Summer assignments?

<p>AP Lit- Read The Awakening, Kate Chopin
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
+2 books from another list</p>

<p>and then some calc questionnaire thing about how we study for math classes (no problems!)</p>

<p>AP Lang: Read, annotate, and write an essay on The Crucible.
AP Calc BC: Review Packet.
APUSH: Read and take notes on the first two chapters of the textbook, and write a half page summary on 10 major events.</p>

<p>Not too bad if I spread it out over the entire summer.</p>

<p>Haven’t officially received my summer assignments yet, but pretty much know what they are.</p>

<p>AP Chem: Huge packet (kms), some textbook chapter outlines
AP Lang: Two books, questions, and an essay (I think one of them is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
APUSH: Textbook chapter outlines, random worksheets, possibly an essay
AP Physics: Another lengthy packet
Spanish H: Packet
Pre-Calc H: Packet</p>

<p>AP English Language -
Read “Fast Food Nation” and create a 25 entry minimum journal w/ passage summaries and criticisms that demonstrate analytic thinking and dissects rhetorical devices.
AP Spanish Language -
Watch a telenovela and write a report.
AP Biology -
an encyclopedia-like packet
AP Stats -
Read two articles and write reports on the statistical significance in each article. Read a book from the AP Statistics reading list and write a report on why statistics is important in careers and a paragraph on why this class was chosen. </p>

<p>AP Biology:

  • 75 pages of notes to read
  • 3 take home tests on topics in the notes (chem/biochem, DNA, circulatory system)</p>

<p>AP Psychology:

  • email introduction
  • flashcards for famous psychologists
  • design and write a report on a fake psychology experiment
  • summaries of 3 psych studies</p>

<p>AP Lit:

  • read the Poisonwood Bible and Cloud Atlas
  • journals comparing passages from books</p>

<p>AP Calc AB:

  • all problems in Chapter P (400+)
  • 17 pages of guided notes
  • 17 pages of worksheets
  • 5 more worksheets to turn in</p>

<p>AP Physics 1: NONE (thank goodness)</p>

<p>AP Stats – problem packet to prep for a test on the first day
AP Gov – basically to watch the news over the summer to prep for a test on current events on the first day
AP Lit – read Oedipus Trilogy and two other books</p>

<p>Lol I have to read the entire Lord of the Rings series. Even though I complained a ton about it in class, I’m kinda looking forward to it :D</p>

<p>AP Compsci: around 60 short pages of the online textbook about computers in general and what Java is. Also around 100 stupid questions with one word/one sentence answers. Did the entire thing in 3 hours the day I got it.
AP Chem: lots of problems from the honors textbook, read about photoelectron spectroscopy, buy a prep book
AP stats: familiarize yourself about a few of the topics that I have to read about online, do a short 5 page packet about data and stuff.
AP phys C mech: none, but make sure you’re familiar with calculus by the time the school year starts.
Chem is really the only subject with a substantial amount of work.</p>

<p>AP Biology:
-read 9 chapters and complete 9 reading guides
-take an online test for chapters 1 And 2
-learn all of Unit 1 and Unit 8
-watch like 20 online videos and take notes
-3 essays on positive feedback and global climate change.
-Test on first day </p>

<p>AP Language and Composition:
Read “Girl in Hyacinth Blue” and “The Things They Carried.” Write a one-page commentary for each about how circumstances influence choice in the characters and the language used by the narrators. Then pick one book and do a “Creative Project” from one of the project choices, including making a comic book, a poster, or a children’s picture book from the story.</p>

<p>AP Chemistry:
Read the first four chapters of the textbook. For each chapter, complete the online “Practice Quiz” and “Additional Practice Problems.”</p>

<p>AP US History:
Read “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and write a book review on it that is one or two pages long. Read the first four chapters of the textbook. For each chapter, answer the “Focus Questions” and fill out “People, Places, Events, and Terms” Charts. </p>

<p>From what the teachers said, it sounds like I’ll be having a lot of tests the first week on summer work.</p>

<p>AP Lit
-Read and annotate Brave New World
-Make 50~ notecard vocab
-Answer FRQ about BNW</p>

<p>AP Calc AB
-Answer a packet
-Take assessment test</p>

<p>AP Gov
-none lol.</p>

<p>There are no summer assignments at my school, except for AP US History</p>

<p>@masterball no summer reading/math packets???</p>

<p>i’ve never had to do required summer reading or math packets. of course I do a little studying for stuff on my own, but there aren’t assigned stuff (except apush) </p>

<p>Ah alright. I just assumed math packets and assigned readings were the norm at most high schools</p>

<p>AP World History: none.
AP Bio: none…
AICE Bio: none…
AP Seminar w/ AICE Environmental Mgmt: none…
AP Calc BC: none…
Spanish 3 Hon: none…
AICE English: oh yeah, there’s that book I have to read. </p>

<p>I feel like a slacker on CC standards… but voluntarily, my own “homework” is:
Self study AP Calc AB
Study for the PSAT
Do 2 speed workouts and 4 long runs/wk
Volunteer a little
Tutor
Learn CSS (didn’t do that last summer)
Read more books </p>