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. Read a book of your choice; Boor report (project) due 10/24. House on Mango Street - read in any order. Write one sentence per chapter and make one symbolic thumbnail sketch per chapter. Vignette due 10/27.

SPELLING: Unit 9 due Friday 10/27/00. There will be a test 10/27. 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.

CURRENT EVENTS: Due ______________________________. 

BOOK REPORT: Project information instructions on separate sheet. Due 10/24/00.

JUDICIAL BRANCH PACKET: The third of three packets on the U.S. Constitution. By now students should be proficient at retrieving and processing information from these packets. Test on 10/31/00.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: See separate instructions. Have the entire project and report finished by the second week in January. This is a 5 hour project, and many opportunities will present themselves between now and December; keep a lookout and be prepared.

MANDALA: See separate instruction sheet. Due 11/1/00.

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