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Use this to help keep track of missing homework. I keep it in a binder, in numerical order. (My students all have numbers, but this could easily be done alpha by last name.) When I'm collecting homework, any student who does not have their homework is required to fill this out. On Friday, I quickly scan through the binder and e-mail home the parents of students with missing homework. This keeps everyone "in the loop" and on the same page. Teaching English sometimes means that it takes a

Give students a chance to practice using figurative language; students create four examples of hyperbole on the left hand side and illustrate their statements on the right.

Give students a chance to practice using figurative language; students fill out the left side using the given object, creating a personification, then they illustrate their personification on the right hand side.