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AP Biology | AP Calculus AB | AP English Language | AP English Literature | AP Environmental Science | AP French
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AP Biology
Recommended Summer Work

· ^{For each of the concepts below, provide one example:}
o ^{Explain your example}
o ^{Reference any articles, internet or other resources that you use}
o ^{Label all examples with the appropriate number}
· ^{Provide a picture to support 10 of your examples- you’ll need at least 10 pictures}
o ^{directly referenced and in small files such as .jpegs}
· ^{You may submit your work as a Word or Powerpoint file.}
· ^{You will submit your assignment within the course within the first two weeks of class. Keep in mind that this assignment should be done over the summer, as you will have plenty of work to do once class starts!}

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Part B – Solving Equations

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Part C – Functions and Graphs

11. If , find 11.

12. If and find
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13. If , find 13.

14. Sketch the graph of

15. Sketch the graph of



Part D – Exponents and Logarithms

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18. Solve for x: 18.


19. Solve for x: 19.


20. Evaluate 20.


Part E – Trigonometry

21. If and , then = ? 21.


22. If and , then = ? 22.


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24. Find all for which 24.

Length: ¾ to one page long for each LRJ
This assignment is worth 100 points.

· The story’s title in quotation marks
· The author’s name
· Specific references to the short story
· Careful thought
· A quotation from the story—integrated with your own sentence, properly punctuated and commented upon as necessary to show how this particular passage is relevant and important to the overall piece. Quotes should NOT be longer than three lines each, though you can have more than one quote. Short quotes with thorough explanations are much clearer than longer quotes where the reader has to try to figure out how all this quoted material proves a point you’re making.

1. an analysis of a major character—flat/round, static/dynamic, internal/external conflicts, dominant traits, significant actions personal relationships.
2. a comparison/contrast of related characters—protagonist/antagonist, foils, doubles, stereotypes, stock character
3. a discussion of the role(s) played by minor character(s)
4. an analysis of the plot structure and how it contributes to the overall theme
5. an analysis of the point of view and how it contributes to the overall theme
6. an analysis of the symbolism and how it contributes to the overall theme
7. a discussion of the development of the theme
8. a detailed response to a specific word, phrase, sentence, passage, or scene
9. a close analysis of the author’s style—vocabulary, figurative language, imagery, sentence structure, dialogue/narration…..
10. a transformation of the story to another form, such as a poem, a letter, a play, a news story, a commercial, a cartoon, a soap opera, a fable…..
11. an original poem developing in some way from the assigned story

DO NOT, under any circumstances, merely summarize the story. You are doing analysis, not summary.

You will submit this assignment at the end of Week 3. However, you should not wait until the course begins to work on this assignment.

Un peu de littérature.

· Lisez le conte « Le Grand Michu » d’Émile Zola. Vous trouverez ce texte en ligne à http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Nouveaux_contes_%C3%A0_Ninon/4 . Répondez aux questions (ci-dessous) rapportant sur cette histoire et envoyez-moi les réponses.

1. Faites une description de Michu.

2. Comment est-ce que le narrateur arrive à faire naitre notre curiosité au commencement de cette histoire?

3. Comment est-ce que vous expliquez la réaction immédiate du narrateur?

4. La comparaison du narrateur à un conscrit, est-elle juste?

5. Quelle paroles du Michu nous montre sa maturité?

6. Quel effet est-ce que la dernière phrase de la première partie produit?

7. Qu’est-ce qui montre la sympathie de Zola envers le père de Michu?

8. Qu’est-ce que les gens qui appellent le père de Michu un brigand ont en commun?

9. Le père de Michu s’était battu pour quelle cause?

10. Expliquez la différence d’age qui existe entre Michu et ses camarades.

11. Qu’est-ce que le proviseur a déclaré le jour des haricots à la sauce blanche?

12. Décrivez la scène ou la révolte commence.

13. Comment est-ce que les élèves “fortifient” le réfectoire?

14. Michu dit au narrateur “Je te rends ta parole,”. Ça veut dire quoi?

15. Quel changement est-ce que les élèves ont gagné à la fin de la révolte?

16. Qu’est-ce qui arrive au Grand Michu à la fin de l’histoire?

· Pour commencer allez à l’index de « la grammaire de l’absurde » et cliquez sur #5, verbs. Passez autant de temps que nécessaire à réviser cette section sur le présent.

