2016–2017
SUMMER READING AND COURSE PREPARATION The following pages will provide you with the information you need to take full advantage of the learning opportunities you will be offered in the next academic year. Your grade level and specific course enrollment will determine which parts of this booklet pertain to you. It is important that you read, and follow, all the instructions carefully. We want you to perform at your best from the start of the year, and a thoughtful review of material and thorough reading of the prescribed books will help you do just that. We also have added some optional titles at the end of this booklet for your personal enjoyment, and we hope you’ll read as many as you can. Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you in September! www.williston.com/summer-coursework
ENGLISH
Assignment The Williston English department wishes to inspire a lifelong love of reading, as well as provide the analytical tools needed to approach challenging texts with both confidence and curiosity. With these hopes in mind, we encourage you to read widely and regularly this summer, sharing your appreciation of and questions about your reading with friends and family. You may discuss possible texts with your teacher or visit the library’s suggested reading list available under “Suggested Reading” on the library’s website. In addition to the texts that you choose to read on your own, we require you to arrive in September having read the grade-specific texts from the list that follows. For your assigned texts, please annotate thoroughly as you read. Annotations are notes in the margins that ask questions, highlight recurring themes, or point to important shifts in the story. As part of your annotation you should also mark your favorite passages, ones that strike you in some way, perhaps because of their interesting use of language, intriguing ambiguity, or symbolic significance. You should bring your texts to class on the first day of school. Be prepared to use the texts for the opening weeks of the course. They have been chosen specifically for their thematic and stylistic connections to the material of the course, so they will serve as important springboards to discussion and writing—experiences for which you should be fully prepared. ELL-ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
International students’ level of English study will be determined according to a placement test administered during international student orientation in September. Based on the results of this test, students will be placed in an ELL or standard English section appropriate to their grade level. Every student should read the required texts in English for his or her incoming grade level and attempt the summer reading assignment, regardless of whether she or he expects to be placed in an ELL class. ENTERING 9TH GRADE
• Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand ENTERING 10TH GRADE
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi • Flight by Sherman Alexie ENTERING 11TH GRADE
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer • The Roundhouse by Louise Erdrich
ENTERING AP ENGLISH 11 (LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION)
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (“The Custom House” introduction is optional) • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer • Barron’s AP Language and Composition 1. Read chapter 1 and complete the multiple choice section of the diagnostic test. 2. Review the answer explanations and create a list of terms and concepts unfamiliar to you.
ENGLISH
Assignment ENTERING 12TH GRADE (INCLUDING PGS)
• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls ENTERING AP ENGLISH 12 (LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION)
• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien • The Tempest by William Shakespeare • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
LANGUAGES Assignment
AP CHINESE
AP LATIN
AP Chinese students are encouraged to watch one or two Chinese movies and be able to describe orally the content of the movies and explain their culture significance. You’ll be asked to share with your classmates in the first week of class. Students will need to practice the computer input skills with Chinese characters. You’ll be given a summer assignment package which includes studying "HSK" Level IV and AP Level vocabulary and completing the corresponding listening, reading and writing assignments. You have the option of emailing your work to instructor Noah Lipnick at nlipnick@williston. com.
Read Vergil’s Aeneid (Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12) and Caesar’s Gallic Wars (Books 1, 6, and 7) in any translation. Read a few pages first, and select a translation that appeals to you. For the Aeneid, translations by Mandelbaum, Knox, Fagles, or West are suggested; for the Gallic Wars, translations by Hammond or Handford are suggested. You will need copies for the entire school year. It is recommended that you study the course-specific vocabulary available from your teacher, or, for the Aeneid, purchase Vergil Vocabularly Cards for AP Selections by Dennis De Young.
AP FRENCH
Incoming AP French student, you are expected to review the formation and usage of all regular and irregular verbs found in the Ensemble Grammaire textbook in the following tenses: présent, imperatif, passé composé, imparfait, conditionnel et conditionnel passé, futurs proche, simple and anterieur, subjonctif and plus-que-parfait. In addition, you should keep a journal in which you write eight times over the course of the summer, for 20 minutes each session. Sessions should be dated. You should listen to a new French song or watch a French film of your choosing over the course of the summer, and it should be the subject of at least one of the journal entries. You should choose a song or film that interests you.
