Arts

Visual Art I

Visual Art II

Visual Art III

Visual Art IV

Studio Art AP

Theatre Arts

Concert Band

Concert Choir

Chamber Choir

Music Theory AP

English

English I, Standard

English II, Standard

English III, Standard

English IV, Standard

English I, Honors

English II, Honors

English III, Honors

English IV, Honors

English III, AP/IB

English IV, AP/IB

Foreign Language

Spanish I

JROTC

Science

Biology

Ecology

Physical Science

Class

Visual Art 1

Requirement

Recommended

Assignment

Art I

Read the basics of art elements and principles and review the visual vocabulary at the following website:  www.Glencoe.com/sec/art.

E-mail questions to: lauras3@wcs.edu

Supplies

Students in Art I are encouraged to purchase and bring the following supplies to class for their own personal use. These supplies can be purchased at a variety of stores including Hobby Lobby or Wal-Mart.

• #2 Pencil (not mechanical)

• White vinyl eraser (magic rub)

• Kneaded eraser

• Twin tip Sharpie

• Scissors

• Ruler

• 4oz bottle of Elmer’s glue

• Glue stick

Hobby Lobby

1113 Murfreesboro Road

Franklin, TN 37064

615-599-3284

Assignment

Art II

Read about the elements and principles of visual arts at the following website:   www.ArtinFocus.com

E-mail questions to: lauras3@wcs.edu

Supplies

Art III

SUPPLY LIST

Students in Art III are encouraged to purchase and bring the following supplies to class for their own personal use. These supplies can be purchased at a variety of stores including The Art Store or Hobby Lobby.

• White vinyl eraser (magic rub)

• Kneaded eraser

• Twin tip Sharpie

• Set of Paint Brushes (synthetic/acrylic)

• Vine Charcoal

• Value Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B – you can usually buy a set with a variety of values)

• Scissors

• Ruler

• 4oz bottle of Elmer’s glue

• Glue stick

Hobby Lobby

1113 Murfreesboro Road

Franklin, TN 37064

615-599-3284

Supplies

Art IV

SUPPLY LIST

Students in Art IV are encouraged to purchase and bring the following supplies to class for their own personal use. These supplies can be purchased at a variety of stores including The Art Store or Hobby Lobby.

• White vinyl eraser (magic rub)

• Kneaded eraser

• Twin tip Sharpie

• Set of Paint Brushes (synthetic/acrylic)

• Vine charcoal

• Value Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B – you can usually buy a set with a variety of values)

• Scissors

• Ruler

• 4oz bottle of Elmer’s glue

• Glue stick

• Lock for cubby

Hobby Lobby

1113 Murfreesboro Road

Franklin, TN 37064

615-599-3284

Assignment

AP Studio Art: Summer Assignments

Create ONE finished drawing or painting. You may choose the subject matter and materials. It must be a minimum of 12x16, and it must be something that you would consider using in your AP portfolio. That means it needs to be a successful piece of finished work!

Your FINISHED DRAWING is due the second week of school.

You are going to need a sketchbook! This sketchbook should be your “new best friend” this summer. You may purchase the sketchbook at Hobby Lobby, JoAnn’s, Michaels, The Art Store, or any art supply store. The sketchbook you choose should meet the following criteria:

• Minimum size of 9x12

• Minimum of 100 pages

• It should be comfortable and convenient for you since you are the one who will be drawing in it!

You need to carry your sketchbook with you every day, everywhere! You will be surprised at the countless opportunities there are to draw if you keep your sketchbook with you. Open it up first thing in the morning and last thing at night and many times in between. Draw in it, write in it, scribble in it, paint in it, glue things into it, cut the pages, tear the pages, change the way it looks to make it look like your own book. At the end of the summer it should reflect YOU and your experiences throughout the summer.

You must have a minimum of 20 pages filled by the second week of school.

