Leaving Cert Subjects Books

shinesun

Business
Home Ec
Geography
Economics 
Ag Science
English

Hi guys,

What books are ye using or rec for these subjects? All honours. Repeating come Sept and will need to get prepared. Thanks:)

MegGustaa

shinesun wrote: »

Business
Home Ec
Geography
Economics 
Ag Science
English

Hi guys,

What books are ye using or rec for these subjects? All honours. Repeating come Sept and will need to get prepared. Thanks:)

I don't do most of these but I can tell you the books they use in my school

Business : Business Express
Home Ec: Lifelines
Geography: Horizons (there's a core book and ones for elective/choice...it's printed by Folens anyway so you can check out the details there)
Economics: Understanding Economics
Ag Science: we don't do it, but there's only one book for it and it's Breaking Ground.
English: Poetry - Poetry Now; Macbeth - Edco edition; Paper One - Language in Focus.

Hope that helps

shinesun

Thanks a mil for that. What ye use for Irish? I'm half thinking of doing it again instead of economics! Got an honour with it last time so might be worth a shot if it's still 40% for oral?

Bazinga_N

In my school they use:

Business - 21st Century Business
Home Ec - Lifelines
Geography - ECO
Economics - Understanding Economics
Ag Science - Breaking Ground (EDCO) or Agriculture Science (Folens)
English - Endeavour & Poetry Now
Irish - Fiuntas & Líofa (Oral)

MegGustaa

shinesun wrote: »

Thanks a mil for that. What ye use for Irish? I'm half thinking of doing it again instead of economics! Got an honour with it last time so might be worth a shot if it's still 40% for oral?

We use both Fiuntas and An dTuigeann Tú. An dTuigeann Tú is a brilliant book and it covers the whole course (including pros and poetry). It'd be far more suited to self-study than Fiuntas, which IMHO is completely insufficient for the oral!

Canard

In geography we use Today's World 1 & 2, but my teacher photocopies loadssss for us from a new book, its either called Planet & People or Patterns and Processes in <whichever section you're studying> - its more likely that theyre both in the same series. Absolutely excellent books, 30/30 on any answers I've done using the notes and Sue Honan wrote them I'm pretty sure, and we all know that if Sue Honan wrote it then you cant go wrong.

Our English poetry book was New Discovery and its quite good. The comparatives we've done are excellent though - I dont know if theyre definitely on the course next year but I know my teacher is doing at least one with his 5th years. They're purple hibiscus, constant gardener and kite runner, really great books and so so comparable if you're interested :P

Namlub

I actually despise 21st Century Business

shinesun

Thanks guys. What ye think of the subjects?
I did not do Ag Science before but say should be ok.
Would I be better off doing say Chemistry instead of English as I understand I don't have to do English, Irish as already done them.

I never did Chemistry before but Im wondering would it be an easier subject to pick up marks in than English? Thanks:)