What AP Summer Work Do You Have To Do?

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<p>Hey everyone,
I was just curious as to what summer work you have to do for your AP classes because for some reason I feel like our school does not give out a lot at all... so I'll start.</p>

<p>Classes I'm Taking
AP English Lit
AP Calc AB
AP European History
AP World History
AP US Government</p>

<p>Work To Do
Only for AP English. We have to read Heart of Darkness and the Poisonwood Bible and do 10 journals over them.</p>

<p>So, what do you guys have to do this summer for your AP classes?</p>

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<p>AP English Lang: Read 5 articles over various subjects (Environment, Education, Fitness, etc…) and write a 8-11 sentence summary over each.</p>

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<p>English Lit: Read/annotate Frankenstein and write/answer 5 Socratic discussion questions.</p>

<p>Bio: Outline first 4 chapters. Read and explain the scientific method as applied to a certain experiment.</p>

<p>Art History: Outline 1 of 4 chapters on non-European art. Extra credit for visiting a museum with that particular art style and writing a report.</p>

<p>US Government/Econ: Write 1 page summaries on 10 historical documents (Marshall’s opinion in Marbury v. Madison, Washington’s Farewell Address, etc.).</p>

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<p>English Lit: Read 1984, Their Eyes Were Watching God, My Name is Asher Lev, Candide, and The Glass Menagerie, and write a 4-7 page essay about how you feel about the books.</p>

<p>French: read Le Petit Prince and answer 100+ questions(50 of them vocabulary)</p>

<p>Env. Sci.: Read The Omnivore’s Dilemma</p>

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<p>Lit: We have to read Brave New World and The Poisonwood Bible.</p>

<p>BC Cal: Finish any chapters from Precal we didn’t complete. </p>

<p>However, I’m prepping further for BC Cal and Physics C because they are two of the hardest classes my school offers, and I really don’t want to be struggling this year with 6 APs. :|</p>

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<p>AP English Lit: Read Things Fall Apart and Heart of Darkness, and consider the given discussion questions (i.e. no homework apart from reading).</p>

<p>AP Physics B: Read the first two chapters of the textbook (basic math review and kinematics) and do some problems. Shouldn’t be too bad, given that most of it is algebra 2-level math.</p>

<p>AP Gov’t. and Politics: Read Hardball by Chris Matthews and consider the given discussion questions.</p>

<p>In short, nothing I can’t do in the last week of summer lol.</p>

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<p>AP Exams I’m taking next year:
AP Physics C (Mech & EM)
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP Computer Science A (self-study)</p>

<p>Summer Work:</p>

<p>AP Physics C: Read the first 3 chapters of the textbook and answer assigned questions (I did the assignment within days of school letting out, SO EASY)</p>

<p>AP Calculus BC: Random assignments to dig deeper into limits and to transition from Precalculus to Calculus (haven’t received yet).</p>

<p>AP English Lit (not taking): Read part of the Bible, Macbeth, A Thousand Splendid Suns, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and 1984. Then write a reaction to the books.</p>

<p>AP French (only two kids in my school are taking the class next year :D): Some crazy assignments that you have to hand in at the teacher’s house.</p>

<p>AP U.S. History (took last year): Read chapters 3-5 of the textbook and do 6 mini-essays and 40 vocabulary terms.</p>

<p>AP European History (discontinued starting next year): Read A World Lit Only by Fire.</p>

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<p>AP Bio
AP US Gov
AP Macro
AP English Lang
AP Pysch
AP Comp Gov</p>

<p>No work</p>

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<p>AP English Language & Composition: Read three books (The Jungle, Blithedale Romance, and Henderson the Rain King) and be prepared to write an essay on them due on the third day of school.</p>

<p>AP Chemistry: Memorize a list of ions/chemistry basics to be quizzed on first day of school.</p>

<p>AP US History: Do a DBQ and an essay on some other document (TBD).</p>

<p>AP Macroeconomics: I believe we have to chart out the price values of a particular commodity and then analyze why we think the prices fluctuated how they did for each week.</p>

<p>AP US Gov’t: Do an essay on some document (TBD).</p>

<p>Not so bad compared to what the rest of you have, but the first two mentioned assignments and major and pretty difficult.</p>