RULES for working in your sketchbook:

1.      DO NOT make “perfect” drawings. Make imperfect drawings; make mistakes; make false starts. Let your hand follow your feelings not what your brain is telling you to do.

2.      ALWAYS fill the page you are working on. Go off the edges whenever possible. Make every square inch count for something.

3.      Do not start something and abandon it. You can always go back later, change it and make it into something else. Being able to rescue bad beginnings is the sign of a truly creative mind.

4.      Put the date on every page you finish.

5.      DO NOT DRAW FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, magazines, etc. Draw from observation, things you see in the world. Learn to translate the dynamic three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional drawing.

6.      NO CUTE, PRETTY, PRECIOUS, ADORABLE or TRITE images. This is a college level art class, not a recreation program to make pretty pictures to hang in your house. Expect your ideas about what makes good art to be challenged.

7.      Don’t be boring with your artwork. Challenge us!

8.      Avoid showing your work to others unless you know they are going to understand what you are trying to do in your sketchbook. You don’t need negative feedback when you are trying out new ideas or experimenting. This is a place for risk taking. Don’t invite criticism unless you are confident that it won’t derail your free spirit. Also, don’t criticize yourself for trying something new. Some of our best ideas come from experimentation!

Ways to work in your sketchbook:

1.      Draw, draw, draw, paint, paint, paint, collage, collage, collage, etc.

2.      Use pencils, pens, crayons, sticks, charcoal, burnt matches, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, fingers, basically anything that will make a mark. YOU have the power to make a mark!

3.      Draw what you SEE in the world. No drawings from published images or personal photographs. You can use a photograph as a reference, but do not copy.

4.      Use gesture, line, value in your drawings. Try to create a sense of light and depth in your images.

5.      Use the principles of perspective to show depth in a drawing.

6.      Glue stuff into your sketchbook, i.e., ticket stubs, gum wrappers, tin foil, lace, lists, receipts, sand, leaves, twigs, pebbles, shells, ear rings, shoe laces, whatever. Make a collage with the stuff. Add these things to pages that you started but don’t like. Let your imagination go wild!

7.      Build the pages up by layering things, paint on top of collage, newspaper and drawing. Attach pieces of fabric and photographs and paint over parts of them. What did you do? What are you trying to say?

8.      Express yourself!

9.      Make decisions about what you do based on how things look. Go for the tough look not the easy solution. Avoid trite, say something important about the world you live in.

10.  Take a news story and interpret it visually; use abstraction to express an idea.

11.  Play around with geometric and organic forms, interlocking and overlapping to create an interesting composition. Use color to finish the work.

12.  Create a self portrait using distortion, or Cubism, or Impression or Minimalism or Pop.

13.  Create a drawing of the interior of your room but add collage elements for the lamps or furniture. Glue sheer fabric over the collage. Draw n image of yourself moving around the room onto the sheer fabric.

14.  Make at least 100 gesture drawings from observation of the figure.

15.  Make at least 25 contour drawings from observation of anything around you. Remember to use the whole page! Fill in the space behind the objects you draw. Make it count for something!

16.  Make a simple contour drawing of an arrangement of objects. Repeat the drawing four times. Explore different color schemes in each of the four drawings. Write about how the color changes the feeling in each image.

17.  Write about your work. Write about what you like about a drawing, what you don’t like about it. Write about your hopes for your art work. Write about why you like to make art, what it means to you in the larger sense. Write about how your art work could impact another’s thinking or feeling. Write about what you want to say with your artwork.

18.  Lastly, this experience should be for your growth as an art student, as a person who values art as a means of expression. Keep it for your self so that you will feel free to work without judgment. Bring the book to our first meeting in August. You will have an opportunity to select the pages you want to share.

Have the very best summer with your “new best friend.” I am looking forward to an exciting year with creative minds and expressive hearts.

Your FINISHED DRAWING is due the second week of school. Bring your sketchbook to share with others.

Happy Drawing!

