aaargh . . . homework stress . . . already!

[Takver]

DD has homework - page of text, some words missing, list of words at the bottom, pick the word to fill the gap.

She's done what she can, but is stuck with three left (out of about 20) that won't fit at all, she agrees that most likely she's picked the wrong ones earlier but can't figure out which. This is apparantly an Insoluble Problem. I have so far suggested:

1. Take in the homework with the three missing words, explain to the teacher that she's done her best. Apparantly this is Not An Option because they aren't allowed to bring back work uncompleted.

2. Take in the homework and ask the (very, very lovely and non-scarey) TA for help. This Will Not Do because one can only ask for an explanation of how to do the work, and she knows that, she just can't get it to fit.

3. Fill in the three remaining words in the three remaining gaps at random, take in completed work. This didn't even merit an explanation of why it Would Not Do.

Please, tell me I'm not the only person suffering like this . . . . I try to hide, but at some point have to return to the kitchen, and can't even imagine the trauma if dd had - gasp - to go in with homework undone.

(Can't help because it's in Welsh . . . which I can understand spoken but not do written comprehension exercises!)

Can your DD use the internet (google search, or google translate for example) to research the possible meaning of the three words and how they might fit in and replace one of the other words she has already used. Thus freeing up a word that will probably fit a different blank elsewhere?
I can't see this as cheating unless explicitly forbidden by the teacher; in fact this surely would demonstrate an aptitude for research, and reinforce understanding of the words and their uses.

Did try this (though not helped by the fact that they're all the past tense of verbs, so she has to figure out the infinitive and then spell it, also not helped by the fact that welsh words often mutate at the start to fit the context). She swears that she knows what they all mean, she just can't make them fit!

Can you tell my dd is pig headed of a determined character . . .

I know it sounds daft but can she rub it all out and start again from the bottom up, last sentence first. Might make a difference as what words she uses up first.

Post the homework on here, surely someone will be able to do it? Will need to put that it's welsh in the title though!

I would get her to translate it for you, saying bleep for each gap. You write it down in English and have a go with her at fitting in the missing words. This would obviously be a pain if it is a huge lot of words.

You could do this one sentance at a time, with her trying to fit in the right word. - her translating it for you will her to understand the piece better.

Hope you sort it :)

Housework, that sounds like a great idea! I think you're right, going the other way round might inspire a different take on it.

Translating just doesn't seem to work, IYSWIM, too many subtleties. I'm pretty certain tbh that half the class won't have been able to do the work as dd's generally very good at language stuff & one of the stronger welsh speakers in the class.

purplehouse I would do that (actually, I would have just filled in the three remaining words at random!) but I don't think it would fit dd's view of the Right Thing to Do