· Ensuite travaillez sur la section « impératif ».

· Finalement, jetez un coup d’œil sur « la voix passive ».

· À la rentrée vous passerez un quiz sur les verbes.

À la une.

· Cherchez sur Internet pour trouver deux journaux français et choisissez deux articles bien différents. Lisez les articles et écrivez des résumes. Donnez votre opinion personnelle des sujets. Envoyez-moi une copie de l’article avec chaque résumé. Vous trouverez une liste de journaux français a ce site : http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/france.htm

· Allez au site - http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp. Là vous trouverez la section “Le Fait du Jour”. Cliquez sur la date pour écouter le reportage ou vous pouvez choisir d’entre autres des archives. Ecoutez deux reportages bien différents et faites les exercices qui accompagnent l’audio. Cliquez sur « voir les reponses » et envoyez-les-moi. Soyez sur de marquer les titres et les dates des reportages.

· Au site http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/chansons/index.htm choisissez trois chansons à écouter et faites les exercices qui les accompagnent. Cliquez sur « Choisissez une chanson », ensuite choisissez « niveau moyen ». Vous verrez une liste d’artistes.

· Considérez le proverbe : « Il faut de tout pour faire un monde ». Dans le contexte du premier thème que nous étudierons, la tolérance, qu’est-ce que cela vous dit ? Écrivez un essai pour exprimer vos pensées sur ce sujet.

• Introduces students to a theme(s) of government and politics.
• Gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding, on a topic of their choice, found on the AP exam.

• All the President's Men (1976) - PG - Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in a movie about the Watergate scandal.
• The Candidate (1972) - PG - Robert Redford in a movie about political corruption and elections.
• Thirteen Days (2000) - PG13 - Kevin Kostner in a movie about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Dave (1995) - PG - Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver in a movie about a stand-in US president and corruption in the highest office.
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - NR - Jimmy Stewart as a naïve young senator who deals with corruption in DC .
• Choose Connor (2007)-NR - Idealistic 15-year old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor

• Governmental Power
• Foreign and Domestic Policy
• Campaigns and Elections
• Federalism
• Civil Rights and Liberties
• US Political Culture

Physical geography is the "skeleton" on which Human Geography hangs.

Use an atlas—book or online – examples:
http://worldatlas.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
^{Identify the following locations and correctly outline, label and color them on the maps provided. Your}
color choices should reflect the colors of the natural landscape, for example, oceans should be blue.

A – CONTINENTS & OCEANS MAP (5 points)
^{North America, South America, Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica}
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern

B – LANDFORMS (10 points)
Rocky Mts., Appalachian Mts., Great Plains, Canadian Shield, Andes Mts., Llanos, Pampas, Amazon Basin, Atacama Desert, Patagonia, Atlas Mts., Sahara Desert, Sahel, Great Rift Valley, Kalahari Desert, Alps, Pyrenees Mts., North European Plain, Caucasus Mts., Ural Mts., Siberia, Himalayas, Gobi Desert, Outback, Great Barrier Reef

C – RIVERS (5 points)
St. Lawrence, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, Columbia, Mackenzie, Amazon, Parana, Nile, Congo, Niger, Danube, Rhine, Volga, Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Ganges

D- OTHER BODIES OF WATER (5 points)
^{Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Bering Sea, Panama Canal, Lake Victoria, Red Sea,}
Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian
^{Sea, Bay of Bengal}

E.- All political maps (50 points)
^{Complete list of countries and cities are attached, You will need separate maps for The United States (1), Canada}
^{(2) , Latin America (3) Europe (4), Africa (5) Asia (6)), The world (identifying prime meridian, equator and}
international date line) (7) Oceania (8).