Ms. Saylor

E-mail questions to: lauras3@wcs.edu

Supplies

AP Studio Art

SUPPLY LIST

Students in AP Studio Art are encouraged to purchase and bring the following supplies to class for their own personal use. The supplies can be secured in a cubby with the student’s lock. These supplies can be purchased at a variety of stores including The Art Store or Hobby Lobby.

• White vinyl eraser (magic rub)

• Kneaded eraser

• Twin tip Sharpie

• Set of Paint Brushes (synthetic/acrylic)

• Oil, acrylic, or watercolor paint that they will use

• Jar (with wire mesh or coil inside) for mineral spirits

• Vine charcoal

• Value Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B – you can usually buy a set with a variety of values)

• Scissors

• Ruler

• 4oz bottle of Elmer’s glue

• Glue stick

• Lock for cubby

Hobby Lobby

1113 Murfreesboro Road

Franklin, TN 37064

615-599-3284

Class

Concert Band

Requirement

Recommended

Assignment

Strongly recommended:  Attend summer band rehearsals. 

Class

Concert Choir

Requirement

Extra- Credit                            Recommended

Assignment

Extra Credit:  Voice lessons are highly encouraged.  Extra credit will be given for attendance at a music camp or for summer voice lessons.

E-mail questions to: emilyj@wcs.edu

Class

Chamber Choir

Requirement

Extra- Credit                            Recommended

Assignment

Extra Credit:  Voice lessons are highly encouraged.  Extra credit will be given for attendance at a music camp or for summer voice lessons.

E-mail questions to: emilyj@wcs.edu

Class

Music Theory AP

Requirement

Extra-Credit  Strongly Recommended                      

Assignment

I am very excited about your participation in next year’s AP Music Theory Class.  I’ve compiled a packet of worksheets for you to do during the summer to brush up on your basic theory skills.  Please complete it and turn it in on the first day of school next year for extra credit.  This will help us to get a “jump-start” on the year, as we must cover LOTS of material before the exam. 

If you get stuck or have any questions, please email me at emilyj@wcs.edu.  I’ll be checking this all summer long so write me a note anytime.

 See you next year!

The music Theory AP packet may be picked-up at the school.  E-mail Mrs. Jones with any questions.

Mrs. Emily Jones

AP Music Theory Teacher

Choral Director

Franklin High School

Franklin, TN 

E-mail questions to: emilyj@wcs.edu

Extra Credit: Students who are interested in computer art and illustration should draw several pictures. Draw a person, an animal, and a landscape. Then draw whatever interests you most.

Students who are interested in design should find several ads in magazines. On a separate sheet of paper sketch out a new design using all the parts of the ad. Rework the design to try to make it better or more interesting.

Bring these in the first week of school for extra credit and class critique.

Extra Credit: Design a poster for a concert involving your favorite band or artist. You may use photos from the internet. Include the name of the band,  the date of the concert, the name of the tour if applicable.

Bring these in the first week of school for extra credit and class critique.

Try to be very creative. Don’t just take the obvious shots. Use unusual eye levels, interesting lighting, remember principles of photo composition.

Bring these in the first week of school for extra credit and class critique.

Class:

Media Concepts

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience. This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit.

Watch and critique two different newscasts on two different local television stations (i.e. Channel 2, 4, 5, Fox 17). You must critique the entire newscast (was it useful, would you watch again, what caught your attention) and include times of segments and times of the commercial breaks. Also include what stories are in each segment. 

Please type your critiques (double spaced, 12 pt font).

Class:

Electronic Media Production & Electronic Media Management  

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience.  This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit.

Research the aspects of High Definition Television and the FCC ruling of all Television stations broadcasting in HD in 2009.  

Write a two page paper (double spaced, 12 pt font) on what you find as well as the advantages and disadvantages this will have on both the television stations and the public.

Classes: 

All Business and Technology Classes

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience while helping students cope with the ever-changing world we live in.This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit. Read the book Who Moved My Cheese?  For Teens by Spencer Johnson, M.D. This book was written by Dr. Spencer to help him deal with a difficult change in his life without taking himself too seriously.