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<p>This is the summer hw for other APs:
BC(for people skipping AB)-do some problems
Chem-Memorize ions/solubility rules, do problems from first 4 chapters
Bio-Scavenger Hunt, replaced this year by a set of 25 questions
Eng Lang-East of Eden, parts of the Bible, Shooting an Elephant, My Dungeon Shook, and write an essay on the latter two.</p>

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<p>AP Vergil: assigned book work by email every week :confused:
Lit: read catch 22 + metamorphosis (kafka), take notes, write an essay for one of them
gov: read hardball, answer questions about some quotes from the book
calc: random packet
env sci: nothing I hope.
euro: 50 page reading about how the popes ruined catholicism and answering several groups of questions… :/</p>

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<p>We had to read shooting an elephant for AP Lang! It was so good, yet also so sad. :/</p>

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<p>Calc bc-packet and calculator stuff
Spanish-watch soap opera prepare a powerpoint read a story and do a summary and do a grammar packet
U.S- nada</p>

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<p>AP Bio: Do approximately seven sections (Mostly on body systems) and read the sections, answer questions, define vocab, and fill in diagrams.</p>

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<p>Luckily, none, because our schedules aren’t set until the ~2 weeks before school starts. (So we don’t know of the very likely schedule conflicts until the 1st day of school, when we must scramble to resolve them)</p>

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<p>BC: nothing
Physics C: nothing
Stat: one packet that is super long
USH: nothing
Mac/Mic: nothing</p>

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<p>AP Calculus AB & BC: 150 problems of precalc work</p>

<p>AP Chemistry: 75 problems; around 20 basic chem, 20 physical chem, 35 mole concepts</p>

<p>AP Physics: 25 problems; Chapter 1: Intro; Chapter 2: One-Dimensional Motion; Chapter 3: Vectors & Motion in 3 Dimensions</p>

<p>APUSH2:
-You are to read and research the topics of Chapter 17 in the Nash book. Create a PEDLIGS for the chapter (must be handwritten). On the first day of class you will take a multiple-choice test based on this chapter.
– visit a historical site and write a 2 page paper about it. What did it teach you?

  • In a 2 page typed paper, you are to compare and contrast the Communist Manifesto (Marx) and the Gospel of Wealth (Carnegie). Both of these may be found online and at the local bookstores or library.
  • The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. The book retails for about $15 but I am sure you can find it new or used at a lower price online. You are to read the book at your own pace, but you are expected (required) to follow and post to the US AP blog on my teacherweb page. In August I will post questions that you are to respond to regarding the book, it’s topics and the study of history. Your responses must be posted.</p>

<p>English:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck</p>

<p>The nature of good and evil is a central theme within East of Eden. In a clearly written, well-supported essay, identify three characters who by both word and deed serve to forward ideas and arguments crucial to this theme. </p>

<p>Some questions to consider while writing this essay
• What is the idea or argument brought about by this character? How does it advance the discussion?
• How does this idea fit into the larger dialogue the book has on human nature?
• Does this character behave in absolutes, i.e., do they behave in a particular fashion all the time or are they conflicted? </p>

<p>Support your arguments with specific, concrete evidence and quotes from the book. This is to be a formal essay, and should be no longer than three (3) pages, double-spaced. </p>

<p>Assignment 2
Although Cannery Row is significantly shorter than East of Eden, Steinbeck incorporates many of the same ideas in both novels. One can assume that because these two works are so similar, Steinbeck had something important to say. Think about Steinbeck’s purpose—what was his purpose in writing two books that are so closely related in characters and themes—what was he trying to express to his audience. (Please do not focus on the nature of good and evil.)</p>

<p>For this assignment, you will not be writing an essay but instead developing a thesis statement that is arguable and completing an APE (assert, prove, explain) Chart. You will need to find five separate similarities that prove your thesis. You will complete the chart by stating your assertion (your justification of your thesis), proving it with direct quotations from both texts, and then explaining how the quotations tie in to your main point (e.g. how and why does it explain your assertion).</p>

<p>This is going to be quite the fun summer.</p>

<p>Oh yeah,
AP Statistics: Nothing :)</p>

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<p>RPSX12 -</p>

<p>Why are you taking both AP Euro and AP World? Most schools which give credit only give for one or the other, not both. My son took Euro, which is considered the stronger of the two courses. Our schools do not offer World.</p>

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<p>I graduated this year so I don’t have summer homework for AP, but my sister has to read 2 books and write papers on them for APUSH this summer. She’s also taking AP Bio, no homework for that though.</p>

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<p>I only have to read for AP English.</p>