Academics

2023 Summer Assignments

Hermits, 

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” – Leonardo da Vinci

I hope you had a wonderful time learning experientially and building relationships during your Third Semester courses.  Brotherhood was at its best! Learning was evident! If you are new to St Augustine Prep, I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome you and to tell you I am so excited that you have decided to join our Brotherhood! 

It is now time for me to share vital information about summer assignments. This email addresses three areas concerning summer assignments:  AP level classes, mathematics classes, and literature classes. 

For students enrolled in AP level classes for 2023-2024, summer assignments were already communicated to you by each teacher. If you moved into an AP-level course after the close of the second semester, you will need to pay close attention to the information communicated here. To provide you with a central place to access this information over the summer and ensure that you are aware of these assignments, all AP class summer work is posted under the Academics tab on the Hermits website (https://hermits.com/academics/summer/). As you know, this work is not optional – please budget your time over the summer so that you start the year strong in these rigorous classes. 

For all Hermits (class of 2028 through class of 2024),  your math summer assignment opens on July 3 (8am) and closes on Aug 20 (11:59pm). We are using DeltaMath this summer. The information covered in your summer work reviews previously learned key math concepts and skills. You enrolled in DeltaMath during math class before exams.  If you did not enroll at that time or are new to St Augustine Prep (class of 2028, class of 2027, a transfer student), please log on to deltamath.com, click the “For Students” tab,  and select  the “Register” tab. Choose the course code from the list below that matches the math class you are enrolled in for the 2023-2024 school year.  Finally, select the Register with Google option.  You may register immediately but the assignment will not be available to work on until July 3. This information about the math summer work is also posted under the Academics tab on the Hermits website for your future reference  (https://hermits.com/academics/summer/

The objective of summer math work is for each student to enter his math class in 2023-2024 with prior math content and skills mastered and retained. Make sure you are enrolled in and complete the DeltaMath assignment that matches the math course in which you are scheduled for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year.  Course request changes were to be discussed with your counselor and approved by June 30, 2023. You are able to view your 2023-2024 courses in MyPrep under the “course request” tab. Note:  Though labeled “course request” by our SIS, this is the math course in which you have achieved the grade standard to enroll (classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026) or in which you have been placed via the placement test and application packet rubric (classes of 2027 and 2028).

Your summer math assignment will be worth two homework grades, and every teacher will be quizzing all students on the summer work material during the first week of school. Teachers will not accept late work for any homework credit.  Students enrolled in summer online Honors Geometry are still required to complete the appropriate DeltaMath assignment (i.e. the assignment for the 2023-2024 course in which you are enrolled in MyPrep). 

If you have any questions regarding DeltaMath or new student math placement, please feel free to reach out to Mr. Grealis at  mr.grealis@hermits.com

For all Hermits (class of 2028 through class of 2024), your English summer work will be communicated to you on August 1 – awesome short stories and writing samples are planned! This information will also be posted on the Hermits website under the Academics tab for your future reference(https://hermits.com/academics/summer/). English summer work will be due orientation week, beginning on Aug 28. If you have any questions regarding DeltaMath or new student math placement, please feel free to reach out to Mr. Chapman at  mrs.chapman@hermits.com.  

In Augustine,

Mrs. Nancy McHugh

Dean of Academics

DeltaMath Class Codes

Codes for Classes of ’24, ’25, and ’26

AP Calc AB – AR5Q-R7PP

AP Calc BC – WN6B-3C6J

AP Stat – 47TQ-9A3H

Applications of Calculus – 2EE3-PY2B

CP Algebra 2 –  J8Z5-ZL6S 

CP Geometry – V7X7-4L9Y

CP Pre-Calc – KB64-4ZZ2

CP Stat – J57N-993T

Honors Algebra 2 –  J8Z5-ZL6S

Honors Calculus – B87V-M99H

Honors Geometry – 3DZ7-WF84

Honors Pre-Calculus – L47T-7DL6

Codes for Class of ’27 (incoming freshman)

Students entering Honors Geometry – 3DZ7-WF84

Students entering CP Geometry – V7X7-4L9Y

Students entering Honors Alg. 1 – 3R5H-J4RT

Students entering CP Alg. 1 – AS68-XL6X

Codes for Class of ’28 (incoming 8th grade)

Students entering Alg. 1 – AS68-XL6X

Students entering Pre-Alg. – VB36-L6JE

Mathematics

For all Hermits (class of 2028 through the class of 2024),  your math summer assignment opens on July 3 (8am) and closes on Aug 20 (11:59pm). We are using DeltaMath this summer. The information covered in your summer work reviews previously learned key math concepts and skills. You enrolled in DeltaMath during math class before exams.  If you did not enroll at that time or are new to St Augustine Prep (class of 2028, class of 2027, a transfer student), please log on to deltamath.com, click the “For Students” tab,  and select  the “Register” tab. Choose the course code from the list below that matches the math class you are enrolled in for the 2023-2024 school year.  Finally, select the Register with Google option.  You may register immediately but the assignment will not be available to work on until July 3. This information about the math summer work is also posted under the Academics tab on the Hermits website for your future reference  (https://hermits.com/academics/summer/

 The objective of summer math work is for each student to enter his math class in 2023-2024 with prior math content and skills mastered and retained. Make sure you are enrolled in and complete the DeltaMath assignment that matches the math course in which you are scheduled for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year.  Course request changes were to be discussed with your counselor and approved by June 30, 2023. You are able to view your 2023-2024 courses in MyPrep under the “course request” tab. Note:  Though labeled “course request” by our SIS, this is the math course in which you have achieved the grade standard to enroll (classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026) or in which you have been placed via the placement test and application packet rubric (classes of 2027 and 2028).

Your summer math assignment will be worth two homework grades, and every teacher will be quizzing all students on the summer work material during the first week of school. Teachers will not accept late work for any homework credit.  Students enrolled in summer online Honors Geometry are still required to complete the appropriate DeltaMath assignment (i.e. the assignment for the 2023-2024 course in which you are enrolled in MyPrep). 

If you have any questions regarding DeltaMath or new student math placement, please feel free to reach out to Mr. Grealis at  mr.grealis@hermits.com



  • AP Calc AB – AR5Q-R7PP
  • AP Calc BC – WN6B-3C6J
  • AP Stat – 47TQ-9A3H
  • Applications of Calculus – 2EE3-PY2B
  • CP Algebra 2 – J8Z5-ZL6S
  • CP Geometry – V7X7-4L9Y
  • CP Pre-Calc – KB64-4ZZ2
  • CP Stat – J57N-993T
  • Honors Algebra 2 – J8Z5-ZL6S
  • Honors Calculus – B87V-M99H
  • Honors Geometry – 3DZ7-WF84
  • Honors Pre-Calculus – L47T-7DL6


  • Students entering Honors Geometry – 3DZ7-WF84
  • Students entering CP Geometry – V7X7-4L9Y
  • Students entering Honors Alg. 1 – 3R5H-J4RT
  • Students entering CP Alg. 1 – AS68-XL6X

  • Students entering Alg. 1 – AS68-XL6X
  • Students entering Pre-Alg. – VB36-L6JE


Literature

For all Hermits (class of 2028 through the class of 2024), your English summer work is listed below. Assignments will be due during orientation week, beginning on Aug 28.



