International Baccalaureate Program
PensacolaHigh School
Reading List 2016 - 2017
Required summer reading: Books are categorized as have read before school starts in AugustRequired supplemental text: Student will need text for regular class assignments to go along with books issued by school district
Recommended supplemental text: no assignments from text, but teacher feels student will benefit from it.
Students may acquire books from source of their choice; those who find purchasing books a financial burden should consult their teachers or the IB coordinator. Also, the IBSF has generously purchased copies of the supplements to be available as references in the media center.
All Students, All Grade Levels
Required supplemental text for all IB students
Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and
Achieve Real Academic Success by Charles Lipson, 1st or 2nd ed.,
ISBN 0226484734 or 0226484777
Rising Eleventh Grade Students
AP English Literature and Composition
Required summer reading
How to Read Literature like a Professor
By Thomas C. Foster
ISBN 0062301675
Join the Summer Reading Google Classroom using the code fy7tmy for tips, a pacing guide, optional activities, and more! You can ask Ms. Powers and/or the class a question in the Classroom, or email Ms. Powers at for guidance.
Required supplemental text
Barron’s Guide: AP Literature and Composition, 6th Edition (have by second week of school)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (have by second week of school)
The following texts are used later in the year. You can choose to purchase them now or later in the year:
Othello (No Fear Shakespeare edition) by William Shakespeare
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
SEE CLASS PAGE ON PHSIBSUPPORT.ORG UNDER POWERS FOR SUMMER READING PACKET
Required supplemental text
Barron’s Guide: AP Literature and Composition, 6th Edition
AP U. S. History
Recommended supplemental text
Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam (latest edition) by Princeton Review
IB Biology Students (SL or HL) - TESTING IN MAY 2017
Required supplemental text
Biology for the IB Diploma – Standard and Higher Level by Andrew Allot
(Oxform University Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0-19-839351-1
IB Chem 1 (First year of HL chem)
Required Supplemental Material
Duplicate copy laboratory notebook (carbon copy notebook, 100 sheets minimum).
Copies are frequently available in Pensacola at Textbook Brokers: 1014 Underwood Ave near Pensacola State College.
Required Supplemental Text
Higher Level Chemistry, Catrin Brown, Mike Ford 2nd edition 2014, Pearson ISBN:9781447959755
Or Chemistry Course Companion, 2014 edition, Bylikin, Horner, Murphy, Tarcy, Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN:9780198392125
Additional Recommended Study Guide,
Chemistry for the IB Diploma, 2014 edition, Geoffrey Neuss, Oxford University Press. 2014 ISBN: 9780198393535
Note: Previous editions of these texts are useful but do not contain the latest revisions to the curriculum.
IB Chem 2 (One year Chem SL course)
Required Supplemental Material
Duplicate copy laboratory notebook (carbon copy notebook, 100 sheets minimum).
Copies are frequently available in Pensacola at Textbook Brokers: 1014 Underwood Ave near Pensacola State College
Required Supplemental Text
Standard Level Chemistry, Catrin Brown, Mike Ford 2nd edition 2014, Pearson ISBN:9781447959069
Or Chemistry Course Companion, 2014 edition, Bylikin, Horner, Murphy, Tarcy, Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN:9780198392125
Additional Recommended Study Guide,
Chemistry for the IB Diploma, 2014 edition, Geoffrey Neuss, Oxford University Press. 2014 ISBN: 9780198393535
Note: Previous editions of these texts are useful but do not contain the latest revisions to the curriculum
AP Psychology Students(applicable only if taking this course)
Recommended supplemental text
Barron’s AP Psychology by Robert McEntarffer and Allyson J. Weseley,
published by Barron’s Educational Series (latest edition)
IB Physics Students
IB Physics Study Guide: 2014 edition: Oxford IB Diploma Program Paperback – October 29, 2014 by Tim Kirk (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0198393559 is highly recommended - This is a new edition and needs to have the October 2014 or later publication date to meet new syllabus.
AP Environmental Science Students
Recommended
Cracking the AP Environmental Science Exam by Princeton Review (latest edition)
or
Barron's AP Environmental Science by Gary Thorpe (latest edition)
All Math Courses
Required
TI 84 or approved Casio required, (TI 83, TI -89, TI-INSPIRE and many Casios not allowed)
Spanish
Required
501 Spanish Verbs book
Spanish to English dictionary.
IB Pre-Calculus
Algebra 2 review packet (from Dr. Li) to be completed and turned in on the first day of school. Students will have a test on the material the first week of school
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