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Class of 2010 Summer Assignment Summer 2008
*Please Note*
The Book for History has changed since the original assignment was given.
The English ISBN numbers have been updated (all books are the same).
English-
Read the House of the Spirits, by Isabel
Allende, ISBN 0553273914.
A test will be given on the first day of
school.
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.
Going in to Junior Year Spanish -
Purchase
AvanzaComic Level 3 “Mundos Paralelos” from www.classzone.com (Click
Online Store – Under World Languages, select Spanish, select Avancemos 3 –
High School, then order-
“AvanzaComics with Fill-in Comic Book” Order #
291453 ISBN 978-0-618-80348-4. It is $6.99 plus S&H.) Click Here to Buy Online
Read the comic and create a “book in a bag”, a bag to hold five items which represent the comic. You need an item to represent the main character, setting of the story, and an event from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The first day of school you will present your bag orally, explaining the significance of each item in the bag (what it is, why you chose it, and its significance to the story) IN SPANISH. You cannot read your presentation but you may use a note card with no more than 5 bullet points if you wish. You will also have a quiz on the first day of class.
French 4 -
24
pages/entries + photos (Stanley and student in the photo)
Table of contents listing page numbers based on verb tenses
(Ex. Future – pages 10, 12, 13)
Students will create a washable fabric “doll” which they can name. The students will be required to keep a journal of at least 24 pictures (a typical disposable camera amount of film) and an entry for each picture.
Journals can be in a standard composition book, however some students prefer to put them in a photo album where they can journal.
All entries will be written in
French.
Each level of French will be assessed differently. Criteria are listed below. Levels are based on what the students will be taking in the fall.
24 pages/
entries – NOTE: 1 sentence/entry; 4 entries in the future; 2 entries in
the conditional; 10 entries in the past ; 2 entries in the subjunctive; 1
entry in the present perfect; 1 entry in the present progressive; Other
entries may be in the present or above tenses.
Entries should include appropriate idiomatic expressions. Please remember to occasionally use replacement pronouns.
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.
History- Buy and Read Motorcycle Diaries, by Che Guevara.
Other Books Required to be Purchased for English Class.
|
Rulfo, Juan, Pedro Paramo ISBN 0802133908 |
Esquivel, Laura, Like Water for Chocolate
ISBN: 9780385420174
|
Wiesel, Elie, The Accident ISBN 0553581708 |
|
Hurston, Zora Neal, Their Eyes Were Watching God
ISBN: 9780060838676
|
Bradbury, Ray,
Something Wicked This Way Comes
ISBN 0380729407
|
Chickering, Howell D. Beowulf (Only Chikering's Translation is Acceptable) Often, this book must be ordered. Do it NOW! ISBN 1400096227 |
AP Study Guide: Required
Book!
Barron’s How to Prepare for English Literature and Composition: ISBN 0764127802