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Term II, 2007-08

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Date Class Topic Assignment

8/27/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Course overview

  • Review syllabus and expectations

  • Students complete course diagnostic assignment

  • Look at my webpage

  • Look at Sketchpad and discuss hand-in folders

Read and note pages 3-10.

8/29/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Discuss notes from homework assignment

  • Orally check student understanding of topics read for homework

  • Define conjecture, inductive reasoning, counterexample

  • Students complete examples that check understanding of material

  • Examples reviewed orally and on the board

  • Time permitting define: point, line, plane

.Pages 11-12 11-17 odd, read and note pages 14-16.

8/31/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review homework issues

  • Redefine point, line, plane

  • Look at postulates involved and applications

  • Define collinear, coplanar, segment, ray

  • Look at notation to use

  • Time permitting define: intersection and look at postulates

.Page 17 15-25 odd, page 18 27-53 odd, page 25 7-15 odd.

Date Class Topic Assignment

9/5/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Discuss distance and length

  • Look at the Segment Addition Postulate

  • Redefine postulate

  • Look at angles and their parts

.Page 32 17-27 odd, page 38 15-19 odd, bring computer next class.

9/7/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Students work on review problems

  • Students begin Sketchpad Assignment

.Finish any classwork

9/11/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and class work and address issues

  • Collect sketchpad assignment

  • Look at Angle Addition Postulate

  • Look at using protractor to measure and create angles

  • Look at copying a segment using the compass

  • Outline material for TEST

.Prepare for TEST, page 39 25-29 odd, page 41 1-14 all, pages 675-676 3-33 odd.

9/13/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address and issues from homework

  • Quick review of protractor and compass use

  • TEST

  • As students finish they work on assigned algebra review problems (to be collected)

.Finish page 49, read and note pages 53-55.

9/17/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST

  • Collect homework page 49

  • Define midpoint, bisector, bisect

  • Oral check for understanding

  • Look at congruence markings

  • Look at Midpoint Formula

  • Review coordinate plane

  • Students work practice examples

.Page 56 11, 13, page 57 17-35 odd.

9/19/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Review copying a segment

  • Look at bisecting a segment

  • Define angle bisector

  • Define complementary and supplementary angles

.Pages 64-65 9-21 odd, page 70 9-13 odd.

9/21/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Define adjacent angles, theorem

  • Review constructions

  • Students work practice problems and put them on the board

  • Define vertical angles

.Prepare for construction quiz, page 71 15-31 odd.

9/25/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Construction Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review vertical lines and theorem

  • Define linear pair

  • Look at Linear Pair Postulate

  • Students work practice problems

  • Outline TEST material

  • Mock test

.Prepare for TEST page 95-96 1-17 odd may help.

9/27/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Look at a few questions

  • Quick review of constructions

  • TEST

  • As they finish, students work page 101 2-16 even (to be collected next class)

  • Define if-then statement and look at parts

.Finish page 101 2-16 even.

Date Class Topic Assignment
10/1/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST

  • Collect homework

  • Define if-then statements

  • Look at hypothesis and conclusion

  • Look at the Laws of Logic

  • Review constructions

.Pages 85-86 7-19 odd.

10/3/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Look at the properties of equality and congruence

  • Guided practice

  • Review properties of equality

  • Guided practice

  • Review constructions

.page 91 10-19 all.

10/5/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Review constructions

  • Students to board for practice problems

.Prepare for TEST page 97 19-26 all may help.

10/10/07
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address homework issues

  • TEST

  • As students finish they read and note pages 108 and 109.

  • Time permitting, define parallel lines, perpendicular lines, skew lines

.Page 110 1-8 all.

10/12/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST and address issues

  • Review parallel lines, perpendicular lines, skew lines

  • Look at theorems involving perpendicular lines

  • Students work practice problems

.Pages 110-111 9-23 odd, page 117 1-7 all.

10/16/07 (A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review calculator and use on PSAT

  • Discuss test-taking strategies

  • Look at selected PSAT problems from practice booklet

  • Define transversal and look at angles formed

.Pages 117-118 9-25 odd.

