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VII  Are pupils given homework?
since pupils do not know how to read or write at this stage they 
are not given such homework which makes them do so. however, 
the authors of kids’ english consider it right to give pupils simple 
homework such as drawing or colouring pictures and remembering 
the target language they learned in class. The sole purpose of such 
homework is to help pupils remember or bring back to their memo-
ries the language material they learned during the lesson through 
working on the drawings, which any child would love to do with 
pleasure.

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Therefore, it is essential for the teacher to check how pupils have 
coped with the homework and encourage them by saying that they 
done it very well and putting marks.
if teachers do not check the homework, pupils will stop doing 
it.
Pupils will make mistakes in their homework as they experiment 
with the new things they have learned. every mistake is a learning 
opportunity if the teacher helps them to find it. if he/she does not, 
they miss the opportunity to learn, and may even learn something 
wrong!
by checking their homework teachers can:
a) see the pupil’s progress;
b) work with the pupil individually;
c) stimulate their pupils to make displays, competitions, etc.
d) work with the pupils’ parents.
When and how to check homework?
a) While pupils are doing classwork activities, the teacher can go 
round quickly and look at their homework. 
b) The teacher can assess homework during the Let’s Play lesson 
while pupils are doing a longer activity.
c) There are 2 english lessons a week in Year 1 and they are 
usually taught every second or third day of the week (e.g. Monday 
and Thursday or Wednesday and Friday). so the teacher can ask the 
pupils to leave their books in the classroom to assess. The next da
y, 
after assessing their homework, he/she can give them their books 
back.