Rising 12th Grade Summer Work
For English, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science:
Scroll down and find your class. Course assignments are listed below each class.
Scroll down and find your class. Course assignments are listed below each class.
English
During summer vacation, we request students spend time reading to continue developing their ability to complexly engage texts. Students should purchase the books required for their class and read the works over the summer. We encourage active reading through annotation. Please note that if a student changes their course level over the summer, they are responsible for the summer reading assigned for the section to which they are moving.
Students should be prepared for a summer reading assessment the first day of class. This test is designed to gauge whether they have closely read. We are also requiring each student return to school with a full draft of one college essay. See class notes below for details.
During summer vacation, we request students spend time reading to continue developing their ability to complexly engage texts. Students should purchase the books required for their class and read the works over the summer. We encourage active reading through annotation. Please note that if a student changes their course level over the summer, they are responsible for the summer reading assigned for the section to which they are moving.
Students should be prepared for a summer reading assessment the first day of class. This test is designed to gauge whether they have closely read. We are also requiring each student return to school with a full draft of one college essay. See class notes below for details.
English 12:
My Antonia
by Willa Cather ISBN: 978-0486282404 |
2019-2020 Common Application Essay
Draft a 650 to 1,000 word response to ONE of the seven Common App Essay prompts listed on the 2019-2020 Common Application Essay Prompts web page. If your first choice school does not use the Common App, please select one prompt from your school of choice to complete the assignment. Be sure to list school of choice and prompt in draft. Draft should be a FULL draft NOT a rough draft. This is due the first day of school. |
English 12 Honors:
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene ISBN: 978-0143039020 |
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace ISBN: 978-0316925280 |
2019-2020 Common Application Essay
Draft a 650 to 1,000 word response to ONE of the seven Common App Essay prompts listed on the 2019-2020 Common Application Essay Prompts web page. If your first choice school does not use the Common App, please select one prompt from your school of choice to complete the assignment. Be sure to list school of choice and prompt in draft.
Draft should be a FULL draft NOT a rough draft. This is due the first day of school.
Draft a 650 to 1,000 word response to ONE of the seven Common App Essay prompts listed on the 2019-2020 Common Application Essay Prompts web page. If your first choice school does not use the Common App, please select one prompt from your school of choice to complete the assignment. Be sure to list school of choice and prompt in draft.
Draft should be a FULL draft NOT a rough draft. This is due the first day of school.
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens ISBN: 978-0199219766 |
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad ISBN: 978-0486264646 |
2019-2020 Common Application Essay
Draft a 650 to 1,000 word response to ONE of the seven Common App Essay prompts listed on the 2019-2020 Common Application Essay Prompts web page. If your first choice school does not use the Common App, please select one prompt from your school of choice to complete the assignment. Be sure to list school of choice and prompt in draft.
Draft should be a FULL draft NOT a rough draft. This is due the first day of school.
Draft a 650 to 1,000 word response to ONE of the seven Common App Essay prompts listed on the 2019-2020 Common Application Essay Prompts web page. If your first choice school does not use the Common App, please select one prompt from your school of choice to complete the assignment. Be sure to list school of choice and prompt in draft.
Draft should be a FULL draft NOT a rough draft. This is due the first day of school.
Foreign Language
AP French:
Please click here for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
Please click here for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
AP Latin:
Your summer assignments are to please read the English versions of the following:
While reading, pay attention and make note of the following themes: Literary Genre and Style, Roman Values, War and Empire, Leadership, Views of non-Romans, History and Memory, Humans and the Gods
Your summer assignments are to please read the English versions of the following:
- Books 1, 6, and 7 from Caesar's De Bello Gallico (any online source)
- Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 from Vergil's Aeneid (any online source; Poetry In Translation recommended)
While reading, pay attention and make note of the following themes: Literary Genre and Style, Roman Values, War and Empire, Leadership, Views of non-Romans, History and Memory, Humans and the Gods
AP Spanish:
Please click here for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
Please click here for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
Humanities
AP Government:
A More Perfect Constitution: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation
by Larry J. Sabato ISBN: 978-0802716835
To provide a common starting point for the AP Government class, students should read A More Perfect Constitution, by Larry Sabato. Please see this document for more details. Please finish the book before the first day of class and note that the first test of the semester (during the first week of school) will assess comprehension of the book's arguments. A thoughtful, close reading is required for success.
A More Perfect Constitution: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation
by Larry J. Sabato ISBN: 978-0802716835
To provide a common starting point for the AP Government class, students should read A More Perfect Constitution, by Larry Sabato. Please see this document for more details. Please finish the book before the first day of class and note that the first test of the semester (during the first week of school) will assess comprehension of the book's arguments. A thoughtful, close reading is required for success.
