Honors Pre - Calculus 2010 - 2011
Welcome to Honors Pre-Calculus. I am looking forward to a great year, I have heard only great things about this group. This course is the prerequisite for AP Calculus which hopefully you will be taking next year. Since it is the prerequisite you will do a few things a little different this year. The biggest change is you will have to explain your answers at times. This is to ensure that you really know and understand the material and not just memorizing an algorithm. The following is a few guidelines that you will need to understand and follow to make this a very successful year. I wish you good luck and I am looking forward to a great year.
Text Book - The text book (which costs $100) requires that you attempt every problem that I assign. If the question asks you to explain or justify your answer you must explain your enaswer to receive the full benifit of this type of problem. Also, some of the test questions will also ask you to explain and justify your answers. This is an area that the AP Calculus committee is emphasizing so you need to start this year getting used to explaining your work. If you put the time into the homework you will have no trouble with the tests. Please do not stuff your book with papers this will get me in a bad mood and class will not go well. The bindings on text books cannot handle the extra paper, so please help me out so that the books will last as long as possible.
Calculators - You will be issued a TI-89 graphing calculator. They are a very powerful too, however, you cannot become dependent on the calculator. Half of your tests will allow no calculator, so make sure you can do the work by hand. If the text book says to do the work by hand, the test on that material will require you to do the work by hand. The calculator costs $140.00 so do not lose it or you will pay for it. Do not leave your calculator in your hot car. The heat will damage the calculator and the batteries. If you drop the calculator it will break. Please be careful with them. You only need to bring them to class when I tell you, so please leave them at home so you can use them to do your homework and bring them in when I tell you.
Grades -
a. Test 75%
b. Homework/Notebook/Journal 25%
I have a few procedures that I expect you to follow.
You must have a three ring binder this year. I want three sections in the binder: Notes, homework and journal. I will collect the notebook each time we have a test or quiz. I will also collect and grade homework periodically. Each howork assignment must have on the top of the page, your Name, Section, Page Number and the Problem Numbers. When I grade your notebook I will base part of the grade on your organization and how well you follow directions.
Your book must have a book cover on it. I will do a book check several times a quarter and your book must be covered. The books are in great condition and I want them to look like that when I get them back. Do not lose your book, they cost $100.00.
You must bring your calculator to class on test day or else you do not get to use one. I will not provide you with one and you cannot share with a classmate. Also, you must use a pencil on the test and once again I will not provide one for you. If you use pen I will deduct points from your test.
If you or your parents need to get in touch with me you can either email me at obstr@lcmrschools.com or phone the office at 884-3475 and leave a message.
I am really looking forward to a great year.
If you lose your notes or need to get the notes ahead of time due to an absence the following links will get you to each set of notes for the particular chapter. I will only provide you with one copy of the notes if you lose them it is your responsibility to get the second copy.
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Honors Pre-Calculus September 2010 |
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7 Section 1.1 Notes Pages 1-5 HW: Notes page 9 |
8 Section 1.1 Notes Pages 6-8 HW:Page 5 #1-5 all and notes pages 10-13 |
9 Piecewise Functions Notes pages 14 - 17 HW: Notes page 18 |
10 Piecewise Functions
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13 Section 1.2 Notes pages 19-26 HW: Page 13 #1-41 odd
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14 NO Class |
15 Section 1.3 Notes 29 - 32 HW: Page 20 #1-20 all and notes pages 33-39 (use pg 37 for hw #15-20) |
16 Section 1.2 HW: Page 13 #2-42 even
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17 Clean up day and calculator work. HW: Notes pages 42-43b |
20 Review |
21 NO Class |
22 Quiz 1.1-1.3 (and piecewise)
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23 Section 1.4 Notes pages 44-48 HW: Notes page 49 and page 26 #1-11 odd |
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27 Section 1.5 Class: Notes pages 55 and 56 and page 33 #1-4 all, 17-20 all, 23,24,26,27,28
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28 No Class |
29 Finish Calculator Work HW: Pages 68-69 in notes and 1.4 -1.5 review |
30 Review |
Oct 1 Quiz 1.4 - 1.5 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus October 2010 |
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4 Section 1.6 Notes pages 64, 65 and 67and text book page 39 #1-13 all(omit 11) |
5 No Class |
6 HW: Page 44 R1-R6 Page 49 T1-T28 (omit T19) |
7 Review Give students list of material for the test |
8 No School |
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12 Review |
13 No Class |
14 Test Chapter 1 HW: Exploration 2-1a |
15 Section 2.2/2.3 HW: Page 57 #1-29 odd and Page 63 #1-23 odd
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18 Section 2.4 HW: Page 68 #1-19 all
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19 No Class
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20 Section 2.4 HW: Page 69 #21 - 44 all
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21 HW: Notes pages 20-23
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22 Review
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25 Quiz 2.1-2.4 |
26 No Class |
27 Section 2.5 HW: Page 73 #1-5 all, 7-22 all (skip 8, 21) |
28 Notes pages 31-40 |
29 Hw: Page 79 R2, E3,R4 and T1-T4 all T9-T20 all |
Honors Pre-Calculus November 2010 |
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1 Review
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2 No Class |
3 Test Chapter 2 |
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5 No School |
8 Section 3.2 Hw: Notes pages 9,10 Page 92 #1-11 all |
9 No Class |
10 Section 3.2 Hw: Page 93 #13-18 all #19-25 odd and #26 |
11 Section 3.3 Hw: Page 98 #1-15 all |
12 Review
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15 Quiz Sections 3.1-3.3
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16 No Class |
17 Section 3.4 Hw: Page 104 #1,2,3-53 odd |
18 Section 3.5 Hw: Notes pages 24, 25 |
19 Section 3.5 Hw: Pg 109 #1,2,3,6,7,10 11,14,15,19,23,25,27, 31, 37, 40, 44