You will also need one map for A-D, This should bring the number of maps to no less than 12.

mass like mountains and rivers.

before the assignment is due). You should work progressively on this throughout the summer.

Points Awarded:

1. Summarize the rules for the significant figures and present an example for each rule.
2. State the rules for the significant figures when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Present an example for each operation.
3. Read about the standard system of measurement (SI). Write a brief summary to reflect your understanding for the SI system by including some of the prefixes used with the Metric Units.
4. Writ a brief summary to reflect your understanding for the coordinate systems and frame of references.
5. Summarize what is meant by order of magnitude and give several examples.

1. http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_giancoli_physicsppa_6/
2. http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/SigFigs/SigFigRules.html
3. http://www.spy-hill.com/~myers/notes/SigFigs.html
4. http://www.lightandmatter.com/html_books/1np/ch01/ch01.html
5. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Physics-1358/Using-order-magnitude.htm
6. http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/common.html
7. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/metric.html

AP psychology addresses many areas of our lives from birth to death. Physical, mental, and social development is constantly being studied and questioned. Who are we? What are we? Why do we do what we do? For one thing, we are social animals, and we are all different and the same in many ways. In this course we will be studying how we think, influence, and relate to one another as individuals and as a group.

You were given a choice of a book to read over the summer. If you have not completed this assignment, here are your choices: Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen, Go Ask Alice, Anonymous, and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesley. Each of these three choices addresses a different aspect of our human psychology. You are to choose only one book to read and complete the assignment for the book you chose.

What to Do:

· Read one of the three choices. Girl, Interrupted, Go Ask Alice, or One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

· Complete the Summer Reading assignment for the book you read.

· Scroll down to find the assignment that corresponds to the book you read.

· Complete the assignment according to the directions.

Your book assignment is worth 40 points. Participation in the discussion assignment for your book is worth 20 points.

Choice #1 Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen tells the account of her own hospitalization for Borderline Personality Disorder from ages eighteen to twenty. In a series of recollections and reflections she tries to make sense of whether or not she belonged there. Unit 12 of our text discusses abnormal psychology and unit 13 discusses the treatments for psychological disorders.

What to do:

· Choose one of the questions below and answer the questions in essay form. Each question can serve as a separate paragraph in the essay. Be sure that you write cogent sentences. Use the book as a source to support your ideas. Use the rubric as a guide.

· Copy and paste your entire essay in the Summer Reading # 1 Girl, Interrupted discussion area. Do not make it an attachment.

· Then respond to at least two other classmates’ posts.

Questions:

1. The narrator describes her sojourn in McLean as a journey into a "parallel universe," one of many that "exist alongside this world and resemble it, but are not in it." What resemblances or analogies does Kaysen find between madness and everyday reality? How are the laws of these two universes different? How does one pass from one universe into another?

2. Kaysen gives us two ways of experiencing her parallel universe. One way is to make us understand how madness feels; another is to show how madness is treated (or, more accurately, controlled). What effect does she create by giving us two opposing ways of understanding insanity?

3. At certain points the author suggests that there is something comforting, and even seductive, about insanity. What might make madness comforting to a young girl in the late 1960s--or, for that matter, to anyone at any time? (You might need to research life during the 1960s)

4. How does the madness of the 1960s compare to the private and collective neuroses of Freud's Vienna--or to the spectacular symptoms (Multiple Personality Disorder, False Memory Syndrome) of the 1980s and '90s? (You might need to research both time periods: 1960s and 1890s)

5. A critic begins her review of Girl, Interrupted with the observation: "When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them “crazy" (Susan Cheever, "A Designated Crazy," The New York Times Book Review, June 20, 1993). In what ways is Girl, Interrupted, a book about the sexual constructs of madness? What role does the narrator's gender appear to have played in her diagnosis and treatment? How do gender relations inside McLean mirror those in the outside world of the 1960s?

