READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. Read House on Mango Street. Make a thumbnail sketch and sentence for each chapter; these are due November 27. Mandala due 12/5/02

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING: No spelling or vocabulary for this week.

MANDALA: Make a mandala for Esperanza. Due 12/3/02.

MAP PROJECT: Begin this in class; finish at home. Due date 12/20/02.

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?" Second draft due 12/10/02.

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 January 9, 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.