Fairview High School Summer Reading

for School Year: 2016 – 2017

This document contains summer reading and homework requirements for all of Fairview High School. Five academic departments have articulated summer reading assignments to be done in preparation for the 2016-17 school year.

1. Language Arts: IB and AP (all grades)

2. World Language - IB/AP Spanish 5 - IB Latin (multiple grades)

3. Social Studies –

- IB History of the Americas (12th grade) - AP U.S. History (11th grade only) - Pre-IB U.S. History

4. Science - IB Biology - IB/AP Chemistry

5. IB Film

There is no summer reading this year for ToK.

Advanced Placement 

 

2016-2017 Fairview English Department Honors Program Book List and Summer Reading Assignments, Grades 9-12

General The information below articulates the literature which will be read in advanced English courses at Fairview High School. Parents and students should make their best effort to obtain the exact editions listed below so that students have them in class when discussions and seminars are taking place. The students can take part in these discussions more readily if they have the same editions with the same page numbers in class. We strongly encourage students to purchase all texts prior to the beginning of the school year to avoid a lack of availability later in the year. Texts are available at local bookstores. If you choose to order online, please search by the ISBN number, rather than by the book title. Searches by book title do not always bring up all available editions.

PIB 9 Language Arts You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. REQUIRED SUMMER READING: 1. 1984 by George Orwell; Publisher: Plume 60th Anniversary edition; ISBN: 9780452262935. 2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780140177398. 3. An adult-level book of your choice – fiction or nonfiction (see notes below). INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: Please read, but do not annotate, the three books listed above. Students will take comprehension tests on Of Mice and Men and 1984 during the first week of school in August. We will read the novels a second time during the school year to give direct instruction in the fundamentals of annotation. Notes on Choice Book: We hope you can find a book that you will truly enjoy. During the first month of school, each student will present a book talk to the class on their choice book. Please DO NOT read the following for your choice book: 1. A play or book of poetry 2. The Odyssey by Homer 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 4. A novel or work of nonfiction classified as “Young Adult” by the publisher (if you’re not sure whether or not a book is YA, look carefully at the publishing information at the front of the book, or online).

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For a list of recommended books, go to Ms. Roitz’s website, accessible through the Fairview High School website. Look for the document titled “Recommended Choice Books for Summer Reading.” ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. The Odyssey by Homer (trans. Fagles): Publisher: Penguin Classics; ISBN: 9780140268867. 2. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Publisher: Harper Perennial; ISBN: 9780060838676. 3. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare; Publisher: Cambridge School Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press); ISBN: 9781107619890. Pre IB 10 Language Arts You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. REQUIRED SUMMER READING 1. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane; Publisher: Touchstone; ISBN: 0684848287.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: Students will take comprehension test on Kaffir Boy during the first week of school in August. ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare; Publisher: Cambridge School Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press); ISBN: 9781107615496. 2. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka (trans. Appelbaum); Publisher: Dover; ISBN: 9780486290300. 3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; Publisher: Penguin Classics; ISBN: 0141439556. 4. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (trans. Willetts); Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; ISBN: 97803754534684. 5. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9780743247542. IB 11 Language Arts You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. Students need the specified translation, and not an alternate one.

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REQUIRED SUMMER READING: 1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (trans. Pevear & Volokhonsky); Publisher: Vintage Classics; ISBN: 9780679734505. 2. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison; Publisher: Vintage International; ISBN: 9781400033423 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: Please be prepared for an exam on both texts on the first day of class. ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare (ed. Gibson); Publisher: Cambridge School Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press); ISBN: 9780521626897. 2. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate; Publisher: Doubleday; ISBN: 9780385423397. 3. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. Gregory Rabassa); Publisher: Vintage International; ISBN: 9781400034710. 4. The Stranger by Albert Camus (trans. Matthew Ward); Publisher: Vintage International; ISBN: 9780679720201. AP Language & Composition (11th Grade) You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. REQUIRED SUMMER READING: 1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812979329. 2. The Cheating Culture by David Callahan; Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (2004); ISBN: 9780156030052. * INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: * Please read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, & 9 of The Cheating Culture. Annotate and make interactive reading visible by underlining, writing margin notes, and posing questions in both Behind the Beautiful Forevers and The Cheating Culture. Be prepared for an exam on both texts the first day of class. ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. Black Boy by Richard Wright; Publisher: Harper Perennial; ISBN: 9780061130243.