6. Susanna has no apparent reaction to Daisy's death, but after Torrey, another patient, is released into the custody of her neglectful parents, she has an episode of what her case report calls "depersonalization" [p.105] and mutilates her hands to see if "there are any bones in there" [p.103]. Why? What is she looking for underneath her skin? What is the effect of the graphic physicality of this chapter?

7. Why does she cast doubt on whether she was actually mentally ill? Give reasons and support your reasons with details from the book or outside research.

How you will be graded:

Your book assignment is worth 40 points. Participation in the discussion assignment for your book is worth 20 points.

Short Answers	Excellent 4pts.	Good 3 pts.	Approaching Standards 2 pts.	Improvement Needed 1 pt.
Ideas and Content	What you are writing about is clear and well-expressed, including specific examples to demonstrate what you learned. Well done!	What you are writing about is clear. You answered the question. Some support may be lacking, or your sentences may be a bit awkward. Overall, a decent job.	You put thought into this, but there is no real evidence of learning. More specific information is needed or you need to follow the directions more closely.	There is no clear or specific explanation in answer to the question.
Use of Terms	Your answer included all the terms from the lesson that applied to the question asked. All terms are fully defined and used in the proper context.	Your answer included several terms from the lesson, demonstrating adequate understanding of the material.	Only one term from the lesson is used in the answer. Try for a few more, next time.	No terms from the lesson are used.
Sentence Fluency	Sentences are complete and they connect to one another easily when they are read out loud. Your writing 'flows.'	Sentences are complete and able to be understood.	Some sentences are complete and easy to understand. Others require some work	Sentences are incomplete or too long. It makes reading them difficult.
Conventions	No punctuation or structural mistakes. No spelling errors. Your writing shows full awareness of the rules of English use.	Use of punctuation marks and capitals, as well as spelling, is mostly correct. Few errors exist in your answer.	Mistakes using end marks or capitals as well as spelling mistakes make the writing hard to read.	Few end marks or capital letters. Answers contain numerous spelling or structural errors.

Short Answer Rubric:

Choice #2 Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice is not a fairy-tale story about a heroine’s miraculous recovery from drugs; although it is considered fiction, the book is about as real as one can get to suffering a drug addiction. According to some sources the novel is not truly anonymous. I have included the link to Jefferson Airplane’s song by the same name because it was believed that the book was about their lead singer. Grace Slick was involved with the song not the book. The song “White Rabbit” is about Alice, a character in Louis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The character in the book eats a cookie that makes her large.

As for the book, it is believed that an American psychologist named Beatrice Sparks wrote the book. Perhaps because she is the editor and owner of the copyright; she worked with troubled teens; and she allegedly said that the book was based on the diaries of one of her patients, Beatrice Sparks is considered to be the author “anonymous.”

Unit 9 in our online text focuses on developmental psychology. How do we develop? Our physical, social, cognitive, and moral development is affected by what and who is around us. Like you, Alice was also affected by who and what was around her.

What to do:

1. Click on this link and listen to “White Rabbit,” from Jefferson Airplane. Listen for the title of the book. Remember that this Alice was also influenced by those around her! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

2. Follow the writing prompt to compose a personal opinion essay.

Prompt: Alice talks a lot about the influence friends have on the actions of her life. When she is trying to stay away from drugs, she works to hang out with the “straight” kids. When she is introduced to drugs and when she continues to fall deep into heavy drug use, she is surrounded by friends and boyfriends whose lives revolve around drugs. Your assignment is to discuss the degree in which friends/peers / parents influence your decisions.

