Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: My Dog Ate My Homework A problem I have had with several students is that they constantly "forget their homework," especially on Mondays, coming back from the weekend. How can I better instill responsibility in the classroom and prevent this issue from reoccurring? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) First of all, there should be some sort of instilled penalty system for late work. 10 points off per day it's late, capping at maybe 50% so they still have an opportunity to get their work in before the end of the grading period. Also, if the students are younger, I would have them assign a "homework folder" this folder contains all of the homework for the week. Parents should also be aware of this so they can help students put their work back in this folder for grading. The teacher can collect homework directly from this folder on a specific day of the week and give out a new packet to be done before next week. This routine and structure should help.