High School Summer Work
AP and Honors Level Courses
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING
PSHS AP Physics
Mr. Yaeger shared a Google Doc including specific assignments, due dates, and
the following link http://cwx.prenhall.com/giancoli/. The required summer work is
review for those who have had a year of physics, covering chapters 2 through 7
in the Giancoli text. For access to this Google Doc, email Mr. Yaeger directly at
[email protected].
PNHS AP Physics
Mrs. Stephen issued four handouts including a course syllabus, summer work
overview, SHM PhET lab, and Waves on a String lab. For more information and
links to these handouts, click on the AP Physics folder on Mrs. Stephen’s website
at http://bit.ly/11pUSXW.
PSHS AP Chemistry
Ms. Wolf and Mrs. Whipple issued five handouts including a welcome, summer
work overview, stoichiometry review, naming review, and summer paper
assignment. Two websites will be used this summer and should be bookmarked
as you will use them throughout the school year.
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http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_brown_chemistry_9
www.sciencegeek.net
For more information, email the specific teacher (Ms. Wolf at [email protected]
or Mrs. Whipple at [email protected])
PNHS AP Chemistry
Mr. Buckley has emailed several handouts to enrolled students, including a
summer work overview, stoichiometry review, naming review, and polyatomic
ion chart. All assignments are to be emailed on or before August 23. For more
information or questions email Mr. Buckley directly ([email protected]).
PSHS AP Biology
Ms. Conroy issued a series of handouts. Outlined in the handouts are the
four required summer assignments, including writing a letter, completing six
chapters in the textbook, reading a nonfiction text and reflecting on it (The Hot
Zone, Survival of the Sickest, Your Inner Fish, or The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks), and attending one Friday Evening Lecture at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute (http://www.mbl.edu/friday-evening-lectures/). There are due dates
spread throughout the summer that are outlined in the handouts. If you have any
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questions, contact Ms. Conroy ([email protected]).
PNHS AP Biology
Mrs. Glynn issued a series of handouts including a summer assignment
overview, The Hot Zone assignment, registration instructions for Mastering
Biology website (www.masteringbiology.com), and course syllabus. There are
five assignments outlined in these handouts and all are due on the first day of
class.
GR9 Integrated Science Honors
As outlined in the Program of Studies, freshmen who are enrolled in Integrated
Science Honors for the 2013-2014 academic year are required “To complete an
INDIVIDUAL science project demonstrating the application of the scientific
method over a period of time.” This is a very challenging project that is
especially demanding during the first semester of high school. Included in this
project are in-depth research assignments, experimental design, and the analysis
of data. Students are required to complete a research paper, tri-fold board
display, and oral presentation, in addition to completing an original experiment or
investigation carried out over a period of time, extending into the first half of the
third term. However, none of this is possible, unless students first have a welldeveloped topic.
Students are expected to work on topic development over the summer. For more
information go to http://bit.ly/16bI33e.
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
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AP and Honors Level Courses
Math Summer Work Packets have been distributed to all students taking Honors Courses next
year by their current math teachers. Each packet reviews prerequisite vocabulary/skills/ topics
for a student’s upcoming honors mathematics course. There may be some work in which
Honors students need to independently research or learn. Suggested websites for reference
are provided in the letter to parent/guardian/student in each packet. All work and steps must
be shown for credit. The files can also be found on the School pages of the Plymouth Public
Schools website.
PNHS students: Click on Class News, scroll down and choose your math course.
PSHS students: Click on Academics-Academic Happenings-Mathematics and choose
your math course.
PNHS and PSHS Geometry Honors (Grade 9)
PCIS and PSMS grade-8 math teachers have distributed packets reviewing
Algebra 1 and Geometry vocabulary to all grade-8 students recommended for the
grade-9 Geometry Honors course. This packet should be completed without
the use of a calculator and work and steps should be shown for credit.
Note: Some grade-8 students may not have learned how to “Simplify Radicals”.
Please use the suggested websites to independently learn how to do this. Khan
Academy has videos on most math topics.
PSHS Geometry Honors (Grade 10)
PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing Algebra 1 topics and
Geometry vocabulary to all grade-9 students recommended for the grade 10
Geometry Honors course. All work and steps must be shown for credit.
Note: When completing the page on “Simplifying Radicals”, do not use a
calculator. Show all steps and view a Khan Academy video if you need help.
PNHS and PSHS Algebra 2 Honors
PNHS and PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing Algebra 1
topics to all grade-10 students recommended for the grade-11 Algebra 2 Honors
course. All work and steps must be shown for credit.
PNHS and PSHS Pre-Calculus Honors
PNHS and PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing Algebra
2 topics to all students recommended for the Pre-Calculus Honors course. All
work and steps must be shown for credit.
PNHS and PSHS Calculus Honors
PNHS and PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing Algebra
2 and Pre-Calculus topics to all students enrolled in the Pre-Calculus Honors
course. All work and steps must be shown for credit.
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PNHS and PSHS Calculus AP
PNHS and PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing Pre-Calculus
topics to all students enrolled in the Calculus AP course. All work and steps
must be shown for credit.
PNHS and PSHS Statistics AP
PNHS and PSHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing pre-requisite
vocabulary, skills, and topics to all students enrolled in the Statistics AP course.