A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 28, 2023.  Late assignments will not be accepted. 

 

Reading Assignment:

 

“EPICAC” by Kurt Vonnegut. You can read it here.

“The Test” by Theodore Thomas. You can read it here.

Writing assignment:

How does the author of the story use the reader’s expectations to develop the theme? Answer this question for each of the two stories in separate short essays. Each response should be 2-3 paragraphs. Use specific quotes from the stories to support your claim. 

*A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 28, 2023.  Late assignments will not be accepted.

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 29, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted.

Reading Assignment:

“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury. You can read it here.

“My Dad Tried to Kill Me with an Alligator” by Harrison Scott Key. You can read it here.

Writing assignment:

How does the author of the story use the reader’s expectation to develop the theme?      Answer this question for each of the two stories in separate short essays. Each response should be 2-3 paragraphs. Incorporate quotes from the stories in order to support your claim.

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 29, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted. 

Reading Assignment:

“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury. You can read it here.

“The Scholarship Jacket” by Martha Salinas. You can read it here.

“My Dad Tried to Kill Me with an Alligator” by Harrison Scott Key. You can read it here.

Writing assignment:

How does the author of the story use the reader’s expectations to develop the theme?       Answer this question for each of the three stories in separate short essays. Each response should be 2-3 paragraphs. Incorporate quotes from the stories in order to support your claim.

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 30, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted. 

 

Reading Assignment:

“The Cookie Jar” by Stephen King. You can read it here.

 

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You can read it here.

 

Writing Assignment:

Then do as follows.  

 

  1. Give each story a grade. You do not need to rationalize your grade in any way. It simply gets the grade YOU think it deserves. 

 

  1. Write at least three detailed paragraphs for ONE of the stories. 
    1. Explain what was done right or wrong according to the grade you gave it. (Yes, be brave. Dare to tell a published author how to do their job. We won’t tell anyone. Promise! Also; one has passed beyond the veil, and the third has heard worse than you can offer.)
    2. How could the author have improved upon the story, or in what way did it approach perfection?
    3. Share anything else noteworthy about your chosen texts. Why did this thing worthy of note strike the chord it did? (Sorry to mix metaphors there.)

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 30, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted. 

 

Reading Assignment:

 

“The Cookie Jar” by Stephen King. You can read it here.

 

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You can read it here.

 

“Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” by Jamil Jan Kochi. You can read it here.

 

Writing Assignment

Then do as follows. 

 

  1. Give each story a grade. You do not need to rationalize your grade to me in any way. It simply gets the grade YOU think it deserves. 

 

  1. Write at least three detailed paragraphs EACH for two of the stories
    1. Explain what was done right or wrong according to the grade you gave it. (Yes, be brave. Dare to tell a published author how to do their job. I won’t tell anyone. Promise! Also; two have passed beyond the veil, and the third has heard worse than you can offer.)
    2. How could the author have improved upon the story, or in what way did it approach perfection?
    3. Share anything else noteworthy about your chosen texts. Why did this thing worthy of note strike the chord it did? (Sorry to mix metaphors there.)

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 31, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted. 

 

Reading  Assignment:

“The Nose”- by Nikolai Gogol. You can read it here.

 

“One of These Days” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. You can read it here.

 

Writing Assignment:

Then do as follows. 

 

  1. Give each story a grade. You do not need to rationalize your grade to us in any way. It simply gets the grade YOU think it deserves. 

 

  1. Write at least three well-constructed paragraphs for ONE of the pieces. 
    1. Explain what was done right or wrong according to the grade you gave it. (Yes, be brave. Dare to tell a published author how to do their job. We won’t tell anyone. Promise! Also; both have passed beyond the veil.
    2. How could the author have improved upon the story, or in what way did it approach perfection?
    3. Share anything else noteworthy about your chosen texts. Why did this thing worthy of note strike the chord it did? (Sorry to mix metaphors there.)

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 31, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted.

 

Reading Assignment:

“The Nose”- by Nikolai Gogol. You can read it here.

 

“One of These Days” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. You can read it here.

 

“You, Disappearing” by Alexandra Kleenman. You can read it here.

 

Writing Assignment:

Then do as follows. 

 

  1. Give each story a grade. You do not need to rationalize your grade to us in any way. It simply gets the grade YOU think it deserves. 

 

  1. Write at least three paragraphs EACH for two of the pieces. 
    1. Explain what was done right or wrong according to the grade you gave it. (Yes, be brave. Dare to tell a published author how to do their job. We won’t tell anyone. Promise! Also; two have passed beyond the veil, and the third has heard worse than you can offer.
    2. How could the author have improved upon the story, or in what way did it approach perfection?
    3. Share anything else noteworthy about your chosen texts. Why did this thing worthy of note strike the chord it did? (Sorry to mix metaphors there.)

A hard copy (typed, not handwritten) of this assignment is due on Orientation Day, August 31, 2023. Late assignments will not be accepted.

 

Reading Assignment:

 

THIS:  “How a hazing culture evolved at Northwestern’s Camp Kenosha: ‘There’s a significance to ritual’” by Kalyn Kahler and Brian Hamilton from The Athletic. You can read it here. 

 

AND THIS: 

Pay attention, Seniors. 

  1. Go to this Amazon link. 
  2. Make sure you are on the KINDLE option. *The other options won’t allow you to read the entire first chapter. 
  3. Below the picture of the book on the left, choose the READ SAMPLE option. 
  4. This will allow you to read Chapter 1, “The Face.”
  5. Now read it.  

 

Written Assignment (1-2 pages, Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced):

Put your responses to these questions together in a well-crafted paper. You may respond to the questions in any order or blend some together. Create smooth transitions. First person is fine. 

  • How controversial are the issues raised in these pieces? 
  • Who is aligned on which sides of the issues? 
  • Where do you fall in that line-up?
  • What underlying messages do you notice in the texts? 
  • Can the information presented be interpreted differently than the way the author presents it? 
  • Identify a passage that struck you as significant— interesting, profound, amusing, illuminating, disturbing, sad, etc.  What was memorable about it? Be specific.

Read “The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf. You can read it here. 

 

Read “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot. You can read it here. 

 

Do independent research on the narrative style, stream of consciousness. There are many articles and videos that explain it. Take good notes and be prepared to discuss the technique as well as Woolf’s and Eliot’s use of it. 

You may find it helpful to print out the story and poem and annotate directly on them. If you do not have access to a printer, take notes on paper for both works. Bring your annotated copies/notes and your stream of consciousness notes with you to English class on orientation day, August 31 for an in-class writing assignment.