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22 Section 3.6 HW: Page 115 #1-13 odd and notes page 31
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23 Section 3.6 Notes pages 30 and 32 |
24 Half day
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25 No School |
26 No School |
29 Review Section 3.6 HW: Notes 33-40
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30 No Class
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Honors Pre-Calculus December 2010 |
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1 R1- R5 and T1 - T16
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2 Test Chapter 3
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3 Test Chapter 3 HW: Page 133 #1-6 all |
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HW: Page 137 #1-13 all and pages 7 and 8 in the notes
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7 No Class |
8 Section 4.3 HW: Page 143 #1-25 odd |
9 Section 4.3 HW: Page 143 #27 - 53 odd
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10 HW: Notes page 11 and 12 Start in class |
13 Notes pages 13-21 (Section 4.4) HW: Page 149 #1-27 odd
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14 No Class |
15 Notes pages 13-21 (Section 4.4) HW: Page 149 #1-27 odd |
16 Section 4.4 HW: Notes page 22 |
17 Pop Quiz Identity HW: Notes page 22a and 23 |
20 Review Pop Quiz Solve Trig Equations
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22 Quiz 4.1 -4.4 | 23 Half Day | 24 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus January 2011 |
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3 Section 4.6 Pg 164 #5-22 all |
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5 Notes pg 27 - 30 HW: Notes pgs 31-32
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6 Notes pages 33 - 38 HW: None |
7 Finish notes HW: notes page 39
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10 HW: Notes page 40
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11 No Class |
12 Pop Quiz HW: Notes pages 41 - 43 |
13 HW: Notes pages 44 - 47 |
14 Notes page 48 Pop Quz page 216 |
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18 Extra Practice in my notes |
19 No Class |
20 Test Chapter 4 and Extensions
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21Notes pages 2-3 (Section 9.2) HW: Pg 359 #1,2 and notes pages 7 and 8
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24 Section 9.3 HW: Pg 362 #1-16 all
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25 No Class |
26 Section 9.4 HW: 367 #1-16 all Due Friday
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27 Quiz 9.2-9.3
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28 Section 9.5 HW: Page 375 #1-27 odd
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Honors Pre-Calculus February 2011 |
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31 Section 9.5 HW: Notes pages 18 and 19
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2 Section 9.6 HW: Page 383 #1-13 all |
3 HW: Page 398 R1 - R6 |
4 Notes pages 24 and 25 |
7 Chapter Test Page 401 #1-27 odd (skip 7,8,12,15,17)
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8 No Class |
9 Test Chapter 9 |
10 Section 6.2/6.3 HW: Pg 229 1-11 odd and #15, #18 Pg 233 #1-13 odd |
11 Section 6.4/6.5 HW: Pg 237 #1-11 odd
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14 Section 6.5 HW: Pg 241 #1-13 odd |
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16 Section 6.7 HW: pg 251 #1-7 odd and #17
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17 HW: Old Chapter 6 Test |
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22 Review
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23 No Class |
24 Test Chapter 6 |
25 Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6
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| 28 Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6
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Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6 HW: Notes page 9 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus March 2011 |
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28 Feb HW: Notes pages 7,9 |
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2 HSPA No Class |
3 HSPA HW: Notes pages 8,10 |
4 HW: Notes page 16 |
7 Notes P1-P4 HW: Page P4 |
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9 Notes pages 18-22 HW: Page 23 |
10 HW: Page 24 |
11 Notes Pages 11, 17 (rev) |
14 Review |
15 No Class |
16 Test |
17 Lines HW: Page 30 |
18 Quadratic HW: Page 34 |
21 Circles HW: Page 40
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22 No Class |
23 Asymptotes HW: Page 43 |
24 Rational Functions HW: Page 49 |
25 Rational Functions HW: Page 50 |
28 Review |
29 No Class |
30 Test Part 1 |
31 Test Part 2 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus April 2011 |
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4 Section 7.2 Hw: Page 277 #1-19 all |
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6 Section 7.4 (notes to at least page 9) Hw: Page 298 #1-49 odd and 53-59 odd |
7 Section 7.4 (finish notes) Hw: Notes pages 13 and 14 |
8 Section 7.4 Hw: Notes pages 15 and 16 |
11 Notes pages 44 - 46
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13 Review
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14 Short Quiz
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15 Half Day
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26 Teach Graphs Hw: Notes Page 42
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28 Graphs Hw: Notes Page 43
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Honors Pre-Calculus May 2011 |
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3 No Class | 4 Limits from Functions Hw: Notes pages 10 and 11 (Limits Intuitive) |
5 Limits from Functions HW: Pages 20-23 due on the 12th |
6 (AP History) (9) Work on 20-23 |
9 AP Bio/Physics (2) Work on 20-23 |
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11 AP Language (9) Work on 20-23 |
12 Review Limits
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13 Limits at Infinity Hw: Notes page 27 |
16 Study
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18 Quiz |
19 Continuity Hw: Notes pages 35 and 36 |
20 Continuity Hw: Notes pages 37 and 38 |
23 Trig Limits Hw: Notes pages 43 and 44 |
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25 Trig Limits Hw: Notes pages 43 and 44 |
26 Review |
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31 Review |
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Honors Pre-Calculus June 2011 |
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2 Test Limits
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3 Review For Final |
6 Review
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7 Review
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9 Review |
10 Final Exams Period 5/6 exam |
13 Final Exams Period 7/8 exam |
14 Final Exams Period 1/2 exam |
15 Honors Final Exam Period 3/4 exam |
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