Homework Guidance Department Modern Foreign Languages HOD Mrs

Homework Guidance Department: Modern Foreign Languages HOD: Mrs G Forrest Homework is an integral part of the children’s learning experiences. The purpose of homework is to consolidate and reinforce skills and content prior to the following lesson. It also aims to encourage pupils to develop the confidence, self-discipline and independence needed to develop organisational skills & foster revision habits. KS 3 Children will complete an activity every fortnight which will be one of the following: 1. Vocab learning. This could be done online (Quizlet) or in their books with a list of words. Pupils will be tested on this vocab the lesson the homework is due in. 2. A worksheet or similar activity which will be handed in to the class teacher on the day it is due. KS 4 Children will complete an activity every fortnight which will be one of the following: 1. Vocab learning (Quizlet or Vocab Express). This will be tested at word and sentence level on the day it is due in. It is necessary to learn this vocab as it will be relevant for the following lesson or a writing task. 2. A reading activity with questions to answer in English, French or Spanish. 3. A listening activity with questions to answer in English, French or Spanish. The sound file will be uploaded to Show My Homework. 4. A translation activity. N. B. We do not set writing tasks as homework. If we suspect Google Translate has been used to complete a homework we will ask the pupil to redo it and set detentions accordingly.