AP Summer Assignments


NOTE: The following AP Classes do not have summer assignments

  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • AP European History
  • AP Government and Politics
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP US History
  • AP World History


AP Calculus AB

The AP Calculus AB class will be completing a summer assignment on Delta Math.  The code is AB: AR5Q-R7PP

AP Calculus BC

The AP Calculus AB class will be completing a summer assignment on Delta Math.  The code is WN6B-3C6J

Gentlemen,
I hope you are all having a wonderful start to your Summer vacation! As I’m sure you’re all
aware, as part of your enrollment into AP Chemistry for the next academic year you are required
to complete a summer assignment in order to prepare for the class. AP Chemistry covers a
large amount of subject material within the time provided during the school year, and this
assignment will ensure that you are prepared for the subject material that we will be diving into
from the first day of class.

As this is a rather large assignment, I’ll be breaking it up into certain groups of pages that you’ll
be submitting work for every two weeks. This way, I’ll know you’re staying active with your work,
and you won’t be totally overwhelmed right before the start of the school year.

The schedule for
submission is as follows:

• Due 7/7: Pg. 2-16

• Due 7/21: Pg. 17-22

• Due 8/4: Pg. 23-30

• Due 8/11: Pg. 31-39

• Due 8/25: Pg. 40-44

If you know you’ll be unable to complete work for a given due date (due to a family vacation, or
Third Semester for example), no worries! Just reach out to me to let me know the situation, and
I’ll be happy to provide you with a schedule that works better for you.

With each set of pages, you will email me them as photos with your work and answers. Your
work on this Summer Project will count as a Test grade for class, and the assignment will
serve as your main study guide for our first in-class test. Your work will be graded for
completeness and effort, and all work should be shown for each problem. With this in mind, feel
free to reach out if you are having any difficulty with any questions, and I can try to schedule a
Google Meet session to help you out.

I am aware that as we get closer to the beginning of the school year, some topics will be
addressed that were only covered in Honors Chemistry during your previous chemistry class
(such as Net Ionic Equations or Limiting Reagent Stoichiometry problems). I am more than
happy to work with you to get you up to speed so you feel more comfortable with stepping into
the classroom this Fall, and I encourage you to reach out to friends who have taken Honors
Chemistry to help you out with your assignment if possible.

If you have any questions, email me at any time and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Looking forward to seeing your first submission soon!

– Mr. Snyder

To prepare for our adventure into Java programming please go to the following website:

 

https://books.trinket.io/thinkjava/index.html

 

This is an online version of the textbook Think Java” by Allen B. Downey.

 

For the summer work complete the following:

 

#1 –  Read chapter 1 and answer questions 1-3 at the end of the chapter.

 

#2 –  Read chapter 2 and answer questions 1-3 at the end of the chapter.

 

#3 –  Read chapter 3 and answer questions 1-3 at the end of the chapter.

Go to the online IDE jdoodle.com and select java to develop your code for Chapter 3 questions.

Dear Future AP Literature and Composition Students,

       Though it may seem far away, summer will fly and you will be gracing my classroom floor. I am grateful that you are interested and willing to challenge yourself with this course. I asked you at our meeting last week, if you are interested in opinions about the course please garner your knowledge from ME OR AT LEAST FROM THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE COURSE.

     I would like to clarify several misconceptions and misrepresentations which float about relative to what has been called “the most difficult course at St Augustine Prep.”

AP English IV and Honors English IV are the same courses

Absolutely Incorrect!!!!   They are not even close.  The AP course involves twice the work of the Honors course.   AP reads 28 major works of literature, Honors reads 12. AP writes 23 papers, Honors writes 10. I could go on and on but trust me the two courses are very different in challenge, intensity and workload.

If you don’t read the summer reading, it won’t affect your grade!

Of course, it will. The summer reading test is worth 100 points and if you don’t read the works you will not pass the test and it will take weeks to recover from a low grade on the summer test. We also discuss the summer reading which is incorporated in the year course work all year long. There are 1800 points accruable in each semester.

You can do well in the course without reading the works !

Not true, you might be able to slip by but I am very good at separating wheat from chaff.  If you don’t know what that means, check your bible.

Any means of artificial intelligence will ease the load of writing papers

Artificial intelligence assistance on paper writing will do one thing, it will ensure you will not pass the course. I spend many hours putting questions into Artificial Intelligence assistance and reading the responses it produces.  The product it produces is below par. It usually doesn’t answer the question. If I were grading these responses they wouldn’t earn a 70. There are very easily accessible measures to identify these tactics.  IN MY LANGUAGE THE USE OF THE ABOVE IS CHEATING, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. IN MY WORLD. CHEATING DOESN’T WORK. CHEATING PRODUCES NOTHING EXCEPT ZEROES.

I am thrilled that you are willing to take this very valuable course.   This course will prepare you for college, I promise you that. I also promise to return graded quizzes in one day, tests in two days, and papers in three days.  I read every word of these assessments.

Please don’t think for a second that you can take this course and do well without working. I welcome you with open arms if you are going to read, write and work to achieve excellence and mastery of the language.

Sincerely, Mrs. Asselta


The following works must be read carefully in preparation for a test which will be given by the instructor the first week of school.
This test will be the first major grade in the marking period.

These five works serve a multitude of purposes. They form a springboard for the pool of literature that will be covered in the course serving as a foundation for all types of literature. They are both contemporary and classic, comic and tragic. The five works demonstrate a multitude of structural and stylistic devices, manifest literary language at its finest while exemplifying major themes covered throughout the year. The literature studied throughout the year will be related to the works from the summer reading forming a notable connection between the summer reading list and the school year list. These works are intended to incite in the student a love of reading and a true appreciation for all types of literature. Lastly, the works serve as a wonderful preparation for the Advanced Placement English Literature Test which will be taken in May, as many of these works are frequently chosen for the open-ended essays.

Native Son – Richard Wright

The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Odyssey – Homer

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

You will read, reflect, analyze, and write this summer to prepare for your junior year

English course, which focuses on non-fiction writing.

 

Task One: Purchase a hard copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success. This is a non-fiction work. You are required to annotate the text (take notes on the pages) or use sticky notes with notes throughout. Notes should include the following: points that stand out to you; structural/rhetorical moves that stand out to you; statements that you question, posing your question(s) in the margins; and, connections that you make to yourself, the world, or other texts.

 

Task Two: Your detailed notes should help you to set up the following: a chart of dialectical notes, which you will construct in a composition notebook. Making your annotations directly in your text as described under Task One (especially if you read at different times throughout the summer), will help serve as a guide for you to put together this piece. For each chapter, search your annotations to locate at least one key line that stood out, a writer’s move that you recognize the author is making (ex. rhetorical device, literary device, structural choice), and a connection (as described above). Then, in a composition notebook, organize a chart of these.

Here is another AP instructor’s example of what this should look like:

To clarify, you should have at least one KL, W’sM, and C for each chapter of Gladwell’s book in this handwritten chart in a composition notebook. This composition notebook will serve as your journal this year, so please buy a new one and start fresh.

