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Date Class Topic

Assignment

8/26/08

B-Day

Tuesday

  • Introduction

  • syllabus

in book:  sets, interval notation

section P.1 pgs. 2-4

section P.9 pgs. 109-112

 

  • pg. 118

  • problems:  5-10, 17, 18, 21, 25


8/28/08

D-Day

Thursday

we put problems on the board from page 118:  4-26

  • quick look at the beginning of chapter 1

FOR TUESDAY

  • MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR CALCULATOR

  • label calculators

  • start graphing in 1.1

9/2/08

F-Day

Tuesday

SAT

graphing:

  • graphing calculator

  • table

  • window

  • different viewing rectangles

  • INTRODUCED FUNCTIONS IN CHAPTER 1.2

  •        WE WILL BEGIN FUNCTION NOTATION NEXT CLASS

SAT

sat PROBLEMS 1-20 IN PACKET HANDED OUT

Date Class Topic Assignment

9/4/08

B-Day

Thursday

onto chapter 1.2:  functions

  • We went over SAT questions 1-10

  • Functions and evaluating functions. 

  • on the board:  27-34  mostly letter b on...

  • talked briefly about Domain and Range from the graph

  • we will go over some more of the SAT questions

  • pg. 150-151

  • problems:  55-64  and

  • problems:  77-88

  • also:  do problem 116 and save it to your hand-in folder.  If your folder isn't there or doesn't work tell me and I'll get it working

9/8/08

D-day

Monday

SAT questions up through number 20

  • Review homework

  • finish 1.2:  GRAPH Graphs on the same coordinate system: 

 

 

PROBLEMS AT THE END OF CHAPTER 1.2

  • PROBLEMS:  39-50, 51-54

9/10/08

F-Day

Wednesday

Go over the graphs due today.

  • find x and y intercepts using the graph of a function

SAT review if possible

 

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9/12/08
B-Day

Friday

TEST ON CHAPTER 1.2

  • Difference Quotient: pg. 155

  • on the board:  example 1 pg. 155

read and look at carefully pg. 155:  The difference quotient and the example of the difference quotient.

  • pg. 163

  • problems:  10 and 12


9/16/08
D-Day

Tuesday

  • review of the difference quotient

  • piecewise functions

  • increasing and decreasing functions

pg. 163

  • increasing, decreasing or constant

  • 29-38


9/19/08
F-Day

Friday

QUIZ ON 1.3 SO FAR...

  • difference quotient

  • increasing, decreasing, constant

  • relative max and relative min

  • pg.

  • problems:  97, 98, 104, 105

TRY AND PUT 97 AND 98 IN YOUR HAND IN FOLDER.  IF YOU CANNOT, EMAIL IT TO ME OR PRINT IT OUT AND HAND-IN.

 

MAKE SURE YOU TRY YOUR HAND IN FOLDER.  I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY WORK.  IF YOU HAND IT IN ON THE HAND IN FOLDER, ANY CORRECTION OR COMMENTS FROM ME WILL BE THERE.

 


9/23/08
B-Day

Tuesday

  • Even/Odd functions

  • piecewise functions

finish chapter 1.3

we only graphed the step function in the calculator at the end of class...

  • pg. 166

  • problems:  73, 79


9/25/08
D-Day

Thursday

go over homework

  • chapter 1.4

  • linear functions and slope

using point-slope form of the equation of a line:

  • do 1-10 on page 179


9/29/08
F-Day

Monday

we will graph lines today and look at the next section in the book on more on slope and look at the average rate of change

pg. 191

problems: 15-20


10/1/08
B-Day

Wednesday

go over assignment

go onto next section

 

SAT review next class

bring in your SAT test 1 and we will go over the remaining questions on test 1 and the questions on test 2

Date Class Topic Assignment

10/3/08
D-Day

Friday

review for SAT

gook luck on the SAT and on Tuesday we will begin graphing transfomations in ch. 1.6


10/7/08
F-Day

Tuesday

we will graph transformations of the common functions

graphing

next class we will have a quiz on graphing the vertical and horizontal shifts of the four common functions we practiced.

