LIBRARY CARD: Have a Sonoma County library card in your name for use in research, internet access, and reading. Due 9/11/01.

READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. You will need to spend this time to finish the required literature books and books of your choice for book reports. The Giver - Double entry journal -- Due 9/19/01.

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING: Do Unit 1 in the textbook - all exercises except "Write a Letter" and "Test-Taking Tactics." There will be a test Friday. Hand in the homework with the test. Basic: commit, commission, emit, emission, submit, submission, remit, remission, transmit, transmission, omit, omission, intercede, intercession, succeed, succession, concede, concession, recede, recession. Review: violate, violation, detect, detection. Challenge: revoke, revocation, provoke, provocation. For a grade of "C" the standard is 20 words written correctly; "B" is 25 words; "A" 30 words. Completed homework is half the grade.

Current events: Due ______________________________.

PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES: We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Memorize by 9/6/01.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INCIDENT: 5 Paragraph essay. Rough draft due 9/6/01. Second draft due 9/11/01.

 I will accept homework assignments by e-mail on the due date. My e-mail address is: katherinsterling@hotmail.com

Please note that there is no period at the end of the last sentence; this is another example of a language in transition. Please also remember that the computer logs the date and time that you sent the e-mail message. I do not accept late work unless you have been absent. Further information may be obtained from my web page: http://www.mrssterling.org

There will be current copies of daily Class Work and Homework Helps posted there as well as work samples, project instructions, and grades. If you have been absent, please refer to this rather than request work from the office.