Write a brief paper (no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt font) on your interpretation of the story and how you will apply it to your own life’s situation.

Our world is changing so rapidly, and the effects of those changes are affecting us more frequently than at any other time in history.  Both young and not-so-young can benefit from the Dr. Johnson’s “cheesy” story!

Class:

Forensic Science Honors

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience. This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit. Choose a book from the collection of either Sue Crafton or Patricia Cornwell. Write a brief paper (no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt font) on the investigative techniques described in the book which were used to solve the crime.

Most of the books written by these authors are very entertaining so enjoy this assignment and think of it as a relaxing pleasure.

If you are truly interested in Forensic Science you’ll enjoy this assignment.

Class:

Forensic Science Standard

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience. This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit. Choose a short story from the collection of Sir Author Conan Doyle featuring the exploits of Sherlock Holmes. (Most of these can be read in one sitting!)

As you read, note the clues gathered by Holmes as he solves the crime at hand.

Write a one page paper (double spaced, 12 pt font) on how you think this crime might have been solved using modern scientific investigative tools which were not available to Dr. Holmes at the time.

Class:

Health Science

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience.  If you are taking this class it is highly likely that you are interested in possibly pursuing a career in health care.

This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit.

You assignment is to research an area of heath care that is of interest to you (nursing, radiology, physical therapy, etc…) Obtain information from the internet, library, or visiting the office of someone in the field and write a two page paper (double spaced, 12 pt font) on what you learned about this career. (job duties, education needed, employment outlook, etc…)

Class:

Medical Diagnostics

Recommended Assignment:

(this is an extra credit assignment- encouraged for all)

The assignment is an academic endeavor that goes beyond the requirements of the class but is an academic endeavor that can enrich the learning experience. If you are taking this class it is highly likely that you are interested in possibly pursuing a career in health care.

This assignment will be due the first week of class if you are to receive credit.

Your assignment is to pick a disease (try not to pick an obscure disease) and write a 1-2 page report (double spaced, 12 pt font) describing the causes, risk factors, complications, prevalence, diagnostic tests used to identify the disease, and treatment if any.

Class

English I, standard

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

1. Required:  Keep a film journal of all of the films you watch this summer.  Your film journal should contain the following: 1) the name of the film, 2) the director of the film, 3) the basic plot of the film, 4) a list other movies that you have seen that share plot or theme similarities, 5) your review of the film (50 word minimum).
    

2. Recommended: Read
    

3. Extra-Credit: Take a tour of the Parthenon in Nashville. 
    

4. Extra Credit: Go see the performance of a Shakespeare play at Shakespeare in the Park at Centennial Park in August.

E-mail questions to: Miranda Jones at mirandaj@wcs.edu  or Deborah Bell at  deborahb@wcs.edu

• The most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writer's of Research Papers. We do have copies to use during class, but it is beneficial to have one to access at home.
• A three-ring binder
• Pens, pencils, and colored pencils
• We have multiple locations from which work may be saved at school.  Many students, however, have found it beneficial to have a usb drive.
• A home computer is beneficial, but work may be completed at school.  Computers are generally included as part of the tax free holiday.

Class

English II, Standard

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

Supplies

he following supplies are recommended for English I.  Supplies may wish to be purchased during the tax free holiday:

·         Students will need an organized system to keep handouts in order where they may be quickly and easily retrieved.  A three-ring binder is the general preferred method. Stuffing papers into a backpack is not considered an organized system.

·         Students will need a notebook or system for taking clean and sequential notes.  Some classes will be spent in a computer lab.  Notes may be taken on the computer on those days.  If you have a laptop, you are welcome to bring it to class to take electronic notes on days we are not in the computer lab.  Your system of note taking may not be borrowing paper from someone else every day.  You are responsible for your own supplies. 

