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Don’t Forget To Download Your Summer Assignments Here!

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The purpose of summer assignments is to “gear up” for next school year.  There are over 70 days of summer vacation, so pace yourself!  Do a bit from each subject, each week.  The first day of school is Monday, September 9, 2013.

GRADE

ENGLISH

SOCIAL STUDIES

MATH

SCIENCE

9TH

 Ms. Newton required reading:

  • Siddhartha by  Herman Hesse
  • Choice of another book from the Reading List
  • Write reflection and reaction on both books in a journal
  • For details and instructions, visit  whsad.org/author/newton

 

 Ms. SabicTopic: World Religions

  • Map skills-identifying the major religions on a map.
  • Vocabulary/Biography of
  • Religious Icons
  • Reading comprehension/Personal response.
  • DBQ’s
  • For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/sabic

 

 Algebra:From website, Click Here, watch the online videos and take notes for Chapter 1, section 1, 2, and 3; Chapter 2, section 4 and 5; Chapter 3, section 1.Answer the 7 questions posted on Ms. Jufer’s webpage.Video notes and answers are due on 1st day of school, 9/9/13.

(Students who passed the Integrated Algebra Regents, please complete Geometry assignment)

 Living Environment:

  • Please use the Living Environment Boot Camp Survival Guide to complete the assignment.
  • For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/hafer

10TH

 Ms. Pickering required reading:Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonRead the novel, as you read, complete the projects by going online to research the information.For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/pickering Mr. Lesinski Global Studies III/IV The Gunpowder Plot:for further details and instructions visit whsad.org/author/lesinski Geometry: From website, whsad.org/author/terraferma, watch and take notes on the videos (VID) for Chapter 1: Tools of Geometry and Chapter 2: Reasoning and Proof.Answer questions posted on website. Type or handwrite answer neatly.Bring notes and answer due 1st day of school, 09/09/13.  Chemistry:

11TH

 Mr. Rodriguez mandatory reading:

  • Read Push by Sapphire and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
  • Write a 6 paragraph Critical Lens Essay.
  • For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/rodriguez
 U.S. History/ Ms. Cahill

  • Pick three candidates running for NYC Mayoral Election 2013.
  • For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/cahill
 Trigonometry: From website, whsad.org/author/mccollum, watch and take notes on the videos.Complete Lessons 1 – 6 from Functions as Building blocks.Email Ms. McCollum at mccollum@whsad.org for supply list.

Assignment due 1st day of school, 09/09/13.

 Earth Science:

  • To get full credit, the assignment must be complete and hand-written.
  • Specific instructions and resource links are embedded in the pdf document, visit whsad.org/author/wiprovnick

 

12TH

 Mr. KeyRequired reading: Animal Farm by George Orwell.Optional  reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut or the Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFor details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/key Seniors – Participation in GovernmentResearch the Roots of American of Democracy: from the Code of Hammurabi to the Mayflower Compact.For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/isserovich  Ms. Wilson: PreCalculus:

Download the summer assignment: Click Here
ESL Ms. NelsonRequired reading: The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck.Optional Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper.For details and instructions, visit whsad.org/author/nelson

 

 

 

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