READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. Read Light in the Forest; each chapter is to be accompanied by response journal or double entry journal. Due 12/13/02.

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING:
Periods 1-2. Choose words from the book you are currently reading. Define them according to the context of your book, and copy the sentence in which it appears. Prepare for a spelling test Friday. For a grade of "C" the standard is 10 words written correctly; "B" is 13 words; "A" 15 words. Completed homework is half the grade.
Periods 4-5: Unit 9 due Friday 11/22/02. There will be a test 11/22. Basic: intramural, interstate, supervise, interference, intercept, counteract, intermediate, superlative, counterfeit, superficial, counterpart, intervention, intersection, intrastate, supermarket, interchangeable, superintendent, counterclockwise, interpret, intravenous. Review: superstition, interjection, interruption, athletic, spectator. Challenge: interscholastic, superfluous, counterproductive, interrogate, intersperse Do: pp. 60, 61, 62, 63 (Proofreading and Writing section only), 65. Completed homework is half the grade.

MANDALA: Make a mandala for Esperanza. Due 11/22/02.

MAP PROJECT: Begin this in class; finish at home. We will set a due date when everyone has a map outline completed.

EXPOSITORY ESSAY: The essay question for House on Mango Street, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Never Forget is, "What personal characteristics help someone cope with hardship?"

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Each eighth grade student at Windsor Middle School is required to do 5 hours of community service as a part of the social studies curriculum. It is due with a report the second week of January 2003.

 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/school/index.html
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.