- James Island Charter High School
- Summer Assignments for 2020 - 2021
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2020 - 2021 SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
ENGLISH
NOTE: Our department understands that some students did not get their class assignments until recently.
Therefore, the summer reading will be counted as extra credit in most classes. In classes where it will be required, an extension will be given.
Contact Mr. Garvin with any questions.
ALL 9th graders CP and Honors English I: Choose either - Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
(Or) Join the 9th-grade online book club instead - Link: 9th Grade Book Club
Please email megane_barbee@charleston.k12.
sc.us to get access to SORA, JI's free online reading app. Honors English II: Feed by MT Anderson
Honors English III: The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
Honors English IV: 1984 by George Orwell AND Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
AP Language & Composition: 2 Books from this list are required (on JICHS website)
AP Literature & Composition: (Choose 1 of 4 novels listed in the link) see Text List Link (on JICHS website)
IB English for Juniors: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
IB English for Seniors: Hughes Poetry Collection by Langston Hughes
(the login is your username for school - ask a librarian)
All 9th-grade students must either complete the reading and written assignment (or) Join the online book club.
Check out the School Website to download the assignment for your course.
Please email Mr. Garvin or see him in room 226 with any questions or concerns!
SOCIAL STUDIES
For any questions on these assignments you can email the Social Studies Department heads:
lindsay_howard@charleston.k12.sc.us
Jennifer_wakefield@charleston.k12.sc.us
IB HOTA, Year 1: Read Uncle Tom’s Cabin [may use digital or purchase a copy]
IB Theory of Knowledge: Read Life of Pi by Yann Martel*
IB Philosophy: Read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [may use digital or purchase a copy]
Honors Psychology[also, see this website for help with this assignment.]
Honors Human Geography: Read How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer & complete assignment in Google Classroom OR Complete this mapping assignment
COURSES WITH A STAR HAVE A GOOGLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNED TO THEM FOR THE SUMMER - PLEASE SIGN IN!!
- In Google Classroom you can receive your assignments, submit your assignments digitally or reach your teachers with questions. [Classroom codes are in the links above]
- FOR IB TOK [gregory_webster@charleston.k12.sc.us], & AP US History [lindsay_howard@charleston.k12.sc.us]: If you have issues purchasing the required reading, please reach out to your teachers at the email addresses provided, or in Google Classroom, for an alternative assignment.
MATH