 

Task Three: In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, he ponders: “Why do some people succeed far more than others?” Gladwell examines elements such as one’s family, one’s birthplace, and even one’s birthdate as complex and essential factors that contribute to high levels of success. Thus, Gladwell’s big question relates to success. He was curious about this topic and looked at various sources, examples, and even fields to come to a conclusion. Brainstorm big questions YOU are interested in. List at least 8 in your journal. Then, search for current articles (2020-2023) from credible sources that touch on this subject. Set up MLA citations for these works with an active link to the article and/or print and annotate them. Compose a typed essay response that starts with your question and then has a “conversation” with the three articles that you found. How do they help you to answer your question? What do you learn from each? Do any raise more questions? What conclusions do you come to or what information would you continue to search for after reading these three works to help you answer your question to the best of your ability? Please use Google docs. Your introduction should

offer context for why you chose this question. Pose your question, and then answer it with the thesis statement you arrived at after your research. Then, introduce the types of works you found to better support an answer to your question. Tackle each one in your essay, provide analysis, and connect back to your thesis. Restate your thesis in different words in your conclusion and explain what further questions you have and/or limitations of your research.

 

Task Four: Purchase the following text: Jay Heinreich’s Thank You for Arguing: What

Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach us About the Art of Persuasion. (4th ed.) Read chapters 1-13 and annotate your text. As you read, you will notice that the author introduces several argument tools and pairs their definition with an example. For instance, the author defines and provides an example of patriotism (as it relates to argument) on pages 90-91.

 

Heinrichs defines the argument tool of patriotism as one that “rouse[s] your audience’s

group feelings by showing a rival group’s success, or by disrespecting its territory or

symbols” (90).

PARENT: I hear that Mary got into Harvard early decision.

KID: Yeah.

PARENT: You don’t like her much, do you?

KID: She thinks too much of herself.

PARENT: Smart kid, though. Works hard.

KID: Not as smart as me.

PARENT: Mmm, maybe not. Hard worker, though.

 

In your journal, you will choose any 8 of Heinrich’s terms from chapters 1-13, but they should come from different parts of the reading. For instance, don’t use 8 terms from the first two chapters. For each, introduce the cited definition by Heinrich (as in bold above), but then you come up with your own example. (You can’t use his example like I included above, but you CAN write out the dialogue in the same way, like a script).

 

What should you bring to your orientation day in the fall semester?

  • A hard copy of Outliers with quality annotations throughout the whole book and/or

stickies (20 points)

  • A hard copy of Thank You for Arguing with quality annotations in the book and/or stickies

for Chap. 1-13 (20 points)

  • Composition journal: Includes dialectal note chart for Outliers (50 points); a brainstorm

of at least 8 big questions (10 points); 8 examples of a cited argument tool by Heinrichs

with an original example of your own to support it (50 points).

  • Google doc (ready to share) of your Task #3 response above (be prepared to send

through Turn It In and/or AI Plagiarism checker). Aim for your own work and keep the

honor code in mind. Feel free to ask questions over email this summer if you have them.

Don’t forget your works cited page that includes all three of your sources used with easy

access to their hard copies or digital versions. (100 points)

 

Total points for summer work: 250

 

Note: Points will be deducted for late work.

 

I am looking forward to a wonderful year!

Hello future AP Physics C student! This document is a brief overview of what your summer assignment is as well as the expectations for class when the school year starts.

The summer assignments are due on the first day of class. I will be checking for 2 ITEMS; written notes on the PowerPoint and practice problems. The written notes and practice problems will be counted toward a homework grade. This will be your first grade for our class, so let’s start out this year strong! Also, following a quick overview of these topics in class, a test will be given on these topics. 

Students should have received a link to a shared Google folder, which includes all of the materials needed to complete our summer assignment. 

The summer assignment is split into two parts:

  1. Calculus Review
    1. Derivatives
    2. Integrals
    3. Graph Sketching 
  2. Vectors Review

Instructions:

  1. The first assignment is a calculus review/crash course. It will include three PowerPoint covering the following topics; derivatives, integrals, and graph sketching. In each of the PowerPoint, you will find multiple choice questions. These are your practice problems! (You may NOT answer these with just the correct letter, you need to show your work) I encourage you to complete each section of the practice problems after reviewing the corresponding PowerPoint to that topic. 
  2. The second assignment is a crash course of vectors. (If you had me for AP Physics 1, you have seen vectors before so this will be a review). Just like the calculus topic, there will be follow-up practice problems after reviewing the PowerPoint. You do not need to complete the multiple-choice problems found in this PowerPoint, I will just be checking for the free response problems. BUT this doesn’t mean to skip right over them either, give them a try for extra help on how to solve different types of problems. 

*The practice problems must be worked out in a notebook or on loose-leaf paper, and you must SHOW ALL your work.

Welcome to AP Psychology!

We hope that this finds you and your family safe and well and that this summer affords you some time to relax. We are looking forward to learning with you about a field of study that is relevant and very exciting. The course on AP Psychology is a college-level Introduction to Psychology course and will be treated as such. It is a course comprised of fourteen topics, each of which will be covered throughout the coming academic year.

The following are two assignments and the dates on which they are to be completed. 

Assignment 1: History of Psychology

Attached is a chapter that addresses the history of Psychology as a discipline. Read up on 6 of the more important schools of Psychology: Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychodynamic, Behaviorism, Cognitive, and Socio-Cultural.

Each school of Psychology provides a unique way to look at human feelings, actions and thoughts. Each perspective may have an entirely different explanation for the same situation. 

Once you grasp the scope of the perspectives you will be able to understand the next step. 

Think of THREE experiences in your life that made an impression on you (for example. Winning a championship, being fired from a job, etc.) and analyze each of the experiences from the perspective of the 6 schools of Psychology. Essentially you are asking the question: 

How would a Psychologist from that school of thought view this life experience of mine?  

Thus, with experience #1 you will view it through the lens of Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychodynamic, Behaviorism, Cognitive, and Socio-Cultural. The same will be true of experiences 2 AND 3.

 

https://open.lib.umn.edu/intropsyc/chapter/1-2-the-evolution-of-psychology-history-approaches-and-questions/

 

Due Date: September 8, 2023

Specifications: Typed, double-space.

Assignment 2: Research

The second topic which will be addressed in the class is Research: what it is, why it is, how it is conducted, and the ethics of research.  In preparation for this topic, I ask you to:

Read the attached Doctoral Dissertation. Simply read it with the goal of understanding the following:

-The Purpose of the Study

-The Literature Review which provides background for the study

-The Methodology

– The significant Results

– The Limitations of the study

Santoro Dissertation Link:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RPaEwreZJ1QuBNNeB9wl6VlMyy0aWTqT1rOaeAwR_9Y/edit#heading=hgjd gxs

 

Date due: Friday, September 15, 2023

If you have any questions regarding these assignments, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Enjoy your summer,

Fr. Murray, OSA, and Dr. Devine

Bienvenidos a la clase de AP Español Lenguaje!

 

Espero que todos estén bien y disfruten el tercer semestre!