AP SPANISH
Read an article from an online Spanish newspaper each month (June, July, and August) and submit a summary of the article, including the day the article was read and the name of the newspaper, to Mr. Garcia at egarcia@williston. com. In addition, email the answers to the following questions: (a) Why did you choose to read this article? (b) What did you learn from the article? (c) What did you think about the article? Online newspapers: www.elmundo.es, www.ideal.es, www.elpais.es, or any other e-publication from a Spanish-speaking country. You should also read a short story of your choice in Spanish and be ready to share your thoughts about it during the first week of classes.
HISTORY & GLOBAL STUDIES Assignment
WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Return of Martin Guerre By Natalie Zemon-Davis
You are expected to provide printed, typed responses to the following questions on the first day of class. Please write in complete sentences, provide at least three specific examples for each question, and use quotation marks and page numbers when quoting from the novel.
You are expected to provide typed responses to the following questions on the first day of class: 1. 2.
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Kambili describes, in detail, the many different aspects of nature, including plants, insects and weather. How does geography and environment (setting) impact the plot and the characters in the novel? What does the novel, as a whole, say about the nature of religion? What does it say about the relationship between people’s beliefs and their behavior? What has the novel revealed to you about life in Nigeria? What similarities or differences do you see about the nature of life in Nigeria and the nature of life in your own society? Identify a passage or scene in the novel that you felt was significant and would like to discuss with other students. What did you find interesting or significant from this passage that made you select it?
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Explain both the methods and sources that Zemon-Davis used in writing this book. Explain what you learned about each of the following in 16th century France from reading this book: the justice system, gender roles, and peasant villages, traditions and lifestyles. Zemon-Davis had to make some assumptions about the feelings and motives of the main characters in the story. Choose TWO characters and explain what Zemon-Davis thought his or her feelings and motives were and why she made these assumptions? – Martin, Bertrande, Pansette, Coras.
In addition, read the Introduction and Chapter 11: The Middle Ages in the text: A History of Western Society 11th Edition for AP. Be familiar with the historical thinking skills and historical themes that are explained in the introduction. Complete “Identify the Key Terms” and “Review the Main Ideas” at the end of the chapter in preparation for a test in the first week of school.
HISTORY & GLOBAL STUDIES Assignment
STANDARD UNITED STATES HISTORY
AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America By Steven M. Gillon
The Thirteen American Arguments By Howard Fineman
Write a detailed summary of each chapter to be typed and turned in on the first day of class that includes the following: • The years the chapter encompasses • The primary individuals that participated in the events • What tensions or changes in American society did each event depict • What the outcome of each event revealed about American society at that particular time
1. You are expected to complete the following assignment which is due on the first day of class. Read the chapters listed below: • Introduction: “For the Sake of Argument” • The chapter that corresponds with your birth month • Chapter 13: “A Fair, ‘More Perfect’ Union” • Conclusion and Afterword 2. Prepare a typed one-page response explaining what makes the United States system of government admirable.
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America By Steven M. Gillon Write a detailed summary of each chapter to be typed and turned in on the first day of class that includes the following: • The years the chapter encompasses • The primary individuals that participated in the events • What tensions or changes in American society did each event depict • What the outcome of each event revealed about American society at that particular time Read Introduction and Chapters 1-3 in text: United States History, Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, complete the review exercises at the end of each chapter and know the terms that are listed at the end of each chapter. Be familiar with the historical thinking skills and historical themes that are explained in the introduction. Be prepared for a test on the summer reading assignment on the first or second day of classes.
SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS Assignment
AP SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS
There is a significant amount of material to cover prior to the AP exams next May. Being successful is the result of thoughtful preparation and consistent effort on the part of both you and your teacher. We ask that you begin this process during the summer by reviewing topics covered in your previous courses. In addition, you should access http://www.williston.com/ summer-coursework and see detailed information pertaining to your class. You can expect to be tested on the assigned material during the first week of classes.
