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 16. Basic: Chef, gourmet, buffet, sauté, fillet, parfait, omelet, foyer, brochure, suite, etiquette, mustache, memoir, souvenir, camouflage, chauffeur, opaque, intrigue, rendezvous, elite. Review: technique, amateur, antique, boulevard, portrait. Challenge: hors d'oeuvre, connoisseur, liaison, genre, détente. Do pp. 102-107 except for p. 105 "Write a Story". Test Friday.

CURRENT EVENTS: Due ______________________________. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE: See separate instructions. The entire project and report are due January 11, 2001.

COLONY PROJECT: Presentations begin Wednesday, January 3, 2001.

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