Aquí les envio la informacion para que practiquen mucho durante el verano en preparación para nuestra clase en septiembre. (la hoja atada)

 

Es importante que me entreguen los siguientes …

  • 3 (tres) videos personales diciéndome (desde tu corazón…SIN leer) lo que han hecho durante el mes…   el primero será ….el 29 de junio,  el segundo será el 31 de julio y el final – el 30 de agosto
  •  Correspondencias electrónicas en español cada 2 (DOS) SEMANAS  – tema es tu preferencia (familia /empleo / actividades con amigos /el tiempo libre/ una novia/ mascota /sueños/ futuro etc….)  También,  tienen que hacerme preguntas (2-4) al final del correo para  contestarles

Estoy muy animada de tenerles en la clase y deseo que se diviertan con los sitios de web que les envié en este correo. Avísame si tienen preguntas. 

 

¡Que Dios les bendiga siempre!

 

Translation ———

Welcome to the AP Spanish Language and Culture class!

I hope you are all well and enjoying your third semester.

Here I am sending to you information in order for you to practice a lot during the summer in preparation for our class in september. (see attached)

 

It is important for you to turn in the following:

  • 3 personal videos telling me from the heart — not reading to me what you have done during the month. the first video is due June 29,the second is die July 31 and the final video is due August 30
  • Every 2 weeks please send me an email in Spanish. Theme is your choice ( family /jobs/ things you are doing with your friends / your free time /a girlfriend /a pet /dreams/ your future etc) In addition, you must ask me 2-4 questions for me to respond to you. I get to know you and you are able to get to know me! 

I am very excited to have you in my class and I hope you enjoy working on these websites on the attached document  — not all are grammar.

Let me know if you have any questions,

 

May God Bless you always!

 

Practica para el verano.docx 

https://www.youtube.com/user/onceninostv/playlists – enjoy and understand what the general ideas are! 

http://www.rtve.es/television/20120427/castilla-leon-ahi-nada/519178.shtml Watch, listen and surf the programs! 

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ -create your own comic strip en ESPANOL!

https://tinycards.duolingo.com/ helps you memorize vocabulary 

https://www.memrise.com/course/1098045/spanish-spain-3/ learn new vocab to incorporate in your speaking and writing 

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/ Listening comprehension: different podcasts from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. If you were in my class, you are very familiar with this site. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/full_details.shtml “Mi Vida Loca” –listening comprehension view all episodes. You may be able to pick up some new stuff! 

http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/spintx/video/467 – Authentic videos for listening comprehension (transcripts are available) 

www.conjuguemos.com -practica los tiempos verbales y también vocabulario. Acuerdense que todo es gratis!! No se registren en este programa 

https://cuentosparadormir.com/cuentos-cortos – Cuentitos que quizas los hubieran oido cuando eran niños. Si tienen hermanitos, deben pasar tiempo leyendo a ellos en voz alta. 🙂

All work may be submitted to Mrs. Higgins at mrs.higgins@hermits.com

Welcome to AP Statistics! The purpose of this assignment is to make you more comfortable with exploring data analysis. Do not be overwhelmed by the size of this packet—there is AMPLE space for you to show your work on this packet.

The summer assignment is composed of two parts:

Reading and Vocabulary: You will use a free online Statistical tutoring site that will give your information on variable and data displays. While reviewing information on the site, you will be completing a vocabulary list. Follow the steps below:

  • Go to www.stattrek.com
  • Click on “AP Statistics” then “AP Tutorial”
  • On the left side of the screen is a list of general topics. Under each general topic are a list of subtopics. You will read the following subtopics to complete the vocabulary list.

General Topic: Exploring Data

Subtopics: Variables

       Population vs. Sample

       Central Tendency

       Variability

       Position

 

General Topic: Charts and Graphs

Subtopics: Charts and Graphs

       Patterns in Data

       Dotplots

       Histograms

       Stemplots

       Boxplots

       Scatterplots

       Comparing Data Sets

 

  1. Practice Problems: After reading all the material above, you should be able to complete the questions in the remaining pages of this packet. You should do so on the space provided.

Extra Notes: A graphing calculator is a required tool for this course. The TI-84 is recommended. As you complete the practice problems, reference the skills below to assist you.

This packet should be completed by the first day of school in August. You are expected to complete each part of each problem and to construct all data displays neatly. This will be graded, and you will be assessed on this material within the first month of school.

Here is a suggested timeline for completing the packet.

Week 1: June 19 – June 23

  • Vocabulary List, Words 1-8

Week 2: June 26 –June 30

  • Vocabulary List, Words 9-16

Week 3: July 10 – July 14

  • Vocabulary List, Words 17-24

Week 4: July 17 – July 21

  • Vocabulary List, Words 25 – 32

Week 5: July 24 – July 28

  • Vocabulary List, Words 33 – 36, Practice Problems “Categorical or Quantitative”, “Statistics – What is that?”

Week 6: July 31 – August 4

  • Practice Problems “Actual Candy Percentages”, “It’s a Twister”, “Shopping Spree”

Week 7: August 7 – August 11

  • Practice Problems “Where do the older folks live?”, “SSHA Scores”

If you have any questions, you can email me at mr.burhanna@hermits.com. Good luck!

“4×4” Summer Assignment

Due Date: September 5th, 2023

Students will create a presentable portfolio of 15 works of art featuring a Sustained Investigation (also referred to as S.I.) in the chosen topic. The Sustained Investigation  is worth 60% of the portfolio score. An additional 5 works of art will be submitted under the category of Selected Works (also referred to as S.W.), worth 40% of the portfolio score. Works submitted in the S.W. may be pulled from the S.I section, so you may “double dip” which brings down the total number of works you must create.

Sustained Investigation Topics

 

For some students, a set starting point makes life easier; for others, it throws up a mental block: a paralyzing fear that they will not be able to produce anything original, or – worse –that they will be forced to draw/paint/photograph/design  something that is horrendously boring and which doesn’t interests them at all.

 

What follows is a list of thoughts, ideas and responses to topics from a range of different examination boards. They are intended to spur creative thought and to aid the brainstorming process.

 

It is worth remembering, before you begin, that no topic is inherently boring and that even the most mundane can result in beautiful work. What matters is not the thing or even the idea, but the way it is interpreted; the way you respond to it, what it means to you and whether it sparks interest and kicks at your soul.

 

It is important to remember that the best art topics are those which:

  • Are significant and important to your life in some way
  • You know about or have first-hand experience of
  • You have access to quality first-hand source material (references)

 

The “4×4” Assignment 

Due: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

For this assignment, you will create 20 small thumbnail sketches that reflect 4 different Sustained Investigation topics of your choosing.  The dimensions of the thumbnail sketches are 4”x4” and will reflect project ideas for each of the 4 S.I. topics. These sketches will be drawn in your sketchbook and you will include short notes and ideas about each project/thumbnail sketch. 

Instructions:

  1. After careful consideration and brainstorming, decide on 4 different Sustained Investigation topics that will be candidates for your Sustained Investigation (S.I.) for the 2022-2023 school year. 
  2. For each of the 4 Sustained Investigation topics, you will brainstorm and decide on 4 ideas for projects within that theme/investigation
  3. For each S.I. topic, you will have to determine 5 project ideas, then create thumbnail sketches (4”x5”) in your sketchbooks. Include short notes and ideas about the project on each.  Things to think about: subject matter, composition, medium you will choose, elements of mixed media, size.. etc.)

