READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. Light in the Forest is due January 6, 2002. Do a double entry journal or acceptable alternative; remember that one of the themes is "growing-up". December's general log is due 12/21.

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING: Unit 17. Basic: playwright, tragedy, metaphor, melancholy, propaganda, subtle, pageant, unanimous, extraordinary, enthusiastic, outrageous, pneumonia, khaki, adjourn, minuscule, siege, endeavor, prominent, wretched, flourish. Review: tongue, consequence, miniature, campaign, vacuum. Challenge: soliloquy, rhetoric, hypocrite, queue, susceptible. Do pages 108-113, except for "Write a Summary of a Play." OR: Write a sentence and definition for each word. OR: for an extra "A" make 20 analogies, similes, or metaphors in multiple choice format by Wednesday; turn it in as word file or e-mail it to me.

Current events: Due ______________________________.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: See separate packet for instructions. It is due January 16, 2002.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS: Projects are done in class, but are more colorful and fun if you bring colored masking or electrical tape.

EXPOSITORY ESSAY: "Is Tom Sawyer the 'Universal Boy'?" Due December 21, 2001.

 I will accept homework assignments by e-mail on the due date. My e-mail address is: katherinsterling@hotmail.com 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, attendance, and grades. If you have been absent, please refer to this rather than request work from the office.