·         Students will need loose leaf paper or paper from a notebook that can be removed with clean edges (rough edges are a pet peeve) for completing in-class tasks. 

·         Students will need a pencil and a blue or black ink pen.

·         Students will need varied colored pens or pencils for editing and annotating purposes.

·         It is advised that you get a box of crayons or colored pencils.  We are going to be working on some creative projects with these items this year.

·         Procure several three-ring paper binders with pockets.  You might turn assignments in throughout the year using these binders.

·         Students will need 3x5 index cards.  It does not matter if they are lined, unlined, or colored.

·         Students will use the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writer's of Research Papers. We have copies to use during class, but it is beneficial to have one to access at home.

·         We have multiple locations from which work may be saved at school.  Many students, however, have found it beneficial to have a usb drive to which work may be saved.

·         A home computer is beneficial, but work may be completed at school.  Computers are generally included by the state as part of the tax free holiday.

·         Being prepared with supplies in class is very important.  We understand, however, that your favorite pen may run out of ink or your pencil loses its eraser.  For that reason, We ask that students create a classroom common supply for utilization.  You may donate an item or items to the classroom common supply to make the classroom experience easier and more enjoyable.  Any of the following items may be donated for classroom common use: hand sanitizer, tissue, stapler, staples, dry erase markers, dry erasers, tape dispenser, tape, loose leaf paper, hole punch, hard candy, erasers, and anything you feel could benefit the class. 

Class

English III, Honors and Standard

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

• Students will need an organized system to keep handouts in order where they may be quickly and easily retrieved.  A three-ring binder is the general preferred method. Stuffing papers into a backpack is not considered an organized system.

• Students will need a notebook or system for taking clean and sequential notes.  If you have a laptop, you are welcome to bring it to class to take electronic notes.  Your system of note taking may not be borrowing paper or notes from someone else every day.  You are responsible for your own supplies. 

• Students will need loose leaf paper or paper from a notebook that can be removed with clean edges (rough edges are a pet peeve) for completing in-class tasks. 

• Students will need a pencil and a blue or black ink pen.

• Students will need varied colored pens or pencils for editing and annotating purposes.

• It is advised that you get a box of crayons or colored pencils.  We are going to be working on some creative projects with these items this year.

• Procure several three-ring paper binders with pockets.  You might turn assignments in throughout the year using these binders.

• Students will need 3x5 index cards.  It does not matter if they are lined, unlined, or colored.

• Students will use the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writer's of Research Papers. We have copies to use during class, but it is beneficial to have one to access at home.

• We have multiple locations from which work may be saved at school.  Many students, however, have found it beneficial to have a usb drive to which work may be saved.

• A home computer is beneficial, but work may be completed at school.  Computers are generally included as part of the tax free holiday.

• Being prepared with supplies in class is very important.  We understand, however, that your favorite pen may run out of ink or your pencil loses its eraser.  For that reason, We ask that students create a classroom common supply for utilization.  You may donate an item or items to the classroom common supply to make the classroom experience easier and more enjoyable.  Any of the following items may be donated for classroom common use: hand sanitizer, tissue, stapler, staples, dry erase markers, dry erasers, tape dispenser, tape, loose leaf paper, hole punch, hard candy, erasers, and anything you feel could benefit the class. 

Class

English III, AP/IB

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

Print Copy of This Assignment.

English III AP Language and Composition

English III IB

Summer Reading and Writing 2009

Ms. Calhoun/Franklin High School

Summer email:  kellyc@wcs.edu

Welcome to AP English Language & Composition/English III IB!!!

Please read all instructions carefully!

Complete the following.  The Journals will be due the FIRST FULL DAY of class. A Book Test will be within the first two weeks of school. As is my class policy and FHS English Department policy, any work that is late is 20% off per day late.

1)      Read The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. During the first week of school, we will begin studying and you will be tested on the book.  We will use this reading to introduce the topic of Style.  This is a challenging novel about the decline of a once aristocratic Southern family, written in an experimental style.  Faulkner uses four different narrators, one for each of the four chapters.  The first narrator, Benjy, is mentally challenged and has no sense of time—so present, past and future are all immediate to him. Keep this in mind as you read.

2)      You will also keep a Quote/Passage Journal for The Sound and the Fury. 

Step One:  Using the novel, select 5 significant (and I mean truly significant) quotations which support a theme or characterization in the book.  Include point of view and author’s purpose.  Identify which theme or characterization each quotation supports and explain the relevance of the quote. (Quotations can be from any part of the book, not just dialogue of the characters.) Include quotations from each of the four chapters of the novel and include the page number where you found the quote. This needs to be typed because you will turn it in to turnitin.com during the first week of school.

Step Two:  Choose a representative passage of the work which clearly illustrates the author’s style.  (If you don’t know what style is—find out.) Photocopy or type the passage.  Type a description of the author’s style, including analysis of tone, diction, syntax, and irony.  This also needs to be typed and included as part of the Quote Journal (same document) because you will turn it in to turnitin.com during the first week of school.

This journal will also be submitted to turnitin.com after school accounts are made at the beginning of the semester, so please do your own work.

3)      Read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster.  Create a study guide for each chapter of the book, highlighting the most important terms or ideas presented by the author. Each chapter should have at least 3 but no more than 5  items.  This journal should be typed and will be turned in to turnitin.com after school accounts are made at the beginning of the semester, so please do your own work.

**The Sound and the Fury Quote Journal (100 points) and  Study Guide for How to Read Literature Like a Professor (100 points) will be graded and count as the first major grades of the new semester.  (My class is on the Total Points grading system.)  We will use the Journals to begin our discussion of Rhetoric, Style, and Classical Arrangement, and use them to conduct our first Socratic Seminars.  We will use your Study Guide to discuss close reading strategies and the annotation process.

**Please take these assignments seriously.  You do not want to start the new semester with a low grade.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at kellyc@wcs.edu.  Please keep in mind that I do not check this email every day during the summer, so it may be a few days before I respond.

GOOD LUCK!!!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A HEAD START FOR ENGLISH III AP/IB IN THE FALL…

THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR SUMMER READING, BUT WILL ALLOW YOU TO BEGIN THE FALL SEMESTER WITH WORK ALREADY COMPLETED. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

1.  Make a definition journal defining the following terms.  Write a definition; then, include 1 example illustrating that definition.  Please complete a Works Cited page (using MLA format) letting me know the source(s) of your information.

Rhetoric                                             Forensic Rhetoric

      Dialectic                                              Epideictic Rhetoric

      Ethos                                                  Deliberative Rhetoric

      Pathos                                                 Classical Arrangement (5 parts)

      Logos                                                  Style

Loaded Words                                   Point of View

      Overgeneralization                            Tone  

      Begging the Question fallacy            Diction

      Enthymeme                                        Syntax           

      Refutative Enthymeme                     Narrative Mode        

      Demonstrative Enthymeme              Expository Mode      

      Spurious Enthymeme                       Descriptive Mode     

      Metafiction                                         Persuasive Mode      

      Syllogism                                            Narrative Structure

      Maxim                                               Characterization

      Metacognition                                    Satire

      Argument                                           Irony: 3 types

                        Refutation                                          Socratic Method       

2) Find a persuasive essay (not an informative article), from the magazine, The New Yorker.  The section entitled “Shouts and Murmurs” is a good source for humorous essays, but you can use other ones if you wish.  Read it and bring a copy of it to school with you.  We will use this as one of the first Semester Journal analysis articles.

3)  Read The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

OTHER ENGLISH III AP/IB INFORMATION…

ENGLISH III AP OUTSIDE READING FOR 2009-10

The following books will be assigned for Outside Reading.  The books marked with asterisks (***) will be included in your fees for AP, or provided by the school, so you do not need to purchase them yourself.  (As a teacher, I can get wholesale prices on many books.)  You will need to purchase or rent the books marked with $$$.  The books are numbered in the order that they will be assigned.  Feel free to read ahead if you have time this summer.

