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 Adventures of Tom Sawyer due 1/4/01.

SPELLING: Unit 15. Basic: nationality, hospitality, agency, society, curiosity, generosity, familiarity, majority, privacy, frequency, popularity, accuracy, minority, urgency, democracy, emergency, personality, maturity, anxiety, humidity. Review: opportunity, university, reality, variety, gravity. Challenge: prosperity, anonymity, consistency, spontaneity, eccentricity.

CURRENT EVENTS: Due ______________________________. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE: See separate instructions. Have the entire project and report finished by the second week in January.

MAP PROJECT: Due 12/12/00. A copy of the instruction ditto is on my web page under "Project Instructions" - "U.S. Map Instructions".

MIND MAPS: There is a test on Social Studies Chapter 2 on Friday. At that time, students will turn in mind maps on each lesson, and the questions at the end of the chapter. Examples are available through the link on my web page.

SUGGESTED TIMES:

MY WEB PAGE ADDRESS WILL CHANGE IN JANUARY. WATCH OUT!

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