 

Sustain Investigation Topic Ideas 

It should be noted that ideas on this list are provided as an aid to the brainstorming process. They may or may not be appropriate for you, depending on your circumstance. Selection and exploration of ideas should occur in conjunction with advice from me, Mrs. A. We can discuss how to navigate the more serious topics and how to use appropriate imagery.

 

Encounters, Experiences and Meetings

  • The meeting between mother and child / adoption / birth;
  • The clashing of those who despise each other;
  • Friends in a bustling and crowded restaurant;
  • Forbidden encounters in a teenage world;
  • The shields we put up in our brains: the filter between ourselves and those we meet;
  • The joining (or meeting) of two halves;
  • Meetings between strangers…The million people we pass on a daily basis, but never connect with;
  • Encounters with God;
  • Online encounters and the changing social landscape of the world;
  • The clashing of cultures;
  • Meeting someone who has suffered a great loss;
  • Shameful encounters / those you regret;
  • A meeting room, filled with business people who go about their daily lives in a trance;
  • A boisterous meeting between children;
  • A birthday party;
  • Meeting at a skateboard park;
  • Reunion at an airport;
  • Meeting for the last time;
  • A life-changing moment;
  • Focus on the senses (an event experienced through sight / audio etc);
  • Something that made you cry;
  • A deja vu experience;
  • Remembering an experience a long time ago: the passing of time / generations;
  • The meeting of truth and lies;
  • The meeting of fiction and reality;
  • Encountering animals: the interaction between human and animal kind and our influence upon them (for good or bad);
  • Meeting your childhood self or yourself fifty years in the future;
  • The meeting of land and sea;
  • Physical meetings between two things: the boundaries and edges, perhaps at a cellular level (plunging into / stabbing / tearing apart);
  • The meeting of theory and practicality;
  • How our own biases, backgrounds and modify/influence every experience we have: the influence of the mind;
  • Truly seeing yourself as you really are;
  • Conception;
  • The aftermath of a meeting that never happened;
  • Meeting temptation: the battle of wills;
  • The meeting of technology and nature;
  • Ancient man meeting the modern world: the conflict between genes and the modern environment;
  • Terrorist encounter (see image to the right)

Combinations and Alliances

  • A young child holding the hand of their mother;
  • Bad influences (combinations of friends) and peer pressure;
  • A family unit, in alliance against the world;
  • The butterfly effect (how a combination of actions / behaviors leads from one thing to another until every tiny moment in a life is interwoven with all the moments that came before);
  • Political alliances;
  • How ‘good’ people can complete horrific acts when lead on by the wrong situation and the wrong company;
  • Still life combinations: salt and pepper, sweet and sour, fish & chips, apple and cinnamon; peanut butter and jam; the literal combination of ingredients used to make a meal;
  • Unpleasant combinations we would rather not be reminded of: chocolate and obesity; that cute lamb and the juicy steak;
  • The legal binding (combination) of lovers: marriage / civil unions;
  • Combination of genes: Darwin’s theory of evolution – how traits are passed on etc;
  • A study of two people (or animals), or people who care about each other;
  • A person and something that they use to embellish their identity (i.e. fast car, makeup, fashion accessories, label clothing, iPhones);
  • You and the one thing that defines you;
  • Twins;
  • Siblings;
  • Mismatched couples;
  • Unfortunate combinations: drugs and celebrities; childbirth and pain; cats and water; sugar and tooth decay;
  • Discipline and being cruel to be kind;
  • Combinations of exercises / sets / routines;
  • Mixing of light (light streaming through coloured glass windows etc);
  • Lock combinations;
  • Combinations of numbers – gambling, addiction;
  • An uneasy alliance: a dog about to break its chain;
  • Things that depend on each other for survival: a plant growing in dirt trapped in a hole in the rocks; tiny creatures that live in on the fur / skin of others – ticks on cows / hair lice / germs;
  • Vaccinations and the alliance of ‘good’ germs fighting against bad…
  • Eco-systems – the interconnection of water / life etc;
  • A trusted alliance: horse and rider; blind person and guide dog;
  • Business networks that rely on one another;
  • Uniting against a common enemy.

Fossils

  • Highly accurate, scientific records;
  • The layering of time;
  • Disintegration and memory;
  • Bones: the structure of life – the architecture of a living form;
  • Fish skeletons;
  • Archeology and the documenting of fossils;
  • Unexpected items as fossils (i.e. a fossil of an iPod or other contemporary object – remnants of a modern existence);
  • Dinosaurs / extinction.

Note: this topic lends itself perfectly to printmaking, rubbings and layered, mixed media works.

Society Today

  • Modern diet / processed food;
  • Digital technology and the impact it has on our lives;
  • Soaring depression levels / the psychiatric torment of modern man;
  • Soaring cesarean rates;
  • Drugs and mind-numbing forms of escape;
  • Slowing down;
  • More, more, more: ever increasing consumption;
  • The mechanized processes involved in the production of meat: pigs in tiny cages / battery hens / images from an abattoir;
  • Disconnection from the whole: i.e. a factory worker who spends his/her whole life assembling one tiny part of a product, without having any input into the big picture: disillusionment with life purpose.

Inside / Outside

  • Framing / windows;
  • Blurring of the boundary between inside and out;
  • Prisons / loss of freedom;
  • Breaking in the exterior barrier of things i.e. injuries in flesh resulting in the spilling out of insides;
  • Autopsy;
  • Opening a can of preserved fruit;
  • Pregnancy /birth;
  • Shelter from the rain;
  • The inconsistency between what is going on in the outside world and the inner turmoil of someone’s brain;
  • The change in state as something moves from outside to inside the human body (i.e. food > energy);
  • An environment that is devoid of ‘outside’ i.e. fluorescent lights / poor ventilation…lacking in plant life…unable to see nature outdoors…the dwindling human condition etc;
  • Apocalyptic future: what will happen if humans destroy the outdoor conditions; or a wall is erected to keep an infected virus-ridden population ‘outside’;
  • The peeling back of interesting things to expose what is underneath (inside)…i.e. banana skins, seedpods, envelopes.
  • Vegetables or interesting fruit sliced through to expose the insides (things with lots of seed / pips / bumpy skin etc);
  • Something opening to reveal something unexpected (i.e. inside a cardboard box);
  • The Impossible Staircase: indoors blending into outdoors in an indeterminable fashion / a blurring of dimensions;
  • Inside the human body: complex, organic form: the miracle of life (human anatomy drawings / x-rays;
  • Inside an animal carcass;
  • The human ‘outside’ – an exterior presented to those around us. The fixation we have on creating the best exterior possible: weight control/dieting; makeup; cosmetic surgery; latest fashions;
  • Inside the earth: minerals / geology / the underworld;
  • Sectional views through a landscape (i.e. showing a slice through the ground / inside the earth): mines / slips / erosion / quarries, with trucks and machinery taking soil and rocks away;
  • The soul: inside / outside – leaving the body;
  • Plays upon storage and scale, i.e. miniature ‘scaled down’ items inside other items, like large wild animals stored inside tiny jars;
  • Castings of the insides of objects – things you don’t normally think about – that are then exposed for all to see;
  • Walls / divisions / outsiders;
  • Deterioration that has occurred to something as a result of being left outside (i.e. an ice sculpture that is left in the sun or a decayed, rusted, weathered structure showing the long term effects of the elements);
  • Light streaming in a window from outside;
  • Kids in a daycare facility looking longingly outside;
  • Animals in a small enclosure: a sorry life in comparison to those wild and free outside;
  • Looking outside from an unusual perspective, i.e. as if you are a mouse looking through a small crack into a room;
  • Inside a bomb shelter;
  • Inside is meant to equal haven / shelter: what if inside is not this at all: a crime scene / an inside that has been violated;
  • In the palm of your hand;
  • The contents of something spilling out;
  • Shellfish or snails inside their shells.