10/18/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and review problems

  • Use sketchpad to derive angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal

  • Look at postulates and theorems

  • Students try several practice problems and share answers on the board

.Pages 123-124 13-21 odd, page 132 1-13 all.

10/22/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review parallel lines cut by a transversal

  • Define converse of a conditional

  • Look at converse theorems and postulate involving lines and transversals

  • Students work practice problems

.Pages 132-134 17-37 odd.

10/24/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at constructions

  • Look at theorems

  • Students work practice problems

  • Students practice constructions

.Page 140 7-15 and 19-21 odd, pages 147-148 5-21 odd.

10/26/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field any questions

  • Students work mock test questions

  • Review on board

  • Review constructions

.Prepare for TEST pages 160-163 1-27 odd, practice constructions.

10/30/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Quick review of TEST topics

  • TEST

  • As students finish they work worksheet on vocab

  • Review slope of a line

  • Look at graphing a line using slope-intercept form

.Page 665 1-9 odd, finish worksheet.

Date Class Topic Assignment
11/1/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check and review worksheet

  • Pass back TEST and look at any issues

  • Look at slope-intercept form of a line and point-slope form of a line

  • Look at writing equations of a line

  • Students work several practice problems

.Worksheet

11/5/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Discuss TEST issues

  • Review slope

  • Look at writing an equation of a line in slope-intercept form

  • Look at relationship between parallel and perpendicular lines and their slopes

  • Review theorems

  • Look at graphing a line on the calculator

.Worksheet problems.

11/7/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check and review homework

  • Define translation, image, transformation, maps, preimage

  • Discuss notation

  • Look at several examples

  • Guided practice

.Pages 155-156 9-21 odd and worksheet problems P. 311 5,7,9, p. 312 7-9.

11/9/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Look at coordinate notation for translations

  • Practice writing equations of a line

.No homework.

11/14/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work worksheet and book problems as review for TEST

  • Students to board to share work

  • Address issues and concerns

.Prepare for TEST worksheet evens and page 68- 37-40 may help.

11/16/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions from homework or class work practice

  • TEST

  • As they finish they work page 167 2-14 even

  • Time permitting, begin looking at classifying triangles by angles and sides

.Finish page 167 2-14 even.

11/20/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up quiz

  • Check homework and review

  • Review classifying triangles

  • Students work practice problems

  • Look at Triangle Sum Theorem and corollary

  • Define corollary

  • Time permitting, look at Exterior Angle Theorem

.No homework.  Happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • No School - Ad campaign day off

.

11/28/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Review classifying triangles, Triangle Sum Theorem, Exterior Angle Theorem

  • Students work practice problems and share answers on board

  • Look at isosceles triangles, parts and theorems

  • Time permitting, look at equilateral triangle theorems

.Pages 188-189 7-25 odd.

11/30/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Quiz - classifying triangles

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review isosceles and equilateral triangles

  • Look at constructing equilateral triangles

  • Look at the Triangles Inequality and theorems involved with sides and angles

.Pages 215-216 13-31 odd, 34-36 all.

Date Class Topic Assignment
12/4/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Sophomores on retreat.

.

12/6/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Pass back quizzes and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work practice problems and put solutions on the board

.Prepare for TEST, pages 220-221 9-23 odd, page 223 49-61 odd may help.

12/10/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions from suggested homework or in general

  • TEST

  • As students finish they work page 227 1-8 all

  • Review perfect square roots

  • Time permitting, begin looking at rational approximations and simplifying

.Finish page 227 1-8 all to be collected.

12/12/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Pass back TESTs

  • Collect homework

  • Look at the Pythagorean Theorem

  • Students try several problems using the Pythagorean Theorem

  • Look at the Distributive Property

  • Students try several problems and share solutions on the board

.Study perfect square roots, pages 195-197 9-31 odd.

12/14/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Look at converse theorems and classifying triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem

  • Students try several practice problems and share solutions on board

.Page 197 27-31 odd, pages 203-204 9-29 odd.

12/18/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Define median, centroid

  • Look at theorem and using it

  • Illustrate several

  • Students work practice problems and share results on board

  • Field any questions

  • Time permitting, review page 211 #19 and midterm formula

.Page 210 11-16 all, page 218 1-6 all.

