Homework
Do you assign homework?
Yes. To see the homework, visit the Weekly Planner page of my website. All homework is due Friday at midnight.
What is the homework?
Typically, the homework consists of:
- Typing Club. I assign about 20 Typing Club lessons per week. (That's equal to four Typing Club lessons per night, five nights per week.)
- Quia Quizzes. The quizzes are mostly short and easy, although some of them can be challenging.
- In addition, you are expected to finish any writing assignments that you didn't finish in class.
What if I already know how to type? Do I still have to do the typing homework?
If you already know how to type well, you can test out of the typing homework.
Basically, it works like this:
If you think that your typing skills are good—so good, in fact, that doing more typing exercises would be a waste of your time, then I encourage you to approach me and say:
"Mr. Hall, I'd like to take the typing test."
And then I'll watch you type a few paragraphs, while covering your keyboard with something like this:
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And if you can truly convince me that you already know how to type smoothly and easily—using all the proper fingers, and without looking down at the keyboard!—then I'll say:
"Okay, you don't need to do the typing homework."
Can I work ahead? (Can I do the homework in advance?)
You can certainly do the Typing Club homework in advance. Theoretically, you could go home tonight and do all 585 lessons on Typing Club, and you would be finished with your typing homework for the year.
You can also do Quia quizzes in advance; however, I usually don't post quizzes more than a week in advance. So, the answer is this: If the homework has already been posted, yes, you can go ahead and do it.
Do you accept late work?
Yes, I accept late work until the final week of the grading period. To be clear:
- I do not accept late work the last week of the grading period.