2023 Mandatory Summer Assignments

MANDATORY SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
The English, Social Studies and Religion Departments will be using the same books for each grade level for their summer reading assignments.

You will find the summer assignments for English, Social Studies and Religion grouped by grade level.
Clicking the red link at the end of each bullet point to see details about that specific assignment.

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Continue to scroll down the page for AP and SJU course information.
Please note: there are only Math assignments for AP courses.

SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
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9TH GRADE - THE BRONZE BOW - BY: ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE

• English 9 LA, English 9 Regents - Book Buzz Assignment
• English 9 Honors - Summer Reading Assignment
• Religion Grade 9 - Religion Grade 9 Reading Assignment
• Social Studies Grade 9 - Social Studies Grade 9 Reading Assignment

10TH GRADE - NIGHT - BY: ELIE WIESEL

• English 10 Fundamentals, English 10 Regents - Book Buzz Assignment
• English 10 Honors - Evidence Based Response Writing Prompts
• Religion Grade 10 - Religion Grade 10 Reading Assignment
• Social Studies Grade 10 - Social Studies Grade 10 Reading Assignment

11TH GRADE - BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY - BY: QIAN JULIE WANG

• English 11 Fundamentals, English 11 Regents - Book Buzz Assignment
• English 11 Honors - Summer Reading Assignment
• Religion Grade 11 - Religion Grade 11 Reading Assignment
• Social Studies Grade 11 - Social Studies Grade 11 Reading Assignment

12TH GRADE - GRAPES OF WRATH - BY: JOHN STEINBECK

• English 12 Regents - Book Buzz Assignment
• Religion Grade 12 - Religion Grade 12 Reading Assignment
• Social Studies Grade 12 - Social Studies Grade 12 Reading Assignment

MATHEMATICS

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• AP Calculus: All courses are required to complete packets
• AP Statistics: All courses are required to complete packets

AP COURSES

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ENGLISH

• AP Seminar - Independent Articles - Argument Analysis Worksheet
• AP Literature and Composition - Annotation and Essay Assignment
  1. Book #1: The Things They Carried by: Tim O'Brien
  2. Book #2: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by: Thomas C. Foster
• AP Language and Composition - Tuesdays With Morrie by: Mitch Albom (ISBN-10, 0751529818) 
  • Students are expected to be ready for an in class discussion the first week of school in September..

SCIENCE

• AP Biology Part 1
• AP Biology Part 2
• AP Physics
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Chemistry - This link is an invitation to join the AP Chemistry Google Classroom.
  Please use Join Code: c3ar2xg

SOCIAL STUDIES

• AP Economich - Summer Assignment
• AP European History - Summer Assignment - Map assignment + document analysis assignment
• AP US History - Summer Assignment - John Adams by: David McCullough
• AP Government & Politics - Summer Assignment
• AP Psychology - Summer Assignment

SJU ENGLISH

SJU English - The Botanist's Daughter by:  Kayte Nunn (ISBN-10, 0733639380)
Students are expected to be ready for an in class discussion the first week of school in September.