12/20/07(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • No warm-up

  • Pass back all papers

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field any ?'s

  • Students work practice problems and share solutions on board

  • Pass out Midterm Outline

.No homework, Merry Christmas!

Date Class Topic Assignment
1/3/08(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Students will work on packet of worksheets which contain review for Test Monday

  • I will not be in

.Finish worksheets, prepare for TEST.

1/7/08
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check worksheet packet for effort and completeness

  • Go over first two worksheets and address issues

  • TEST

  • As they finish they read pages 233-235 and try page 234 1-3

  • Discuss what was read and review practice problems

.Prepare for exam review by going over the last worksheet from packet, and read and note pages 233-235 and try page 234 1-3.

1/9/08
(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Pass back tests and address issues

  • Go over last worksheet

  • Discuss any student questions regarding exam

  • Students try one of each type of problems expected on the exam

Prepare for Midterm Exam

1/10/08
(A-C-E)
  Exams A1, A2
1/11/08
(A-C-E)
  Exams A3, A4
Date Class Topic Assignment

1/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up

  • Review CPCTC

  • Students try several

  • Look at copying a triangle on page 241

  • Students practice copying a triangle

  • Time permitting, begin looking at the SSS Postulate

.Prep. for Quiz on CPCTC, page 245-246 9-25 odd.

1/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Quick review of CPCTC

  • Review construction

  • Look at SSS and SAS Postulates

  • Students try several practice problems

  • Look at ASA and AAS Theorems

  • Students try several practice problems

  • Field any questions on CPCTC

.Prep for quiz on CPCTC, page 245-246 9-25 odd.

1/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any CPCTC questions

  • Quiz

  • As students finish they review pages 250-252 and try page 253 1-9

  • Review theorems and postulates

  • Look at the HL Theorem

  • Students try several practice problems

.Page 254-255 11-27 odd and page 261 15-23 odd.

1/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Recap Chapter 5 sections 5.1 - 5.4

  • Students work practice problems

  • Look at overlapping figures

  • Define proof

  • Students work practice problems

.Page 263 1-10 all, page 268 7-9 all.

1/30/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address homework issues and any other issues

  • Look at a few practice problems

  • Look at fill-in proofs and algebra proofs

  • Review the construction

  • Outline TEST material

  • Field any questions

.Prepare for TEST, pages 291-297 7-23 odd.

Date Class Topic Assignment

2/1/08

(A; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any homework issues or issues in general

  • Look at a few practice problems

  • TEST

  • As they finish they read pages 273-275

  • Define equidistant and distance

.Page 248 #36, page 256 #35.

2/5/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST and address issues

  • Define distance and equidistant

  • Look at Angle Bisector Theorem and Perpendicular Bisector Theorem

  • Illustrate application of theorems

  • Students try practice problems

  • Define reflection and line of symmetry

  • Look at several

  • Students try several

.Page 277 11-19 odd, page 286-287 9-15 and 21-25 odd.

2/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review properties of equality and congruence

  • Look at fill-in proofs

  • Students work worksheet

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work several practice problems

.Prepare for TEST, page 295 odds and worksheet odds.

2/11/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Address any issues from suggested homework

  • TEST

  • As they finish students work page 299 1-12 all (to be collected Wednesday)

  • Define polygon

  • Look at parts and diagonal

  • Look at classifying polygons

  • Time permitting, look at interior angles of a polygon

.Finish page 299, Page 306 8-10, page 307 15-19 odd, bring computer Wednesday.

2/13/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TESTs and address issues

  • Collect page 299 assignment

  • Define parallelogram

  • Students use sketchpad to derive properties of parallelogram

  • Look at theorems

  • Students try practice problems

.Page 313 13-19 odd, page 314 23-33 odd.

2/15/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at converse theorems involving parallelograms

  • Students work practice problems

  • Define rhombus

  • Look at properties of rhombus

.No homework.

  WINTER BREAK (February 18-22)  

2/26/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Quick recap of polygons

  • Review all properties of parallelograms

  • Students complete practice problems

  • Define rectangle, rhombus, square

  • Look at all properties and overlaps

  • Students work practice problems

  • Time permitting, define trapezoid

.Pages 328-329 7-19 odd.

