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 12/18/02.

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 10 due Friday 12/6/02. There will be a test 12/6. Basic: coyote, mesa, savanna, adobe, pueblo, stampede, lariat, bronco, barbecue, tornado, indigo, jaguar, mosquito, sierra, avocado, alfalfa, cafeteria, mascara, pimento, armada. Review: cargo, hammock, chocolate, vanilla, cocoa. Challenge: bravado, renegade, incommunicado, flotilla, aficionado Do: pp. 66, 67, 68, 69(omit Write a Descriptive Paragraph), 71. Sort the basic words into categories, also. Completed homework is half the grade.

MANDALA: Make a mandala for Esperanza. Due 12/05/02.

MAP PROJECT: Begin this in class; finish at home. Due 12/20. Turn it in early if possible.

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.

MIND MAPS: An excellent reference for studying for a test from a text. Samples available on the internet.

 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.