Encore Homework Page

Every student must complete one of the following assignments for every day that they are absent from school. Please return the absent day assignment with a written note from a parent or guardian to have an absence excused. On the absent day assignment, students must write their name, date of the absence, and grade in the top left hand corner. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

1. NEWS MEDIA CURRENT EVENT – Read a newspaper, magazine, or internet article from an event that has happened within the last week. Write a three paragraph essay about the article. Paragraph 1 should be a summary of what the article is about. Paragraph 2 should give an explanation of how the event impacted the community. Paragraph 3 should be a personal view of the event. Make sure to write the name of the newspaper or media source, the article, and the date it was posted or published.
2. 10 MINUTES OF NEWS – Watch the first 10 minutes of a network news program. Choose one event that they discussed and write a paragraph about that event. Include where the event happened, who was affected by it, and why you think this event was on the first ten minutes of the news. Make sure to reference the network and the name of the news program that was used.
3. GEOMETRICAL SHAPES – Choose any room within your house and list all of the items within the room that fit a geometrical shape. Be creative. Sure, the refrigerator is shaped like a rectangle, but what is shaped like an obtuse triangle? List 10 items and their geometrical shapes. Then, using a household item like a spoon or a toothpick, find the surface area of three square or rectangular objects in your house. (Example: a coffee table, doormat, and television.)
4. SCIENTIFIC FOOD FACTS – Write down everything that you would normally eat over the course of a single meal. Using the nutrition guides on food labels within your house, figure out your calorie intake for that meal, sodium intake for the meal, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, protein, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and sugars. Make sure to add all of the figures together and figure out the proper portion for a true meal breakdown.
5. WRITE A STORY – Create a one page fictional story about something that interests you. Within the story, use at least three sentences to describe something about the story. For example: “I really wanted to sink my teeth into the juicy orange that seemed to seep golden sunshine as I cut into it with my flimsy knife.”

Remember that you must turn in one assignment for each day that you are absent. You must turn this in to the attendance office with a note from your parents explaining the absence.