Harmony and Discord

  • Love and hate relationships / fighting between families and loved ones;
  • The human mind, swinging from joy to misery and despair / schizophrenia / the meddling mind: our own worst enemy;
  • A whole lot of similar things, with one different thing that clashes with the rest;
  • Disturbing of the peace: a beautiful scene which is rudely interrupted (i.e. a hunter firing a bullet into a grazing herd of animals or someone pulling out a gun in a crowded shopping mall);
  • Musical interpretations: jazz bands / instruments / broken instruments;
  • Money: the root of good and evil;
  • The broken family / divorce / merged families;
  • The clashing of humans with the environment;
  • Something beautiful and ugly;
  • Meditation to escape the discord of modern day life;
  • Prescribed medication (happy pills) to minimize the discord in life – but eliminates the harmony?
  • A visual battle: a mess of clashing colors;
  • Things in the wrong environment: placing objects unexpectedly in different locations to create discord (or at least alertness and aliveness) a scene of apparent harmony.

Changed Landscape

  • Erosion;
  • Changing seasons;
  • The impact of human waste / litter on the environment;
  • Urban sprawl;
  • Forests cut down to make way for new developments;
  • The pattern of crops, farming and paddocks on the land.

Sky High

  • Sky High: Aerial views of swirling motorways by New Zealand painter Robert EllisBlack holes / stars / solar systems / the big bang;
  • Skateboarders or snowboarders;
  • A drug-induced high;
  • Cloud formations / the science of rain;
  • Flying in sleep;
  • Views from an airplane window;

  • Sky High: Aerial landscape by Wayne ThiebaudPatterns humans have made in the landscape – i.e. motorways / city grids;
  • Hang-gliding / hot air balloons / free fallings / parachuting;
  • Insects / birds flying;
  • Wing structures;
  • Airports;
  • Aftermath of a plane crash;
  • Superman / superheroes;
  • Things blowing into the air (old newspapers / an open briefcase / seed pods / dandelion seeds);
  • Falling off a high rise building;
  • Paper airplanes;
  • Giants / over-scaled items;
  • An inner cityscape of high rise buildings – glimpses through windows to people living lives contained in tiny capsules in skyscrapers;
  • Athletes / sports people leaping through air.

Shade

  • A beautiful photograph of a skateboarder and his shadowAn intricate still life that creates shadows which become an integral element of the composition;
  • Translucent sculptures;
  • Images containing only shadow (without the source object);
  • Woven shadows;
  • Overlapping shadows from multiple light sources;
  • Crumpled pieces of paper: manipulation of shadowShadows that are not of the object shown;
  • A dark alleyway or other location where the lighting conditions are dramatic;
  • Photographs of paper sculptures: artificial manipulation of form to explore light and shadow;
  • Skin color;
  • A monochromatic subject, with the emphasis on tone (light & shade) rather than color;
  • Sunhats and sunscreen / skin cancer;
  • Buildings with visible shading screens built into the facade.

Icons

  • Symbols in airports with crowds of people of multiple ethnicities (i.e. icons communicating without language);
  • An absurd aspect of a pop star’s life;
  • The worship of a pop star by an ordinary teen (posters peeling off a crowded bedroom wall etc);
  • Religious icons – relevance in a modern world;
  • Someone using icons to communicate;
  • The lie of the icon: a pop star with a public image that is nothing like they really are;
  • Sex symbols: the disparity between ‘real’ bodies and those portrayed in magazines…

Memorabilia

  • An obsessed fan’s memorabilia collection relating to a particular famous person;
  • Objects related to something negative that you don’t want to remember: i.e. a night out on the town (cigarette butts, empty beer bottles);
  • Memorabilia related to a famous wedding (i.e. Prince Charles and Diana);
  • A collection of tacky plastic characters from a particular film, that lie forgotten and dusty in the bottom of a box;
  • War memorabilia, interspersed with photographs.

Neon

  • An inner cityscape crowded with brightly lit signs – perhaps exploring things to do with the clutter of human life / overpopulation of space etc;
  • An decrepit sign (on an entertainment park or tired motel, for example) with broken bulbs / peeling paint;
  • Disassembling old neon signs and reassembling different signs together in tongue-and-cheek ways;
  • Inspiration drawn from the Neon Boneyard– where old neon signs go to die;
  • Focusing on the eye-catching aspect of neon color to draw attention to unexpected subjects…

Playing

  • Young children playing with toys;
  • A family playing a card or board game;
  • Playing in water – or at the beach, with a bucket and spade in the sand;
  • Sports – competitive playing;
  • ‘Playing the field’;
  • Dress up games;
  • A young child putting up make-up in the mirror (playing at the imitation of adults);
  • Wendy houses;
  • An early childhood education scene;
  • Playing gone wrong: an injured child / fighting children etc…

Folding Structures

  • A graphite drawing of a paper airplane by Christina Empedocles. Drawings of folded paper provide ample opportunity for practicing the rendering of form.Origami;
  • Paper airplanes (see Christina Empedocles and Ali Page)
  • Paper bags (see the painting below by Karen Appleton)
  • Architectural models;
  • Folding architectural structures;
  • Tents;
  • Beach chairs;
  • Weaving.

Journey

  • A physical journey from a particular destination to another (i.e. the mundane drive between your home and school…seeing beauty in the ordinary etc; your first visit to see something that moved you);
  • The transformational journey from old to new (old structure demolished for something new / old technology making way for new etc);
  • A journey through time, such as a person aging / physical changes, or a record of memorable occasions in a life;
  • Childhood to adulthood;
  • Getting through an emotional circumstance, such as a loved one passing away or overcoming illness;
  • Conception/pregnancy/birth;
  • A miniature journey  (i.e. walking down your garden path – with viewpoint at your feet etc; brushing your teeth in the morning – the journey from arrival at the sink to bright white smile);
  • Achieving a goal;
  • An academic journey – through school etc (ambition / academic goals / failure / success / test papers / assignments / grades etc…as in the hurdles you need to get to university);
  • On a bus or a plane or a train;
  • Memorabilia related to a particular journey (i.e. an overseas trip);
  • A still life made from tickets, maps, timetables;
  • The journey of an animal (i.e. a bird or fish, swimming upstream);
  • The journey of an insect walking a short distance over interesting surfaces;
  • Terrorism and the journey you will never forget.

