READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends; read your Accelerated Reader books and your social studies text.  We will read The Outsiders in class. 

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING: Define each word as it applies to Chapter 19. WORDS: deforestation, cotton gin, Industrial Revolution, industrialization, agrarian, efficient, McCormick reaper, steamship, raw materials, plantations, immigration, public school, moldboard plow, railroads, canals. Define, give the page where it is used, and write an original sentence with each one; also draw an icon for each. Due with the test on 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. VOCABULARY AND SPELLING (Plan B).

Current events: Due ______________________________. 

MIND MAPS : Create mind maps for Chapter 19. Mind Map format Chapter 19. Test Tuesday, February 3, 2009. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT:  Each eighth grade student at Windsor Middle School provides 5 or more hours of public service as a part of the social studies grade.  If you have not yet done this report, now is a good time.  

PROBLEM SOLUTION LETTER: PROBLEM SOLUTION LETTER:  Write a letter to send to someone in authority posing a solution to a current problem in the school, community, state, or nation.  The grade for this letter will be entered when I send the letter to the appropriate person.  Letter samples available on the internet.
  

1/26/09	1/27/09	1/28/09	1/29/09
__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.
__Tom Sawyer Essay 15 min.	__ SSCh. 19 Study for test 15 min.	__ SS mind maps      Ch. 19 15 min.	__Vocabulary      15 min.
__Vocabulary      15 min.	__ SS mind maps      Ch. 19 15 min.	__Problem Solution      letter 15 min.	__Problem Solution      letter 15 min.

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://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, attendance.. If you have been absent, please refer to this rather than request work from the office.
Current grades are available at: mygradebook.com