Chocolate Homework Task

CHOCOLATE – HOMEWORK TASK Due – June 12 th

Task: To investigate chocolate using the Habits of Mind, Multiple Intelligences Thinker’s Keys and Thinking Hats

YOU MUST ATTEMPT THESE FOUR ACTIVITIES Managing Impulsivity White Hat Don’t eat the chocolate bar until your homework is Write at least 10 facts about chocolate completed Verbal Linguistic The Reverse Key Write a short story in which your chocolate bar is List 10 foods you would never eat with chocolate mentioned. Your story must be less than 100 words

HABITS OF MIND TASKS – Select 4 Thinking Flexibly Creating, imagining and innovating Think of 5 different names this chocolate bar could Design a new wrapper be known by Questioning Striving for Accuracy Write 5 questions (and answers) about your Enlarge the design on the wrapper using a grid. chocolate Thinking interdependently Finding Humour If you could pick 1 famous person in the whole Draw a picture of what you look like eating (and world you could share your chocolate bar with, enjoying) your chocolate bar (but don’t actually eat who would it be and why? Explain in less than 50 it yet) words. Thinking about your thinking(Metacognition) Write 3 ways that you could eat your chocolate bar. Rank them from most to least favourite

THINKING HATS TASKS – Select 2 Yellow Hat Black Hat Investigate why chocolate is good for you and Investigate why chocolate is bad for you and record record it in your homework book it in your homework book Red Hat Green Hat Conduct a survey with at least 10 people to find out List at least 10 things someone could do to stop what others think of chocolate and which is their themselves from eating chocolate when the favourite variety cravings hit.

THINKER’S KEYS TASKS – You must do this task The What If Key? What if chocolate made you put on 10 kilograms just by looking at it in the shop? What would be the consequences? How could you prevent this from happening? Write an explanation in 50-100 words.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES – Select 2 Mathematics Verbal Linguistic Conduct your own investigation about your Write a conversation between a child and a parent. chocolate – how many bars would you need to One of them is trying to convince the other that make a ton? How many to measure 1metre in they should be allowed to eat a chocolate. length? What else can you think to do? (Remember quotation marks) Body Musical Find out about exercise and calories. What would Write a short jingle or rap as an advertisement for you need to do to use up the calories in your your chocolate bar. Be prepared to sing it to the chocolate bar? For example, maybe you would class need to walk 1 kilometre. Homework Planning Document

TASK Due date Completed Teacher’s signature Highlight the tasks you will be completing for 15th May your homework. Write 10 facts about chocolate – use the back of the wrapper to assist you with this. Write a 21st May heading – FACTS ABOUT CHOCOLATE and list them underneath. Write a short story about your chocolate. Use lots of adjectives (describing words) to make it 21st May interesting. You need to write less than 100 words. Check your spelling. Write the heading – 10 THINGS I WOULD NEVER EAT WITH CHOCOLATE and then 21st May create your list with a picture of each one. Begin work on your Habits of Mind tasks. You need to complete 4 of these. 28th May Begin work on your Thinking Hats tasks. You need to complete 2 of these. 4th June Begin work on your Thinker’s Keys tasks. You need to complete this 1 activity. 4th June Begin work on your Multiple Intelligences tasks. You need to complete 2 of these. 12th June Go through the checklist. Tick things off if they are completed. Now you can eat your chocolate. Remember to hand your homework in each Monday as well as this sheet so your teacher can sign it. Remember to bring your chocolate too! . HOMEWORK GUIDELINES My homework must be as neat as I can make it. My homework must be my best work. My homework must be completed on time. My homework must be my own work. My homework is my responsibility – if I have a problem I should see my teacher. If my homework is not handed in on time, or is not my best work, I understand there will be a consequence as set by the classroom teacher.