2/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at trapezoid

  • Define parts, isosceles

  • Students work practice problems

  • Review on board

.Page 334-335 9-25 odd.

Date Class Topic Assignment

3/3/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Recap trapezoid

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work worksheet problems with partner

  • Review together on the board

  • Mock test

.Prepare for TEST, pages 342-345 1-33 odd.

3/5/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions for homework or other

  • TEST

  • As they finish they read and notes pages 357-359

  • Define ratio, proportion

.Page 361 13-25 odd, page 362 39-45 odd.

3/7/08

(C; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TEST and address issues

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Define similar polygons

  • Look at scale factor

  • Students work practice problems

.Page 369 9-15 odd, page 370 17, 19, 22-26 all.

3/11/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at AA Similarity Postulate

  • Illustrate use of postulate

  • Students try a few

  • Look at SSS Similarity Theorem

  • Look at applying the theorem

  • Look at SAS Similarity Theorem

  • Look at applications

  • Students work several practice problems with a partner

  • All reviewed on the board

.Page 375-376 7-29 odd.

3/13/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at Triangle Proportionality Theorem

  • Look at applying the theorem

  • Look at the converse

  • Students work practice problems

  • Look at Midsegment Theorem

  • Look at applying the theorem

  • Students work practice problems in small groups

  • All reviewed on the board

.Page 382-383 5-17 odd, page 390-391 11-23 odd.

3/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Define midsegment of a triangle

  • Look at Midsegment Theorem

  • Students work practice examples with a partner

  • Outline TEST material

  • Students work mock test examples and share work on the board

.Prepare for TEST pages 400-403 1-23 odd.

3/19/08

(E; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field any questions from homework or in general

  • TEST

  • As they finish students read and note pages 393-395

  • Students begin page 407 1-8 all

.No homework

3/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Pass back TESTS and address issues

  • Discuss what students read after the test

  • Define dilation, reduction, enlargement

  • Look at finding a dilation

  • Students work several practice problems

  • Review square roots

  • Students finish assignment on square roots

.Page 396-397 7-13 odd, page 669 23-33 odd.

3/26/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz
  • Check homework and address issues
  • Address any issues from TEST
  • Review dilations
  • Look at parts of square roots
  • Review perfect squares students should know
  • Look at finding solutions to square roots using the calculator
  • Review the parts of a right triangle and the Pythagorean Theorem
  • Look at multiplying and squaring square roots
  • Students work practice problems

.Review dilations for quiz, page 539-540 13-43 odd.

3/28/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Review isosceles and right triangles

  • Look at using the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for a missing side of an isosceles right triangle

  • Look at 45-45-90 theorem

  • Students work practice problems

  • Quiz on dilations

  • Students work on worksheet problems

.Finish worksheet(s).

Date Class Topic Assignment

4/1/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check worksheets and look at issues

  • Quick review of 45-45-90 triangles

  • Look at 30-60-90 triangles and theorem

  • Illustrate several

  • Students try several

  • Students try several of both mixed and share solutions on the board

.Page 552-553 11-35 odd, bring calculator.

4/3/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Recap special right triangles

  • Look at real world applications

  • Look at the tangent ratio

  • Look at using the calculator to evaluate the tangent of an angle

  • Look the sine and cosine rations

  • Look at using the calculator to evaluate the sin or cos of an angle

  • Students try several and share their work on the board and orally

.Page 560-562 11-23 odd.

4/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Warm-up Quiz

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Recap special right triangles

  • Review tangent ratio

  • Look at using tan ratio

  • Students work practice problems

.Page 562 33-37 odd, pages 566-567 11-29 odd.

4/9/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Check homework and address issues

  • Look at solving a right triangle

  • Students work practice problems and share solutions on the board

  • Look at sin and cos ratios

  • Students work practice problems

  • Look at solving a right triangle using any of the trig ratios

  • Look at inverse functions

.Prepare for quiz pages 576-578 11-37 odd.

4/11/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

  • Field questions

  • Quiz as they finish students work practice problems with trig ratios

  • Review solving right triangles

.No homework

  SPRING BREAK (April 14-18)  

4/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic