Course

Assignment

English I

All incoming freshman are expected to read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (ISBN 1442419814) this summer and be prepared to write an essay on the first day of school. As you read the book, keep in mind the following questions:

1.  How is Tally’s experience similar to and different from a contemporary teenager?

2.  What characteristics are admirable in Tally? What characteristics are negative aspects of her personality and why?

3.  If you were given the choice, would you become a pretty? Justify your answer.

4.  Does Tally make the right decision at the end of the book? Why or why not?

World History

Write  a paper on the following prompt:

You  are having a dinner party and may invite any four people in history (living or deceased). Whom would you invite and why?  This paper is to be no more than two pages in length.  It must be typed with Times New Roman font, 12-point size, one-inch margins, and double spacing.  The paper should have a cover sheet; please follow the template provided for you by the school.  You can find this template by clicking on the Writing Program and Lab section of the Academic Resources tab at www.graystoneday.org.  Since this is a general template, you will need to change the information.  Please do not hand me a paper that it titled Title.  For this assignment, I will be grading you on effort and the ability to follow instructions.  Good luck!

English II

Please answer the following questions as you read through the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre  Dumas.  Each question should be answered in a minimum of one page (written).  This assignment is to be prepared for the first day of class. 

1. We consistently see our three musketeers together and working as one single unit, but take this journal entry to reflect on them as individuals.  What are their similarities? Differences?  Consider  the servants they choose and how that choice reflects on their different personalities.
2. We have seen four main themes within this novel; mystery, love, intrigue and adventure. How do these four themes work together and also battle against each other?
3. Describe that circumstances that provoked the change of d’Artagnan from an eighteen year old boy to a twenty-one year old man. 
4. We have seen many different forms of love and objects of affection throughout the novel.  Examine the connection between the Duke of Buckingham’s love for Queen Anne and d’Artagnan’s love for Constance Bonacieux.
5. Discuss Milady as the pure essence and form of evil. 

English III

Print and Read "How to Mark a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler

Read The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

As you read Bodeen's novel, do your best to annotate/write in the text as Mortimer J. Adler's article "How to Mark a Book" suggests. You should be prepared to discuss the book in its entirety as well as the annotations that you have made in your copy of the novel upon returning to Gray Stone.  Your first major grade will be based on your annotations and thorough reading of the novel.

English IV

Students should review the entire list of commonly confused words. Terms marked with an asterisk will be the subject of a quiz during the first week of school.

Also, students should purchase a Penguin Classics 2003 edition of Pride and Prejudice.  They should read volume 1 and take notes based on the attached journaling guide.

Honors Mythology & Bible Literature

Purchase your own copy of Edith Hamilton’s MYTHOLOGY.  Read the introduction and Part One: The Gods, The Creation, and the Earliest Heroes.  Become familiar with the twelve Olympians by watching the movie –Perrcy  Jackson and The Lightning Thief - and if you have time, read some of the series about Percy Jackson (fun and easy to read).

Honors Genetics

Students will read Genetic Twists of Fate by Stanley Fields and Mark Johnson and complete the assignment in described in this memo from the instructor .

AP Environmental Science

Students will read eaarth by Bill McKibben and complete the assignment in described in this memo from the instructor.

AP European History

Read a biography of an approved historical figure and complete the assignment described in this memo from the instructor.

AP English III

Students should read Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolf and do their best to annotate/write in the text as Mortimer J. Adler's article "How to Mark a Book" suggests.

In addition, students should complete the assignments described in this memo from the instructor. 

AP English IV

Students should review the entire list of commonly misused words. Terms marked with an asterisk will be the subject of a quiz during the first week of school.

Also, students should purchase a Penguin Classics 2003 edition of Pride and Prejudice.  They should read volume 1 and take notes based on the attached journaling guide.

AP Biology

Students should review the Summer Scavenger Hunt project and complete the assignment as described.