Weekly Update!

Guess what, guys? We made it to midterms! Anyway, this week is going to be a little different in terms of schedule. Monday will be regular, but the other four days' schedules are available at the PHS website. I wish you good luck, and productive studying!

Please see bottom of post for general "deadline" information.

IB Classes

• IB English IV (Mrs. Benson) - Exam consists of bringing your 6 Journal Entries to Mrs. Benson by noon on Friday, Dec. 19. If you happen to do so before then, good. If not, exam will "take place" in the IB office. Ahem: try to turn them in beforehand.
• IB TOK (Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Benson) - Exam consists of turning in journal entries and paper information: if Mrs. Brooks, fill out the sheet she gave us. If Mrs. Benson, have outline, I think? Correct me if wrong.
• IB Chemistry III (Mrs. Nagel) - Exam will cover everything we've learned except analytical chem. This means study environmental, organic, topics 10 and 20, etc. Everything.
• IB History of the Americas (Mr. Bullington) - So far, it seems we're having an essay-based exam. It will resemble Paper 3, with three groups of topics, from which we will pick one each to write about.
• IB French IV (Mme. May) - We'll be talking casually (in French) for an oral grade.
• IB Theatre II (Mrs. Brooks) - Exam will cover 5 ways to explore character, 5 performance necessities, 2 forms of international theatre, purposes of a morgue, and definitions (stimulus, workshop, etc.). Study guide to be posted tomorrow.
• IB Spanish III (Sr. Alemañy) - The exam will simply be a chapter test on Capítulo 4. Be sure to study your notes, as well as the packet Señor gave us on por y para. Also be sure to study any notes you took during the in-class review on Monday.
  
• IB World Geography (Mr. Sutton) - The exam will consist of 40 multiple-choice questions coming from the in-class review. Also, be sure to have your notebook/binder ready by exam day, as Mr. Sutton will be checking/grading those as well. You should have all handouts, notes, and vocabulary (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9) present and completed if applicable.
• IB Theatre I (Mrs. Brooks) - The exam will consist of 80% performance of your Shakespeare monologue and 20% three essay questions that you will complete on Thursday (everyone's exam day for Theatre, obviously), based on Commedia, your international project, and folio.
  
• IB Pre-Calculus (Ms. Li) - 50% of the midterm grade will be from the Subject Area Exam (SAE) mandated by the county. The other half will be from Ms. Li's exam. Both will only cover chapters 1 to 4 in the book: no trigonometry will be on either exam. Be sure to study the practice problems Ms. Li handed out to prepare for the test.

AP Classes

• AP English Literature and Composition (Mr. Murray) - Talk of this exam has been barred from the public forum. Thus, simply remember that if you have seven (7) or more absences (and Murray probably already talked to you about it), you must take Exam B as opposed to Exam A that everyone else will be taking.
• AP Calculus BC (Mr. Bobbitt) - The exam will be a full-length practice AP exam, as discussed numerous times in class. The multiple-choice half will be taken during the exam period. The free-response half will take place after school for an additional 90 minutes on Wednesday (the 5th period exam day). No calculators will be allowed.
• AP U.S. History (Mr. Rose) - The exam, as has been discussed in class, will consist of multiple-choice questions from all of the tests we've had this semester, from Chapters 1-18 of the textbook. By now, everyone should know that you may study the old tests in class, as we've been doing it for weeks.
• AP Chemistry (Mrs. Smith) - Regardless of whether or not Mrs. Smith has been in the classroom the two days before the exam to review with us, you can still study by reviewing the topics on the handy dandy packet she gave us on Chapters 1-14. Be sure to bring a calculator and a periodic table.
  
• AP English Language and Composition (Ms. Harvilchuck) - The midterm will cover everything we have studied so far, including Sailing to Byzantium, The Pasture, The Singing School, The Rocking-Horse Winner, The Canturbury Tales ("General Prologue" and the "Pardoner's Tale"), Shakespeare's sonnets, and grammar. There will be a written response question on Shakespeare's sonnets and some sentences in which you must identify phrases.
• AP Biology (Ms. Bidwell) - Ms. Bidwell distributed the exam review sheet last week. Please let us know if you need a scan of it and we will do our best to post one. :)
• AP European History (Mr. Jones) - The exam will consist of multiple-choice questions taken from prior tests. Mr. Jones has not said whether there will be a guessing penalty, but if there is, there will also be a 50-point curve.
• AP European History (Mr. Bullington) - Try to match up scantrons to the tests he has distributed and study the old tests. If you are unable to find the correct answer to a question, feel free to ask for help. There will be 100 multiple choice questions, with none of them covering the French Revolution.
  
• AP Human Geography (Mr. Sutton) - The exam will cover everything we have studied so far, including chapters 1 to 7 in the book.
• AP World History (Mr. Rose) - You need to study the past tests and the highlighted sections in your notes. You also need to have read and finished the study questions for Chapters 13 and 14.
  

Pre-IB/Advanced/Honors Classes

• Pre-IB Spanish I (Sra. Martelli) - Just go over any notes you took while we went over the actual exam. If you didn't take any notes...well, sorry.
• Advanced Reading (Mrs. Calloway) - The exam will be on My Sister's Keeper and The Book Thief. Also, Mrs. Calloway should have given everyone a vocabulary list to study that will also be on the exam.
• Pre-IB English I (Mr. Murray) - Mr. Murray gave everyone multiple sheets of grammar to study for the exam. Also, the exam will have questions about To Kill A Mockingbird and Edith Hamilton's Mythology.
• Geometry Honors (Mr. Naes) - You will need to study your 1st nine weeks test and your 2nd nine weeks test.
• Drama I (Mrs. Brooks) - Go over the Greek history notes and other handouts Mrs. Brooks has given throughout the semester.

• Pre-IB Chemistry (Ms. Smith) - Study the review sheet that she gave us, as the questions on the exam will be very similar to it. Remember to bring the blue sheet with passes on it that she handed out at the beginning of the year - they are worth extra points on the semester exam.
  

Things that are due/going on besides exams:

Monday -

• IB Chemistry III (Mrs. Nagel) - Test on analytical chemistry. See guide posted.
• AP English Literature and Composition (Mr. Murray) - Your Individual Oral Presentation proposal will be due. Be sure to turn in WITH your proposal the ten pre-writing questions, otherwise your proposal will be immediately thrown out. IMPORTANT NOTE: Mr. Murray will start taking up proposals at 8:15 AM. Be sure to make appropriate arrangements to arrive at that time, as topics will be given out in the order that they are received (provided they are acceptable). No two juniors may have the same topic.
  

Tuesday -

• IB Chemistry III (Mrs. Nagel) - Salt lab due today.
• IB Spanish III (Sr. Alemañy) - The essay on Pan's Labyrinth will be due. Be sure to make the essay approximately 200 words. It can be on why you liked the movie, or if you want to be creative, you can create a better, alternate ending.
• IB Theatre I (Mrs. Brooks) - Those that arranged with Mrs. Brooks to perform their Shakespeare monologues today will be performing them as such. See the above for how it will factor into your exam grade.