Domestic


  • dishwasher drawing by artist Jo BradneyA family argument;
  • Domesticated cat or other animal;
  • Domestic chores – focus on a mundane ordinary task such as doing the dishes (see Sylvia Siddell and Jo Bradney);
  • Housewives / the female role / feminism etc;
  • Wild versus Domestic;
  • The ‘perfect’ home situation illusion and what bubbles below the surface…
  • Domestic versus foreign / invading / other;
  • Domestic goods = items made in your own country…a still life featuring country-specific items…

Facades


  • A dripping painting of a building facade by Uwe Wittwer.Deceptive facades, and the walls we put up to hide our true emotions;
  • Decaying wall surfaces / peeling away;
  • Reflective windows, mirroring a busy street or some other interesting scene (fragmented reflections);
  • A decorative facade – old church walls etc;
  • Old fashioned shop fronts / signage;
  • Secrets hidden behind facades / the things nobody talks about;
  • Sunshades / light streaming through facades / window openings;
  • Masks / dress-ups;
  • Abstraction of a building facade (see work above by Uwe Wittner).

Digital Dreams

  • The merging of reality and our ‘online’ lives;
  • The fictional online persona (the person we craft in our Facebook profiles and so on);
  • iPods / digital devices and brightly lit screens;
  • Cyber dating / online love;
  • Brain waves and digital imaging of human brains while dreaming.

Looking Through

  • Windows / frames – from unexpected locations / unexpected angles or in places where the outside scene contrasts the inside scene;
  • Transparent layers / glass / distortion / interesting views through things;
  • X-rays;
  • Old overhead projector transparencies;
  • Flicking through an old recipe book or photo album;
  • Looking through small gaps between leaves in the foreground at a natural scene;
  • Trains / tunnels;
  • A child looking through cracks in a jetty at the water below;
  • Invisibility, and the feeling you get when someone ‘looks through’ you – i.e. doesn’t notice you at all;
  • Kids playing hide and seek, peeking out from a hiding place;
  • Inappropriate snooping through someone else’s personal belongings…

People – Ordinary and/or Extraordinary

  • People engaged in ordinary mindless actions, i.e. brushing teeth, doing one’s hair, eating breakfast;
  • Scars / tattoos / deformities that are out of the ordinary;
  • The vices of ordinary people (cigarette smoking, alcoholism, food addiction etc);
  • Portraits of really ‘plain’ people – seeing the beauty in the ordinary;
  • The facades / layers people build up around themselves to make themselves seem extraordinary – make-up, fashion accessories etc;
  • A person of extraordinary importance in your life (your mother or grandmother etc);
  • Ordinary people who have extraordinary roles (i.e. a firefighter);
  • The extraordinary;
  • Merging images of people with other objects to make fantastical creatures;
  • A portrait of an ordinary stereotype: the gossip or the cheerleader etc;
  • The desperate attempts or lengths someone will go to become extraordinary;
  • Depictions of ordinary people, so that they look eerie and extraordinary, like the awesome artworks by Loretta Lux;
  • Sculptures of the ordinary, at extraordinary scales, like Ron Mueck (viewer discretion advised).

Old and New

  • A grandmother or other elderly person holding a baby;
  • Meeting your childhood self or yourself fifty years in the future;
  • Ancient man meeting the modern world: the conflict between genes and the modern environment;
  • Ancient artifacts, alongside modern instruments;
  • Discarded outdated computers / technology, to make way for new (things that become rapidly obsolete);
  • Fresh fruit alongside rotted and decaying produce;
  • Plastic surgery: an attempt to make old into new;
  • A decaying structure alongside a new, contemporary form;
  • New posters overlaid onto an outdoor wall layered with old, peeling posters;
  • An old architectural form demolished for something new / old technology making way for new etc).

Here and Now

  • The impact of digital technology on modern lives;
  • Advances in preventative health and medicine;
  • The prevalence of natural disasters in recent times;
  • Terrorism;
  • Time;
  • The mechanics of an old clock;
  • A topical issue, such as food addiction.

Arrival / Departure

  • Birth;
  • Death;
  • Train stations / Airports / Looking out windows at that which is left behind;
  • Divorce / departure of a parent;
  • Parents who leave their children;
  • Recovering from a departure / coping mechanisms;
  • First day at school (or some other place);
  • Feet walking away;
  • A decaying, decrepit building after the departure of the occupants;
  • A look at building entrances and exits;
  • Motorway exits;
  • Maps / subway routes / directions for travelers…

Fruit, vegetables and gardening tools placed in a setting of your choice

  • A freshly harvested outdoor setting;
  • A farm-like scene with wooden crates / indoor wooden shed;
  • Vegetables stored for animals;
  • Vegetables hanging to dry, i.e. onions / garlic with tools leaning nearby;
  • A kitchen scene;
  • A fruit and veg shop;
  • A bustling marketplace;
  • Preserving fruit – knives / chopped fruit / preserves in glass jars;
  • Fruit, veggies and tools in an unexpected location, i.e. hanging in plastic bags;
  • Abstract works derived from the patterns on the skin of fruit and vegetables or the interiors that have been sliced open with knifes;
  • The brutal smashing of a watermelon or some other fruit or vegetable with a hammer;
  • The hanging of decaying fruit and vegetables.

Time-Honored

  • Wedding traditions;
  • Birthday celebrations;
  • Religious rituals;
  • Guy Fawkes;
  • Christenings;
  • Coming-of-age rituals;
  • Graduation ceremonies.

Additional Prompts:

?Social Issues

Arts in education

Black Lives Matter

Depression/ anxiety

Texting and Driving

Unemployment

War

Pirating

Hunger

Animal rights

Save the rainforest

Endangered Species

Women’s rights

Guns/ gun control

AIDS

World population

Homelessness

Child labor laws

Slave labor

Human trafficking

Sweatshops

Same-sex marriage

Gender rights

Immigration

Education reform

Educational debt

Age discrimination

Cloning

Climate change

Zoos-animal caging

Overfishing

Overpopulation of pets

Lower drinking ages

Eating disorder

Body Image

Child obesity

Hazing /school bullies

Teen pregnancies

Politics

Save the planet

Reforestation

Gang violence

Famine

Civil rights

Baby boomer issues

Creationism

Genetic engineering

Heroin addiction

Prescription drug abuse

Violence in schools

Terrorism

Welfare abuse

Affirmative action

Capital punishment

Doping in sports

Healthcare reform

Veterans Healthcare

Cyberbullying

Social media addiction

Outsourcing

Election funding

Right to die

Pet control

Poverty

Legalization of marijuana

Sexual identity

Living green

Veganism

Vegetarianism

Cruelty to animals

Sexual harassment

Racism

Economy

Right to vote

Racial profiling

Hunger

Organic farming

Illiteracy

Elder care

Teen suicide

Animal overpopulation

Fashion/ dress codes

Social security

Refugee crisis

Child brides

Equality in education

Vaccination

Sustainable energy

Body Dysmorphia

Me Too Movement/Never Again