Note:  These books are college level books endorsed by the College Board for Advanced Placement. Some of them have mature themes and content. 

ENGLISH III IB OUTSIDE READING FOR 2009-10

If you are in the IB program, the following books will be assigned for Outside Reading.  The list reflects requirements for IB as well as for Advanced Placement English III,  but is slightly different.  The books marked with asterisks (***) will be included in your fees, or provided by the school, so you do not need to purchase them yourself.  (As a teacher, I can get wholesale prices on many books.)  The books marked with $$$ are ones you have to purchase yourself.  They are numbered in the order that they will be assigned.  Feel free to read ahead if you have time this summer.

E-mail questions to Kelly Calhoun at kellyc@wcs.edu

See Fee Schedule and Supply List below.

ENGLISH III AP/IB FEES: $40.00

Fees include all of the books marked with asterisks (***) in the Outside Reading List above, an AP practice workbook, and other consumable classroom materials.

ENGLISH III AP/IB SUPPLY LIST

The following supplies will be needed.

A 3 inch plastic 3 ring binder with dividers.

A blue or red 2 pocket folder.

College ruled notebook paper.

Highlighters:  3 different colors

Blue or Black ink pens.

#2 Pencils

Post-it tabs or 2 x 2 size (for marking text)

Class

English IV, Standard

Requirement

Required

Assignment

Assignment #1:  Scholarly Articles

For 8 weeks during the summer, students are to research a current event and write a 1-page summary using the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).

Procedures:

·         Students are to access the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) via the Franklin High School webpage.  Follow this link:  http://www.wcs.edu/fhs/Departments/library/resources.htm

·         Students will have to call the FHS front office to retrieve login and password if they do not have it from last year.  (It was in the agenda!!!)

·         Students are to choose a current event per week for 8 weeks of the summer and find an article from a scholarly journal, a newspaper, a magazine, or other media source.

·         Write a 1 page summary explaining the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the article and its contents including all source documentation (author, publication, title, date, etc.)

Requirements:

·         1 page length

·         MLA Formatted (including header, page #, title, and double-spaced)

·         12 pt, Times New Roman font (this includes the header and the title)

·         4 issues must be current societal issues (education, healthcare, war on terror, politics, etc.)

·         4 issues may be students’ choice

·         The title needs to indicate the issue, but not repeat any headlines or titles of articles.  Be original.

·         Using the tabs at the top of the results page, students must have at least:

o   1 magazine article

o   1 scholarly journal article

o   1 newspaper article

o   1 media source

Assessment:

·         Students will submit the assignment to turnitin.com by August 27, 2009.  (This will be done as a class during the first two weeks of the fall semester.)

·         Grading will be done as follows:

o   ½ completion grade

o   ½ objective grading to include, but not limited to:  MLA format, content, organization, grammar, structure, etc. (to be determined by the course instructor after the beginning of school.)

·         This assignment will be worth at least 80 points and will go on 1^st quarter grading.

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-         3-ring Binder with section dividers

-         Pens/pencils

-         Paper

-         3”x5” index cards

-         An MLA Handbook (6^th Edition)

Class

English IV, Honors

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

If you have questions about this assignment over the course of the summer, please email Mr. Inman (hughi@wcs.edu) or Mr. Scheetz (rays1@wcs.edu).

-         3-ring Binder with section dividers

-         Pens/pencils

-         Paper

-         3”x5” index cards

-         An MLA Handbook (6^th Edition)

Class

English IV, APIB

Requirement

Required  - This assignment is provided as a way for you to get ahead during the summer instead of having it all to do at the beginning of school.

Assignment

Read & Enjoy!

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

~Successful completion of the Quotations Test over each selection within the first two weeks of school will require a profound familiarity with the major characters from all five literary selections.

Supplies