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* Homework Assignments *

Due Date: Wednesday, December 13- Christmas This or That" Since this is such a busy time of year, I thought I'd make it an easy assignment. Here's your chance to tell us about the choices you and your family make over the holidays. Feel free to add more to the list.

Real Christmas tree or artificial?
White lights or colored lights?
Twinkling lights or steady?
Garland or bows?
Tinsel or no tinsel?
Flocked or plain?
Angel on top or star on top?
Christmas tree up by December 1st or earlier or later?
Christmas tree down by New Years or earlier or later?
Open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
Love Christmas shopping or hate Christmas shopping?
Homemade gifts or store bought gifts?
Christmas cards or Christmas emails?
Christmas letter or no Christmas letter?
Regifting ok or not ok?
Christmas lights on the house or not?
Subtle Christmas lights or lit up like the Griswolds?
Eggnog or cocoa?
Ham or turkey or goose?
Frosty or Rudolph?
Jingle Bells or Silent Night?
It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street?
Home Alone or Love Actually?

Extra Credit: "Holiday Howdy" How much fun would it be to hear all of our classmate's voices?! Record a holiday greeting and post it on your homework page or blog. Don't hold back! Use your best Southern drawl, your stuffiest British accent, your Texas twang... I'll use my California valley girl voice!

If you don't have a microphone for your computer, they are very inexpensive. As an alternative, there is a website that allows you to phone in a message and they will email the sound clip back to you. I was having problems accessing the site but you might give it a try and see if it works for you. Any other technical suggestions would be appreciated. :) Here's the site:
http://www.audblog.com

Alternative Extra Credit: If you can't make the Holiday Howdy work, just "show and tell" anything you'd like about your holiday happenings.

Due Date: Wednesday, November 15- "Falling for Autumn" Living in Southern California all my life, I never really understood the obsession with autumn that so many people have. But after a recent October trip to Colorado, I finally get it! So, tell me what it is about this time of year that you love so much? Tell us about the harvest season or holiday traditions in your corner of the world. Maybe share a favorite fall recipe that puts you in that autumnal spirit. Do you live in a place that has gorgeous fall colors? Share a photo so we can all be leaf peepers. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, share the must have items for your family dinner. Celebrate Guy Fawke's Day? Educate us about that. Let's celebrate this bountiful time of year. Thanks to Sadie and Connie for these homework suggestions.

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~ Past Assignments ~

~ 2006 ~

October 20- "for one more day."
September 20- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation..."
June 21- "Inside the Actor's Studio: Personality Profile Game"
May 17- "Pamper Day"
April 19- "Spring Break: Girls Gone Wild!"
March 15- "Little Shop Around the Corner"
February 14- "Love Actually"
January 18- "My Life"

~ 2005 ~

December 1- "Christmas Crafts"
October 31- "Pumpkin Power!"
September 21- "My Favorite Teacher."
August 17- "Adventures in Babysitting."
July 20- "Watch the Birdie!"
June 15- "Life's a Picnic!"
May 18- "Kids Say the Darndest Things"
April 20- "Nifty Mnemonics."
March 16- "Drop Dead Gorgeous."
February 27- Extra Credit: "Oscar Dish"
February 16- "Desperate Housewives."
January 19- "ABC's of Me" and Extra Credit: Happy New Year Follow Up

~ 2004 ~

December 21- "O' Christmas Tree"
November 30- "My Favorite Things"
October 31- "Trick or Treat"
September 29- "Boob Tube Babies"
August (Friday) 13th- "Superstitions"
July 14th- "My Green Thumb"
June 15th- "Here Comes the Bride"
May 12- "Pet Peeves"
April 15- "The Princess and the Pea"- Idiosyncrasies
March 15- "Survivor!"
February 14- Valentine's Day- "Spin the Bottle"- First Kiss.
January 15- "Happy New Year!"- New Year's Resolutions.

~ 2003 ~

December 17- "Christmas Traditions" and Extra Credit "Holiday Howdy."
November 20- "Thankful Thirty" and Extra Credit- "Thanksgiving Feast."
October 31- Halloween. "It was a dark and stormy night..."
October 1- "Fear Factor." Phobias.
September 1- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essay
August 1- "Dog and Cat Tales."
July 1- "My Science Project."
June 15- Father's Day- "Daddy's Girl."
June 3- "The Wonder Years."
May 11- Mother's Day- "Tribute to Mom."
May 1- "Pomp and Circumstance" and Extra Credit- "My Favorite Flower"
April 15- "Computer Geeks and Nerds"
April 1- April Fools- "My Most Embarrassing Moment!"
March 24- "You Must've Been a Beautiful Baby."
March 17- St. Patrick's Day- "Luck"
March 5- "The Name Game"
March 2- "Our Cozy Desks"
February 26- "Wild Child"- All our piercings and tattoos! February 14- Valentine's Day- "Our Love Stories"

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