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 2. The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone; Publisher: Norton; ISBN: 9780393342468. 3. The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Publisher: Norton Critical; ISBN: 9780393979534. 4. The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780142437339. 5. The Awakening with a Selection of Short Stories by Kate Chopin; Publisher: Bantam Classic; ISBN: 9780553213300. IB LA 12 You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. REQUIRED SUMMER READING: 1. Hamlet by William Shakespeare; Publisher: Cambridge School Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press); ISBN: 9781107615489. 2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard; Publisher: Grove Press; ISBN: 9780802132758. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: Read Hamlet before reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Be prepared for an exam on both texts the first day of class. Ideas and questions to consider as you read: 1) Think of these as plays that are performed rather than as novels. 2) Consider the cultural context – when were the plays written, who were the playwrights, what were their aims? 3) How and why do the playwrights utilize literary and dramatic techniques (characterization, plot, diction, imagery, syntax, structure, tone, symbolism, and theme)? ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. Heart of Darkness and Selections from The Congo Diary by Joseph Conrad; Publisher: Modern Library Classics; ISBN: 9780375753770. 2. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; Publisher: Grove Press; ISBN: 9780802144423. 3. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Publisher: Norton Critical Edition; ISBN: 9780393927535. 4. A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9780679728221. Additional suggestion: It is highly recommended that all IB Literature students see a live performance of Shakespeare this summer. Colorado Shakespeare Festival will be performing

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 plays all summer, and they can be seen for a discounted ticket price at preview performances. Tickets can be obtained through the website: www.coloradoshakes.org. AP Literature and Composition (12th Grade) You will need a new or used (but not previously annotated) copy of each of these books for your LA class. REQUIRED SUMMER READING: 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9780743273565. 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Publisher: Norton Critical Edition; ISBN: 9780393976045. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING: To direct and deepen your reading, it is suggested that you annotate for characterization, setting, imagery, symbolism, key motifs, and any other aspects that help you interact with the text. Students should be prepared for a timed writing during the first week of school over the required summer reading texts, as well as over The Awakening by Kate Chopin; this text was read in AP Language and Composition. ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO PURCHASE: 1. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; Publisher: Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 9781501117015. 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; Publisher: Penguin Classics; ISBN: 9780141439471. 3. Beloved by Toni Morrison; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9781400033416. 4. Othello by William Shakespeare; Publisher: Cambridge School Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press); ISBN: 9781107615595. Additional suggestion: It is highly recommended that all AP Literature students see a live performance of Shakespeare this summer. Colorado Shakespeare Festival will be performing plays all summer, and they can be seen for a discounted ticket price at preview performances. Tickets can be obtained through the website: www.coloradoshakes.org.Language Arts

 

 World Language Spanish Spanish 5 IB HL students only: Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Students can get these books through Amazon, and there are several new and used books that range from 70 cents to $12.00. Latin Latin Students ENTERING PIB Latin 2 in the fall of 2016 are required to complete summer review. Students need to review first, second, third declension noun and adjective endings; learn the 4th and 5th declension endings and sample words; review all tenses of the indicative including present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect for first, second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs in active voice only; review all the rules for forming imperatives for all conjugations; review all irregular verbs; review personal pronoun declensions; review demonstrative adjectives such as hic and ille; practice Latin I tests posted on the NLE website (nle.org), focusing especially on the reading passages. Help can be found on Ms. LiCalsi’s school website under the PIB Latin 2 tab. Students ENTERING PIB Latin 3 in the fall of 2016 are required to review all grammar and to memorize all the uses of the subjunctive on the subjunctive cards. There will be a test on subjunctive cards within two weeks of returning to school in fall 2016. Students who choose NOT to use cards on the Spring 2016 PIB Latin 2 final will NOT be permitted to take this additional assessment next year. Students should use the NLE website to practice Level 2 exams. Focus on the reading passages and note any of the problems you encounter on NLE exams so that we can clear these up in class on Day 1. In addition to grammar review, students need to read the entire Aeneid in English. I have provided each student with a copy. Take plot notes on each book. Pay special attention to all the details of Books 1, 2, and 4. Book 1 is the topic of your IB exam senior year. Do an exceptionally thorough job on Book I. Hand in your hand written, NOT TYPED, notes on day 1 when we return. Students ENTERING IB Latin 4 in the fall of 2016 need to study the Catullus poems we covered in class this year as well as the Vergil lines we completed. Additionally, students need to create vocabulary lists and take notes for lines 254-296 in Book 1. While making lists and taking notes, please read these lines for general comprehension. World

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  Social Studies IB History of the Americas – Scott Peoples 

I would like you to purchase a copy of John Charles Chasteen’s Born in Blood in Fire: A Concise History of 

Latin America, 2nd edition (W.W. Norton & Company, 2006). The second edition is much cheaper than 

the newer edition; you should be able to find an affordable used copy on Amazon.com or other online 

booksellers. You could also talk to any veteran of Fairview’s History of the Americas classes – Dr. 

