Mesivta Birkas Yitzchok

Los Angeles Jewish Yeshiva High School

GENERAL STUDIES BOOK LIST – 5778-9; 2018-19

GRADE TEN

Students are expected to come to the first day of class fully prepared with all required texts. Please order all your texts early.

Note:  You may wish to purchase used books from last year’s students.  When ordering General Studies textbooks online, make sure the ISBN number (or ASIN –Amazon Standard Identification Number) is accurate so you get the correct edition.  Try both www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.  Prices are not always uniform.  Do not go into shock – many textbooks are very expensive but used books are very economical.  Also try: half.com/textbooks or E-Bay. There is a frum textbook company “Textbook Agency” which you can try 800-910-1230. 

CHEMISTRY

  • McGraw Hill Glencoe ISBN# 0-07-877237-0
  • Chemistry Classroom Supplies (See Below)

ENGLISH

  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain, Penguin Classics Edition, ASIN: B0049YIOHO
  • The English Department will be compiling additional material in a booklet form.  Students will be asked to pay for the printing and binding costs.
  • Additional books may be assigned throughout the year.  Students will be asked to pay for the printing and binding costs.

HISTORY .

  • The American Vision: Modern Times, California Edition, McGraw Hill-Glencoe ISBN#007867851X

ALGEBRA  II*

  • Algebra and Trigonometry:  Structure and Method:  Book 2, McDougal Little, Pupil’s Edition ISBN# 978-0-395-97725-5
  • TI-84 Plus Calculator

GEOMETRY*

  • No book will be needed this year.
  • Mr. Grimes will be compiling material in a booklet form.  Students will be asked to pay for the printing and binding costs.

* You are enrolled in only one of these Math classes.  If you do not know which one, contact Rabbi Geiger at rabbigeiger@mbyla.org.

Chemistry 2018-2019 Supply List
Required first day of school

  • Textbook-Chemistry: Matter and Change / Glencoe, McGraw-Hill California ed, 2007 used ok
  • One inch [no larger] 3-ring binder.
  • Loose leaf 3-hole white paper [college or regular ruled. No Spiral
  • Pen pack that fits in rings of binder with at least 3 black pens, 3 blue pens, 3 red pens. No pencil
  • Texas Instrument Scientific Calculator. [see pictures with captions below]

This is the Ideal, $8-$12, easiest to use,

NOT ACCEPTABLE – ones with the circular tabs at top

Ok, but why spend $100, if you already own the TI graphing calculator, ok