Prewriting: Think about the type of people you hang out with. Make a list of all the positive and negative things your friends have introduced to you or convinced you to do. Items on your list can be something simple like teaching you to eat sushi, or more complex like introducing you to a negative habit. Then, think about how your actions and choices are influenced by the people you hang out with. Determine how much you let your friends influence what you think and do. Provide examples. You may use examples from the book for re-enforcement.

Draft Form: This essay should be written in first person. It will have an introductory paragraph where you will want to briefly mention the degree in which your friends influence your life.

The body of your essay should include several paragraphs providing support for your opinion. You will want to give multiple examples of ways your friends have, or haven’t, influenced your actions and decisions.

For each new example, begin a new paragraph. Your essay should have a conclusion that contains a final summary on how much friends and peers influence your life. Try to leave a lasting impression with your reader with a powerful example or final point.

Your essay should be about 6 paragraphs in length.

3. Copy and paste your entire essay in the Summer Reading # 2Go Ask Alice discussion area. Do not make it an attachment.

4. Then respond to at least two other classmates’ posts.

How you will be graded:

Your book assignment is worth 40 points. Participation in the discussion assignment for your book is worth 20 points.

Essay Rubric:

	Excellent 4 Pts.	Good 3 Pts.	Fair 2 Pts.	Needs Work 1 Pt.	No credit 0 Pts.
Title	Title makes the reader think.	The title reflects the topic.	The title is somewhat related to the topic	The title is mostly unrelated to the topic	No Title
Introduction	Introduction of the topic and your opinion is very clear and concise. Provides relevant background of the subject. (thesis statement)	Introduction of the topic and your opinion is mostly clear and concise. Provides some relevant background of the subject. (thesis statement)	Introduction of the topic and your opinion is unclear and choppy. Provides No relevant background of the subject. (thesis statement)	Introduction of the topic and but not your personal opinion. NO background of the subject. (thesis statement)	Introduction missing or incomplete
Main points	Give a viewpoint on the topic and supports that viewpoint with multiple reason and examples.	Give a viewpoint on the topic and supports that viewpoint with some reason and examples.	Give a viewpoint on the topic and supports that viewpoint with one reason and no examples.	Does not give a clear viewpoint and doesn’t support viewpoint with relevant reasons.	No viewpoint given.
Conclusion	Summarize and restate opinion and topic using rich vocabulary	Summarize and restate opinion and topic using basic vocabulary	Provides a basic summary of topic but includes no summary of opinion.	Provides an unclear summary of topic and includes no summary of opinion.	No Summary

Choice #3 One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

During the latter half of the 1950s, many of the nation's younger members of society began to challenge symbols of conformity. “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is based on conformity. Nurse Ratched runs the mental hospital with an iron fist. She controls the patients’ medication, routines, and even their destinies. Then along comes McMurphy, a free-willed rebel. The power struggle begins.

What to do:

· Choose one (1) of the following questions to answer.

· Write a well-developed response.

· Cut and paste your answers into the Summer Reading Discussion area called Summer Reading #3 One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Do not make it an attachment.

· Then respond to at least two other classmates’ posts.

1. It can be argued that Freudian thought permeates the book. In unit 10 of our text we discuss the psychoanalytic approach of Sigmund Freud. According to Freud the id, ego, and superego are parts of our subconscious mind. The ego struggles to reconcile the demands of the superego and id. Search for evidence in the book, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, of how each character behaves and how his or her actions relate to that part of the subconscious mind. McMurphy is the id; Nurse Ratched is the superego; Chief Bromden is the ego. Explain the conflict. Then answer the following questions:

· Does Nurse Ratched (the superego) ultimately defeat McMurphy (the id)?

· Do the Chief’s (the ego) return to sanity and his escape defeat Nurse Ratched (the superego)?


You may want to read pages 480-482 in our online text for background on the id, ego, and superego.

How you will be graded:

Your book assignment is worth 40 points. Participation in the discussion assignment for your book is worth 20 points.

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AP Spanish 5 / Spanish Language
Recommended Summer Work