit of always needing motivation to start homework or assessments. If you're going through a list of motivational techniques, such as this, write down all of the techniques that make you go "hmmm, that actually might work". By doing this, next time you can look at your own list that is you-specific. You will find that you get your work started faster, and will feel more in control.
4. Avoid procrastination. Do it right away, never delay things you can do now.
5. Work smarter, not harder. A fried brain absorbs little information. Break up your homework time into chunks. Take regular breaks. Set a timer; take a 10-15 minute break for each hour you study. Get up, stretch, and move around. Drink water and eat fruit: water will refresh your system, and an apple provides the same effect that of an energy drink. 6
6. Think of the consequences. What will happen if you don't do your homework? You'll get a bad grade? Your teacher will be disappointed in you? If none of these things seem to apply to you, remember that homework is to help you learn, which everyone ultimately wants. In the real world, knowledge helps you master the rules of the game...and if you don't know the rules, then you just lost the game. If "Knowledge is Power," then ignorance is minimum wage.
7. Think of the benefits. What will happen if you do do your homework? You'll get a great grade. Your teacher will appreciate your efforts. You'd have learned a great deal, and you'd be paving your way for a better life simply by putting your pencil to paper! Putting yourself in a positive state will reap in the benefits and ultimately surge you with the energy and hope to focus back on your work, and even enjoy what you're doing!
8. Find a place with less distraction. Set up your special study place. No friends, television, or other potential distractions should be present. Your homework place should also have a hard surface, like a table, to write on. If you need to do most or all of your homework on a computer, as many high school students do, make sure to avoid chat programs, unrelated websites, etc. If you have difficulty keeping focused, or awake, consider doing your homework at the library, at a table with some amount of foot traffic passing by it. The quiet atmosphere will help you focus, the surrounding mild activity will help keep you from falling asleep, and if you get stuck, there are those helpful librarians and references.
9. Clean your desk/room. It's easier to concentrate on your homework when you don't have clutter in your work space.
10. Reward yourself. After you have finished your homework and your chores give yourself some goofing off time, such as, watching TV, chatting on the phone, or surfing the web, but make sure you put limits.
11. Find a homework partner. Make sure this person isn't one of your crazy friends who'll distract you. Find someone to sit with who is quiet and focused. This will help you feel comfortable working, because someone else is working along with you. Just be sure not to end up talking more than working.
12. Create your own learning method. Everybody learns at their own pace and uses different intelligences to help memorize the material. Some find walking helpful while others like to have a support in form of pictures and colours.
13. Listen to some quiet music. Listening to music and studying does not work for everyone. If you are going to listen to music try listening to classical or instrumental music. Or if this is not for you just pick a quiet song that you don't know, so you don't get caught up in the music, and start working.
14. Do physical exercises. It will make you feel relaxed. Besides your brain will work better and your eyes can rest for a few minutes. Also, doing physical exercises is not only good for your body, but for your mind. It will help you to process information better and faster. You will reap in the benefits academically through daily exercise. 15
15. Make a routine. It will help you do the homework and it becomes a routine. Schedule times and days so you are totally organized as to what you're doing this week, the next, and even the week afterwards. Surprises will occur, but at the very least, you know what you're doing!
16. Turn off computer, phone etc. that could distract you easily. Don't get wrapped up on the computer or phone on a break because you will not remember what you were learning about and it will delay your finish time. Stay away from them at all costs unless you must do the homework on the computer.
1. Plan ahead. If you have a study hall, do as much of it there as possible. The more you do when you are at school, the less you will have to do at home. Try to do it in class (if time is provided), at lunch, or any other spare time you might have. Also, be sure to put the hardest class' homework at the top of your list to do. Get help if you don't understand. Ask your teachers: they're there to help you.
