READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. Read a book of your choice and keep a reading log. 

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING : Define each word as it applies to Chapters 16. WORDS: Donner Party, Guadalupe Vallejo, Benicia, Stephen Austin, Sam Houston, General Santa Ana, John C. Fremont, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Winfield Scott, Gadsden Purchase, rendezvous, wagon train, Great Basin, John Marshall, Sutter's Fort . 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).      VOCABULARY WORKSHEET

Current events: Due ______________________________.  

OBSERVATION ESSAY: Create an observation essay about the picture While the Schoolmaster Sleeps.  Final draft due 5/6/09. 

FAMILY HISTORY OR HOBBY REPORT: Choose one of these reports to do and present the week of May 15. 

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS:  Create each of the objects by following the instructions.  Use tagboard and masking tape.

5/4/09	5/5/09	5/6/09	5/7/09
__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.
__Vocabulary      15 min.	__Report 15 min.	__SS Chapters      15 & 16 15 min.	__Vocabulary      15 min.
__Observation      Essay 15 min.	__Observation      Essay 15 min.	__Report 15 min.	__Report 15 min.

I will accept homework assignments by e-mail on the due date. My e-mail address is: katherinsterling@hotmail.com
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