 

pg. 206 - 207

  • 53-56, 59, 60

  • 67-70, 77,78

  • 81-86

  • 95-98, 103, 104

 


10/9/08
B-Day

Thursday

quiz on graphing the vertical and horizontal shifts of the common functions:

 

for tuesday:

  • pg. 206

  • 57, 71, 99

 

 


10/14/08
D-Day

Tuesday

finish graphing in section 1.6

 

pg. 206-208

graphs 66,74, 80, 106

hand in:  129-134


10/16/08
F-Day

Thursday

 

NOTE: order of transformtions

  • horizontal shifts

  • stretch/squeeze

  • reflections

  • vertical shifts

top of page 204

 

we looked at the domain of functions

 

  • pg. 211   checkpoint number 1, a & b
  • pg. 219

problems:  7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 23, 27, 29


10/20/08
B-Day

Monday

go over homework

  • continue with the operations on functions, especially composition

for next class:  the algebra of functions

 

pg. 220

problems:  31-35

 

 


10/22/08
D-Day

Wednesday

go over the assignment and prepare for the test on Friday

short test on Friday finding the Domain of functions and the algebra of functions


10/24/08
F-Day

Friday

short test on domain of functions and the algebra of functions

next class we will look at the composition of functions


10/28/08
Tuesday

B-Day

composition of functions

we put problems 50-72 on the board

  • talked a little bit about decomposition of functions

pg. 220

problems:  73-80

QUIZ next class on composition of functions and decomposing two functions


10/30/08
Thursday

D-Day

review homework

QUIZ on composition of functions and decomposition of a function

next class we will begin chapter 1.8


11/3/08
Monday

F-Day

inverse functions in chapter 1.8

  • verifying two functions are inverses of each other by doing the composition both ways

  • given a function f, find it's inverse

  • deciding whether a function has an inverse by looking at the graph.  Use the horizontal line test

  • pg. 231

  • problems:  39-52.  just find the inverse of these functions

Date Class Topic Assignment

11/5/08
 

Wednesday

B-Day

finish inverse functions

quiz next class on finding the inverse of a given function f(x)


11/7/08
Friday

D-Day

Quiz on inverse functions Ch. 1.8

  • We had adoration in the Chapel.

  • Therefore, we will have about 20 minutes to finish the quiz on inverse functions.  We will do this at the beginning of class.

we will look at the next section on models and applications. 

BRING YOUR CALCULATOR

NEXT CLASS:  FINISH QUIZ IN CLASS AND BRING YOUR CALCULATOR AND WE WILL BEGIN THE NEXT SECTION


11/12/08

Wednesday
F-Day

we looked at chapter 1.9 in class:

  • Midpoint formula

  • distance formula

  • standard form and general form of the equation of a circle

for next class to HAND IN

  • pg. 240

  • problems:  62 & 68


11/14/08

Friday
B-Day

FINISH QUIZ IN CLASS

  • begin chapter 1.10:  Modeling with functions

Hand in:  pg:  251-252

  • 4, 6, 15


11/18/08

Tuesday
D-Day

we finished the problems in section 1.10 and have an assignment to hand in next class for a grade

  • TO HAND IN:

  • pg. 251+

  • problems:  8, 14, 16, 26, 32, 36  and...

  • for extra credit:  46


11/20/08

Thursday
F-Day

we began chapter 2 with complex numbers

  • talked about the standard form of the quadratic function

  • pg. 276:  do checkpoint 1

  • pg. 284:  problems:  18, 20

 


11/24/08
(B-D-F)

continue with quadratic functions in chapter 2.2

to hand in!!

  • pg. 284

  • 28, 32, 36


11/26/08

Wednesday
D-Day

collect assignment

go over finding the max and min of a quadratic function.

next class we will begin the section on polynomial functions

Date Class Topic Assignment

12/2/08

Tuesday
F-Day

quick review of finding the key parts of a quadratic function

  • Chapter 2.3

  • graphing polynomial functions

  • finding end behavior

  • zeros of functions

  • graphing using intercepts and end behavior

pg. 298

problems:  41 and 43


12/4/08

Thursday
B-Day

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12/8/08

Monday
D-Day

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12/10/08

Wednesday
F-Day

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12/12/08
(B-D-F)

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12/16/08
(B-D-F)

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12/18/08
(B-D-F)

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1/5/08
(B-D-F)

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Date Class Topic Assignment

1/7/09
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

Prepare for Final Exam

1/12/09
(B-D-F)
  Exams B1, B2
1/13/09
(B-D-F)
  Exams B3, B4

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