2. Get motivated. Promise yourself a reward for finishing the homework, anything that you would find enjoyable and doable after you finish. Don't use food as a reward. Save a special magazine to read when homework is done or make plans to talk with a friend on the phone as soon as both of you have completed your assignments. Go on your favorite website, or even dedicate yourself to a great book you've always been wanting to read. Also, take advantage of any holidays or vacations that may be coming near. On a Thursday, remind yourself that it is almost the weekend, and the moment this homework assignment is done you'll be one moment closer. Remind yourself that Thanksgiving, winter break, or summer break is nearing, and the moment your homework is done you can enjoy it to its fullest.
3. Write down motivational tools that work for you. Sometimes we get in the habit of always needing motivation to start homework or assessments. If you're going through a list of motivational techniques, such as this, write down all of the techniques that make you go "hmmm, that actually might work". By doing this, next time you can look at your own list that is you-specific. You will find that you get your work started faster, and will feel more in control.
4. Avoid procrastination. Do it right away, never delay things you can do now.
5. Work smarter, not harder. A fried brain absorbs little information. Break up your homework time into chunks. Take regular breaks. Set a timer; take a 10-15 minute break for each hour you study. Get up, stretch, and move around. Drink water and eat fruit: water will refresh your system, and an apple provides the same effect that of an energy drink. 6
6. Think of the consequences. What will happen if you don't do your homework? You'll get a bad grade? Your teacher will be disappointed in you? If none of these things seem to apply to you, remember that homework is to help you learn, which everyone ultimately wants. In the real world, knowledge helps you master the rules of the game...and if you don't know the rules, then you just lost the game. If "Knowledge is Power," then ignorance is minimum wage.
7. Think of the benefits. What will happen if you do do your homework? You'll get a great grade. Your teacher will appreciate your efforts. You'd have learned a great deal, and you'd be paving your way for a better life simply by putting your pencil to paper! Putting yourself in a positive state will reap in the benefits and ultimately surge you with the energy and hope to focus back on your work, and even enjoy what you're doing!
8. Find a place with less distraction. Set up your special study place. No friends, television, or other potential distractions should be present. Your homework place should also have a hard surface, like a table, to write on. If you need to do most or all of your homework on a computer, as many high school students do, make sure to avoid chat programs, unrelated websites, etc. If you have difficulty keeping focused, or awake, consider doing your homework at the library, at a table with some amount of foot traffic passing by it. The quiet atmosphere will help you focus, the surrounding mild activity will help keep you from falling asleep, and if you get stuck, there are those helpful librarians and references.
9. Clean your desk/room. It's easier to concentrate on your homework when you don't have clutter in your work space.
10. Reward yourself. After you have finished your homework and your chores give yourself some goofing off time, such as, watching TV, chatting on the phone, or surfing the web, but make sure you put limits.
11. Find a homework partner. Make sure this person isn't one of your crazy friends who'll distract you. Find someone to sit with who is quiet and focused. This will help you feel comfortable working, because someone else is working along with you. Just be sure not to end up talking more than working.
12. Create your own learning method. Everybody learns at their own pace and uses different intelligences to help memorize the material. Some find walking helpful while others like to have a support in form of pictures and colours.
13. Listen to some quiet music. Listening to music and studying does not work for everyone. If you are going to listen to music try listening to classical or instrumental music. Or if this is not for you just pick a quiet song that you don't know, so you don't get caught up in the music, and start working.
14. Do physical exercises. It will make you feel relaxed. Besides your brain will work better and your eyes can rest for a few minutes. Also, doing physical exercises is not only good for your body, but for your mind. It will help you to process information better and faster. You will reap in the benefits academically through daily exercise. 15
15. Make a routine. It will help you do the homework and it becomes a routine. Schedule times and days so you are totally organized as to what you're doing this week, the next, and even the week afterwards. Surprises will occur, but at the very least, you know what you're doing!
16. Turn off computer, phone etc. that could distract you easily. Don't get wrapped up on the computer or phone on a break because you will not remember what you were learning about and it will delay your finish time. Stay away from them at all costs unless you must do the homework on the computer.