Campbell‐Hale used this book for several years, and her former students may be willing to part with the 

copies they purchased. You are to read Chapters 1 and 2 prior to the start of school; you’ll face a reading 

test about this material early in the year. 

 

Pre‐IB US History – Scott Peoples 

I would like you to purchase a copy of Colin Woodard’s American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival 

Regional Cultures of North America (Penguin, 2012). Earlier editions are fine, and you don’t need to buy 

the book new – there are affordable used copies available on Amazon.com and other online booksellers 

– but since I plan on referring to the themes explored in this book throughout the school year, you will 

want your own copy. I’d like you to read Chapters 1‐9 before the start of school, and to be prepared for 

a test over this material early in the year. 

Advanced Placement U.S. History – Kathy Hicks SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT To be announced………..

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IB Biology – Dr. Paul Strode The Serengeti Rules by Sean B. Carroll; Publisher: Princeton University Press; ISBN: 9780691167428. The thesis of this latest book by molecular biologist, Sean Carroll, is that everything is regulated. Carroll will take you on a fascinating journey through the history of the most important scientific discoveries of the regulatory mechanisms of nature, from molecules to megafauna. This book will give you an excellent foundation for what you will learn in both IB Biology II and Biochemistry.

IB/AP Chemistry 2 “Summer Reading” The textbook for Chem2 is “Chemistry” by Zumdahl/Zumdahl 8th Edition that you’ll need to check out from me before summer break. Read the following sections of two chapters in your text (if a section isn’t indicated, you may skip over it ). Then, do the following:

1. Write a paragraph (~3 to 4 sentences) that summarizes the section in your own words. 2. Answer the questions below.

Summary and problems will be turned in as our first assignment on the first day of class Chapter 10 “Liquids and Solids” pages 438 – 483 10.1 ~ Intermolecular Forces 10.2 ~ The Liquid State 10.4 ~ only the part: Metal Alloys (pages 455 – 456) 10.5 ~ Carbon and Silicon: Network Atomic Solids (skip Ceramics but read Semiconductors) 10.8 ~ Vapor Pressure 10.9 ~ Phase Diagrams Problems:

Page 487 #14, 19, 25, 26, 29 Page 488 #33, 41, 61

Chapter 11 “Solutions” pages 407 – 527 11.1 ~ Solution Composition (skip “Normality” on page 500) 11.2 ~ The Energies of Solution Formation 11.3 ~ Factors Affecting Solubility 11.4 ~ The Vapor Pressure of Solutions (only through page 512) 11.8 ~ Colloids Problems:

1) What does the axiom “like dissolves like” mean? Why does gasoline float on the surface of water whereas other substances dissolve in the water?

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2) Define the terms hydrophobic and hydrophilic. How do the structures of Vitamin A and Vitamin C affect their solubilities in the body? (see page 505)3) The 1986 tragic overturning of Lake Nyos in Cameroon illustrates the phenomenon of Henry’s Law. Explain how temperature and pressure increased the concentration of carbon dioxide at the lake’s bottom.

IB Film Film Viewing List Students in the IB Film program at the SL and HL levels should watch at least one film from each decade from the listed films.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Weine, 1921 Metropolis: Lang, 1927 The General: Keaton, 1927 Modern Times: Chaplin, 1936 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Capra, 1939 Wizard of Oz: Fleming, 1939 Citizen Kane: Welles, 1941 Casablanca: Curtiz, 1943 The 400 Blows: Truffaut, 1959 Spartacus: Kubrick, 1960 Breathless: Godard, 1961 The Graduate: 1967, Nichols 2001, A Space Odyssey: Kubrick 1968 The Godfather: Coppola, 1972 American Graffiti: Lucas, 1973 Jaws: Spielberg, 1975 Annie Hall: Allen, 1977 Alien: Scott, 1979 The Thing: Carpenter, 1982 Vertigo: 1983, Hitchcock This is Spinal Tap: Reiner, 1984 Pulp Fiction: Tarantino, 1994 Fight Club: Fincher, 1999 The Sixth Sense: Shyamalan, 1999 City of God: Meirelles, 2002 Winter's Bone: Granik, 2010 Hugo: Scorcese, 2011 Moonrise Kingdom: Anderson, 2012 Zero Dark Thirty: Bigelow, 2014 Whiplash: Chazelle, 2014 The Revenant: Inarritu, 2015

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