Formatting Instructions for Homework

SHOW YOUR WORK!!

Paper - Use wide ruled lined paper unless we are doing graphing.

Heading- In the upper right hand corner write

• Your first and last name: “Monica Garcias”

• Class title: “Pre-algebra + M8” or “Math 7”

• Week Number and Date: “Wk 1, August 30, 2023”

Title - Chp and Section, page number: “Chp 6.1, pg 300-305”

In this example photo, the assignment is before any of the chapters so it’s called “Pre-Course Test” and the page numbers are Roman numerals “p. xxvii-xxviii” Optional, you can list the problems you’re doing on this page

In the corrections section I’ve handwritten instructions on how to format your homework.

Work Page(s) - this is thend photo labeled “Sample Work Page” - This is what your homework is going to look like every week. I wrote my name at the top of my work page as if I were a student in the class. You use your name— first and last.

• Fold your second sheet of paper vertically so that the right edge touches the red margin or a slightly smaller area on the right for correcting problems. This leaves a little space on the right for corrections when you get a problem wrong.

• You’ll need multiple pieces of paper to do your HW.

• Pencil- do math ONLY in pencil. Use a dark enough lead that it is easy to read.

• Problems - copy the problem accurately from the textbook and write it on the line next to the red margin. (You do not need to copy the directions or all of a word problem. For word problems write down the main facts.)

• Work - show your work! Don’t do calculations in your head or with a calculator unless I tell you to do so.

• Answers - draw a box around the answer or highlight your answer.

• Spacing - skip a line between each problem.

• Correct your work - use the answers in the back of the textbook to see if you got the problem right. Put a slash mark through the problem number of the problem you miss. Use a different color for that slash mark. Then re-attempt the problems you missed on the right side of the paper. Once you get it correct, put a star by that problem.

• Self-assess your homework using the “Self-Assessment Form” We’ll do this in class the first time.

Look at my sample work sheet to the right. See how I write the problem, show my work, box my answer or high light it, correct my work in a different color (I used a blue pencil) then redo the problem on the right-hand side and put a star by it if I got it right that time. Then I skip a line before writing another problem.