AP Microeconomics:
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, 3rd ed.
by Charles Wheelan ISBN: 978-0393356496
Please see this document for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, 3rd ed.
by Charles Wheelan ISBN: 978-0393356496
Please see this document for summer assignment details. Assignments are due the first day of class.
Science
AP Biology:
AP Biology is a big course with a lot of content to cover. In order to ensure we can hit the ground running in August, I am assigning summer work to review some concepts that you have learned over the past few years in Biology and Chemistry. Please see this document for details. All assignments are due August 9.
Google Classroom:
A Google Classroom has been set up just for summer assignments. To join:
AP Biology is a big course with a lot of content to cover. In order to ensure we can hit the ground running in August, I am assigning summer work to review some concepts that you have learned over the past few years in Biology and Chemistry. Please see this document for details. All assignments are due August 9.
Google Classroom:
A Google Classroom has been set up just for summer assignments. To join:
- Open www.classroom.google.com
- Sign-in using your Athens Academy school email address
- Click the plus sign (+) to join a class and enter the code: s7nl6ff
AP Chemistry:
Students should have received a paper packet from Ms. Boyd at the end of the school year. Please be sure to hang on to that packet and remember that your summer work is due the first full day of class.
Students should have received a paper packet from Ms. Boyd at the end of the school year. Please be sure to hang on to that packet and remember that your summer work is due the first full day of class.
AP Environmental Science:
AP Environmental Science covers broad topics spanning multiple disciplines. The successful student can explain both the small details and also comprehend, analyze and explain the big picture. Since this is a course with a lot of content to cover, the best way for us to hit the ground running is for you to think through the big picture this summer. To do that, I hope this FUN work will get you inspired and engaged. Please see this document for details. The final deadline for assignments is Thursday, 08/08. However, EACH assignment has an earlier deadline. If you meet that deadline, I will award EXTRA CREDIT.
Google Classroom:
A Google Classroom has been set up just for summer assignments. It contains all the details/early deadlines for each assignment. To join:
AP Environmental Science covers broad topics spanning multiple disciplines. The successful student can explain both the small details and also comprehend, analyze and explain the big picture. Since this is a course with a lot of content to cover, the best way for us to hit the ground running is for you to think through the big picture this summer. To do that, I hope this FUN work will get you inspired and engaged. Please see this document for details. The final deadline for assignments is Thursday, 08/08. However, EACH assignment has an earlier deadline. If you meet that deadline, I will award EXTRA CREDIT.
Google Classroom:
A Google Classroom has been set up just for summer assignments. It contains all the details/early deadlines for each assignment. To join:
- Open www.classroom.google.com
- Sign-in using your Athens Academy school email address
- Click the plus sign (+) to join a class and enter the code: enrx36y
AP Physics 1:
Your summer assignments are relatively short and should be a review of your previous science and math classes. All of the assignments are located on Google Classroom. Assignments are due in July, but you may begin your work anytime after June 1st. Please have your books purchased before class begins - bring your book code with you on the first day of class.
Google Classroom:
Become acquainted with Classroom as it will be your go to location for assignments and notes. To join:
Your summer assignments are relatively short and should be a review of your previous science and math classes. All of the assignments are located on Google Classroom. Assignments are due in July, but you may begin your work anytime after June 1st. Please have your books purchased before class begins - bring your book code with you on the first day of class.
Google Classroom:
Become acquainted with Classroom as it will be your go to location for assignments and notes. To join:
- Open www.classroom.google.com
- Sign-in using your Athens Academy school email address
- Click the plus sign (+) to join a class and enter the code: xwpwgm
AP Physics C-Mechanics:
Your summer assignments are relatively short and should be a review of your previous science and math classes. All of the assignments are located on Google Classroom. Assignments are due in July, but you may begin your work anytime after June 1st. Please have your books purchased before class begins - bring your book code with you on the first day of class.
Google Classroom:
Become acquainted with Classroom as it will be your go to location for assignments and notes. To join:
Your summer assignments are relatively short and should be a review of your previous science and math classes. All of the assignments are located on Google Classroom. Assignments are due in July, but you may begin your work anytime after June 1st. Please have your books purchased before class begins - bring your book code with you on the first day of class.
Google Classroom:
Become acquainted with Classroom as it will be your go to location for assignments and notes. To join:
- Open www.classroom.google.com
- Sign-in using your Athens Academy school email address
- Click the plus sign (+) to join a class and enter the code: dyc95s5