International Baccalaureate          at South Fork High School
	I.B Home Page     I.B. Information  •School Profile  •College Acceptances  •I.B. Teachers 2007    Curriculum  •I.B. Diploma Curriculum  •Diploma Requirements    Student Information   •CAS Hours  •I.B. Milestones  •Junior IA Schedule  •Senior IA Schedule    Parent Information  •Parental Involvement  •Coordinator's Messages  •I.B. Parent Group  •FAQ    Related Links  •S.F.H.S. Website  •Pinnacle  •District of Martin County  •I.B. Organization	Class of 2009 Summer Assignment Summer 2008   English-  SUMMER ASSIGNMENT Read the following books:             My Life and Hard Times, by James Thurber, ISBN 0060933089             Click Here to Buy Online             The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, ISBN 0452282195             Click Here to Buy Online A test will be given on the first day of school on both books.  Be prepared!   Rules: 1) No books used by former students are allowed.  (Used books purchased from an internet distributor or a used book store are fine.)  Books will be checked, confiscated and kept if they are books used by former students. 2) Each student must have his/her own book.  There is NO sharing of books.   Yearly Curriculum BUY THESE NOW: Any clean copy of MacBeth by William Shakespeare. Click Here to Buy Online Any clean copy of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Click Here to Buy Online Any clean copy ofWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Click Here to Buy Online As I lay Dying by William Faulkner ISBN# 0-679-73225-X Click Here to Buy Online The Stranger by Albert Camus ISBN# 0-679-72020-0 Click Here to Buy Online     History- Buy “The Cold War: A History” by John Louis Gaddis ISBN: 1594200629 OR 0143038273  Click Here to Buy Online     French- Flat Stanley.  24 entries/pages.  4 future; 2entries in the conditional; 12 past tense with at least one including plus-que-parfait; 2 subjunctive; 1 cover page written in passé simple explaining the history of your Stanley.  Other entries should include idiomatic expressions.  See note under Spanish regarding Creativity.                          Creativity is appreciated but not necessary to do well on this project.  Grades are assessed on following four components: 1) 24 journal entries (with level appropriate criteria), 2) table of contents listing page numbers and corresponding verb tenses (ex., Future – pages 10, 12 and 17), 3) 24 photos with student AND Stanley.  Stanley loves vacation and would love to join you.  Parents and siblings enjoy helping with the picture portion of this project and are welcome to be involved.  Students will give a 2-minute presentation of the highlights from their summer with Stanley the first day of school.  The presentation will be a quiz grade.  ¡BUENA SUERTE Y DIVIÉRTANSE!  A two-minute verbal presentation will be given on the first day of school for a quiz grade.  Creativity is appreciated but not necessary to do well on this project.  In order to receive full credit, be sure to comply with the above criteria.  Stanley loves to vacation and would love to join you in your travels.  Parents and siblings like to be involved in the picture taking portion of the project.     ToK- Read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Be ready to write an essay the first day of school.  Come with a list of 10 ideas that interest you from the book, with annotations, e.g.  1.  Ghosts, pg. 28—do ghosts exist, if they are only in the mind, what is NOT only in the mind? Can they be said to exist for Native Americans but not for the rest of us?    Biology III- Lab Write up.  Specific Tasks to be Completed: Students need to conduct an individual experiment dealing with Plant growth.  Students will conduct research based on the topic approved at the end of the Biology II.  Then they will do a complete write up.  This will count as an IA grade and is due the first day of school.  I suggest you conduct the experiment as soon as school ends; it may take over a month to collect the data.  Any questions that arise may be emailed to me at hallpm@mac.com However, do not wait till the night before school starts and expect a reply in time.  Also students should check the web site for notes that they will need the first day of school.  I will also be posting responses to frequently asked questions as they arise.  http://homepage.mac.com/hallpm