Homework choices

UNIT Homework Weeks 2,3 & 4.

For the next 3 weeks you will select one of these tasks each week for your Unit homework.

You will post a picture of your Venn diagram, Mind map, Magazine advertisement or Advertisement and post on your blog each week.

You will add detail to your blog post explaining which task you chose and what you learned.

Energy usage: How has energy usage in schools changed in the last 25 - 50 years. Interview your parents about what school was like when they were your age. Present your finding of what is the same and different using a Venn Diagram.	Mind Map: Draw a mind map of energy forms and uses. You might use different colors, lines or geometric shapes to connect your thoughts.
Renewable product: Make a magazine advertisement or radio announcement for a renewable energy source product. The product can be a futuristic item that comes from your imagination. You will need to explain how it works and persuade people to take action and buy it.	New energy form: You are starting a new energy company. Think of a name for the company, the type of energy you will store, use and create an advertisement that shows your energy ‘plant’ and how it is beneficial to our world.

LANGUAGE Homework Weeks 2,3 & 4.

For the next 3 weeks you will select one of these tasks each week for your Language / Literacy homework.

You will create a detailed blog post with relevant pictures and writing.

Procedural writing: Interview a parent or guardian and ask them to teach you how to do something or make something. It may be a craft, a skill or be the steps to cook a food you enjoy. Write down the instructions step by step using the procedure format we have been using in class. Try to follow these steps to make the item / dish. Add the procedure you followed and picture evidence to you blog.	Explanation writing: Think about your world and write down any questions that come to mind. Ie - I wonder why there is only a full moon every 30 days? Chose an interesting question and try to find out the answer. Write your question and explanation on your blog. Include a list of sources you used to find the answer.
Character description: Think of an interesting character in a book you are currently reading. Find 6 quotes in the book that help you build up a picture of what this character looks like, believes and thinks. Draw what you see in your mind when you read about this character. Add your picture and quotes from the text to your class blog.	Prediction: Read the text below (Text for Prediction exercise) What do you think will happen next in the story? Copy the text on a Google document and then add another 2-3 paragraphs to the story. Make sure the details in your part of the story match those in the first half. Be creative, descriptive and edit your writing before you post on your completed story on your blog.

Text for Prediction exercise:

"Ready ?" "Ready." "Now ?" "Soon." "Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it ?" "Look, look; see for yourself !" The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun. It rained. It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives. "It’s stopping, it’s stopping !" "Yes, yes !" Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could ever remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain. They were all nine years old, and if there had been a day, seven years ago, when the sun came out for an hour and showed its face to the stunned world, they could not recall. Sometimes, at night, she heard them stir, in remembrance, and she knew they were dreaming and remembering gold or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy the world with. She knew they thought they remembered ….

Math homework Weeks 2,3,4

For the next 3 weeks you will select one of these tasks each week for your Math homework.

Problem solving using number skills: How old are you? Calculate your age using your knowledge of addition, multiplication and calendars. Show how you calculated the answer to each part of the problem. Take a picture of your calculations and write a blog post explaining how you solved the problem. How many years old are you? How many months old are you? How many weeks old are you? How many days old are you?

Create a dream house: Using the grid paper provided plan your dream house. Note - each cm on the grid represents one meter. Color-code and add titles to each room in the house. For each room calculate the perimeter  and area of the room. Ie - Bedroom / Perimeter = 8 meters, Area = 3 meters

Using grid paper create a 3D model of a shape. Volume of 48 cm (it can hold 48 unit cubes). Remember to calculate volume you need to multiply Length x Height x Width We will do examples of this in class.

What is one litre? 1 Litre is the same as 100 millilitres. Can you find 5 objects/ items at home or at the supermarket that hold 1 litre? Write down the item (Brand and description) and add a picture to prove it is 1 litre.

If you have difficulty posting on your blog at home you can add your activities and evidence to a google doc and copy and paste on your blog when we are in the Computer Lab on Fridays.