The beginning of the packet includes defining statistical vocabulary that will be
used in the course. Students should refer to the suggested websites included in
the letter to parents/guardians/students to research these definitions. All work
and steps must be shown for credit.
PNHS Discrete Math Honors
PNHS math teachers have distributed packets reviewing pre-requisite
vocabulary, skills, and topics to all students enrolled in the Discrete Math Honors
course. Students should refer to the suggested websites included in the letter to
parents/guardians/ students as needed when completing this work.. All work
and steps must be shown for credit.
SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Honors World History, United States History I and United States History II
Students are given a list of books to choose from and a written assignment is due
the second week of school. Information is distributed to students prior to the end
of the school year.
Students enrolled in Honors social studies classes are required to participate
in department summer reading. It is through reading that students become better
writers and thinkers! This is an opportunity to be
introduced to some of the people and events that have shaped our world.
Parents and students should review the list, and make a choice based on the
student’s interest. Book list by grade level is on the back of this sheet. Many of
these titles are available at the Plymouth Public Library.
Assignment:
The summer reading assignment is listed below. Assignment is test grade
for term and due on September, 12, 2013.
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Choose 3 quotes from the book chosen and explain why each quote was surprising,
interesting or important.
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• Connect an issue in this story to two or more of the 4 themes of social studies:
Compromise, Power, Connections or Change.
• Work submitted must reflect students own work.
references must be included.
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Proper citation of quotes and
Final paper should include student name, date and title of the book
Honors Social Studies SUMMER READING 2013
(Choose 1 title)
9th Grade Honors
A Thousand Splendid Suns
All Quiet on the Western Front
Angela’s Ashes
The Book Thief
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Good Earth
The Longest Walk
Three Cups of Tea
Year of Wonders
Golden King Rat
Whirlwind
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Infidel
Mutant Message Down Under
Rebels of Ireland
Khaled Hosseini
Erich Maria Remarque
Frank McCourt
Markus Zusak
Tracy Chevalier
Pearl Buck
Slavomir Rawicz
Greg Mortenson
Geraldine Brooks
James Clavel
James Clavel
Phillipa Gregory
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Marlo Morgan
Edward Rutherford
10th Grade Honors
Assassination Vacation
Capital Men
Killer Angels
Killing Lincoln
Undaunted Courage
Founding Mothers
John Adams
Founding Brothers
Sarah Vowell
Philip Dray
Michael Shaara
Bill O’Reilly
Stephen Ambrose
Cokie Roberts
David McCulough
Joseph Ellis
11th Grade Honors
American Caesars
Blood Done Sign My Name
Nigel Hamilton
Timothy Tyson
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Boom
Flags of Our Fathers
The Jungle
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)
Getting By in America
One Minute to Midnight
Unbroken
Tom Brokaw
James Bradley
Upton Sinclair
Barbara Ehrenreich
Michael Dobbs
Laura Hillenbrand
AP United States, AP Modern European, AP Psychology
Summer work is distributed to students prior to the close of school and is
available during the summer in either the main office or the guidance office at
the high schools (or you may contact Kathy Babini, Social Studies Coordinator
at [email protected] or 508-830-4476. Work is due the first day of
school.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
PSHS AP English Language and Composition
Students entering grade 11 AP English Language and Composition are provided
with a letter that details Summer procedures and expectations. The assignments
include reading Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City and a summative
rhetorical analysis essay of no more than 1,000 words (due August 1st), reading
TC Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain and actively completing several discussion
question on our online forum, Schoology (from August 3-September 4). Students
will additionally complete literary analysis on the novel that demonstrates
author's craft and intended audience during the first week of class in the Fall.
To obtain the AP letter, specific assignments, and for access to Schoology,
contact Christopher Lippa ([email protected]) or Kate Hughes
([email protected]).
PSHS AP Literature
Students entering grade 12 AP Literature & Composition are given a letter and
multiple handouts before summer vacation. The assignments include reading
Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor and writing a
composition of 1,000 words applying the work to previously read novels (due July
21), reading the Tennessee Williams “memory play” The Glass Menagerie and
actively commenting on at least three questions on the course Edmodo Online
Discussion forum (from July 21-Aug 15) and reading Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite
Runner and writing a three-page or longer composition (due the second day of
school). To obtain the AP letter, exact assignments, and for online discussion
board access, contact Erik Walker ([email protected]).
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PNHS AP English Language and Composition
Students entering grade 11th grade AP English Language and Composition
are provided with a packet that details procedures and expectations. The
assignments include reading Chapters 1-5 of Everything’s an Argument,
completing three practice essays, reading Erik Larson's The Devil in the White
City, actively participating on our class blog, and completing an argumentative
literary analysis. To obtain the the packet or for any questions, please contact
Shelley Terry ([email protected]).
PNHS AP Literature
Students perform a close reading of the Pulitzer prize-winning novel The
Orphan Master’s Son (Adam Johnson) and the non-fiction work Escape
from Camp 14 (Blaine Harden).
On the surface both texts are connected
by their setting in North Korea. Students must develop an argument that
goes beyond such surface similarities or differences. What do both texts
emphasize that is not immediately obvious? Using the guidelines in chapter
2 of Literature & Composition, they craft a comparison and contrast essay of
these two texts. Also, AP World Literature students are also asked to read
chapters 1-3 of the Literature & Composition anthology and complete all 30
written activities in these chapters. For more information contact Ms. Hughes
([email protected]).