homework diary

plural homework diaries

1. UKA journal given by a teacher to a student to keep track of homework to be completed, often requiring a parent or guardian to sign their name at regular intervals.

   A note in his son's homework diary asked children to "find out some information or background knowledge" on the murder.

   2020 February 3, “School withdraws James Bulger homework after complaints”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2022

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   Several readers rued their unfinished sticker albums (perhaps we should set up a swapsies group) and Tiffany shared a photograph of her old homework diary, which had glued to it, beneath carefully written reminders to do her German exercises, a picture of two England cricketers. "I also painted a massive portrait of Allan Donald for GCSE art," she said.

   2016 April 18, Emma John, “Confessions of a teenage cricket fan: share your memorabilia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2016

   I sometimes find street art fairly humdrum – all cheesy symbolism, with female portraits resembling perfume ads and far too many skulls and aliens, the sort of stuff I scribbled all over my homework diary at school.

   2021 September 30, Anna Hart, “I've found the secret to being the best kind of house guest”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2021