Next fall you will be starting a new math class. We hope that you will find the class interesting and challenging. Being successful is not an accident; it is the result of good preparation. To help you next year, please review the topics that you have studied in your previous math courses. All summer review work can be found online (see directions below). There you will find: 1. Homework problems that are due on the first day of classes. 2. More examples and practice problems, with answers relating to each topic. 3. Directions to mathematics summer review webpage: http://www.williston.com/summercoursework. Your questions and their answers are listed under “Assignments by Class.� Please print out the problems, complete them as best you can, check your answers, and bring your work on the first day of school. Please note that the problems on this webpage are intended for review purposes only and should not be used as any sort of placement guide. You will be tested on the topics related to your particular course within the first week of classes. CALCULATORS
A TI-84+ graphing calculator is required for all math courses. It is the only model for which classroom instruction is provided.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH Assignment
7TH GRADE BOOK LIST 7TH GRADE: BOOK ONE
• Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl (Please bring a copy of this book, either purchased in print or digital form or borrowed from a library, to school with you in September.) 7TH GRADE: BOOK TWO
Choose a book (that you have not read before) from the list below. These books were inspired by all of the academic subjects that will be part of your seventh grade year, and they also relate to key themes that we'll discuss in English class this year. • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
• The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan • The Vanishing Point by Louise Hawes • The Little Prince by Antoine de SaintExupery • Goblin Secrets by Will Alexander • Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan • Seedfolks by Paul Fleishman WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
Pretend you are a character from the book. Write a paragraph from that character's perspective describing either of the following situations: 1. How "you" feel about an event in the book. 2. What "your" life is like after the story ends.
8TH GRADE BOOK LIST Choose two books from the following list and read them before school starts in September. For each book you choose, select two passages (a significant group of sentences or a paragraph) that are intriguing, complex, and worthy of further analysis. These analytical passages should differ from ones that are simply exciting moments in the plot. This type of identification in itself demonstrates analytical abilities and is a practice often used in classes during the year. The passages will be used for in-class discussions and writing assignments when you return to school. We will do the preparation and writing in class, so there is no writing component during the summer months. 8TH GRADE BOOK LIST
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom • The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury • Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd • The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver • Into Thin Air by John Krakauer • Walkabout by James Vance Marshall • Monster by Walter Myers • My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Any Agatha Christie novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green You may choose to read one Louis L'Amour novel from the following list of three. These are action and adventure novels. Be sure to read the blurbs on Amazon or the jacket covers before making your choice: The Last of the Breed, Sitka, or The Californios.
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH Assignment
PRE-ALGEBRA
7th graders enrolled in Pre-Algebra do not have summer math work. ALGEBRA STANDARD OR ALGEBRA HONORS
Students taking Algebra Standard or Algebra Honors are required to complete the problems on the mathematics website.
DIRECTIONS TO MATHEMATICS WEBSITE:
http://www.williston.com/summer-coursework Your questions and their answers are listed under “Assignments by Class.” Please print out the problems, complete them as best as you can, check your answers, and bring your work on the first day of school.
OPTIONAL
Departmental Recommendations More titles can be found at www.williston.com/ library. Follow the link for Suggested Reading. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Art and Max by David Wiesner • The Alchemist by Paul Coelho • Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman • Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland • The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• LANGUAGES: FILMS
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spanish:
Entre Nos directed by Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza, NR • french: Le Petit Nicolas, directed by Lauren Tirard, PG • latin: The Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome, Discovery Channel documentary narrated by John Shrapnel, 2004 • chinese: Mulan, directed by Tony Bancroft, G MATHEMATICS
HISTORY AND GLOBAL STUDIES
• Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss • The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson • The Garden of Martyrs by Michael C. White • A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer DuBois ’02 • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell • The Life of Pi by Yann Martel • A Border Passage by Leila Ahmed • The Autobiography of Malcolm X • Baraka (film), directed by Ron Fricke
• Fantasia Mathematica by Clifton Fadiman, ed. • The Mathematical Magpie by Clifton Fadiman, ed. • Proof by David Auburn SCIENCE
• Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle • Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams, Diet of Worms by Stephen J. Gould • The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson • The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif and F. Gonzalez-Crussi • What is Life? by Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan
CONTACTS ACADEMIC DEAN
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT HEAD
Greg Tuleja gtuleja@williston.com
Beatrice Cody bcody@williston.com
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HEAD
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT HEAD
Adrienne Mantegna amantegna@williston.com
Bill Berghoff wberghoff@williston.com
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT HEAD
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Joshua Seamon jseamon@williston.com
DEPARTMENT HEAD
HISTORY & GLOBAL STUDIES
Natania Hume nhume@williston.com
DEPARTMENT HEAD
DIRECT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
Sarah Klumpp sklumpp@williston.com
Jen Fulcher jfulcher@williston.com