Schedule of Topics and Assignments (2021-22)

Week of May 16 - May 20
Mon:  Trig Derivatives and the Chain Rule (11-2)
  • 849 # 1 – 17 odd; 
Wed:   Product and quotient Rules revisited (11-3)
  • 855 #1 – 17 odd
Fri:      Office Hours

 
Week of May 23 - May 27

Final Exams
  
May 28:  Graduation
 
 
PAST ASSIGNMENTS

August 20

Fri:      Course Introduction

    Screencasts to watch before class
        How to Watch a Screen cast
        PreCalc Honors Course Design
        PreCalc Honors Syllabus
    Homework due before next class
        Read the article Retrieval Practice
        Take the Myers-Briggs Test
        Complete the Student Information Survey
        Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 2 Overview


Week of August 23 - August 27

Mon:  Analytic Trig (1-1), Calculator use (1-3)

    p. 25 # 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 18
    Screencast: The Unit Circle (1-2)

Wed (Red):  The Unit Circle (1-2)

    18 # 1 – 17 odd

Thurs:  Quiz on 1-1 & 1-3

    Introduce yourself through FlipGrid
    Watch the screencast for Vector Basics (1-4)
    Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens

Week of August 30  - September 3
Mon:  Vectors (1-4)
    p 36 # 1 – 15 odd
Wed (Blue):  Watch the screencast for Vector Conversions and Sums (1-4)
Thurs:  Unit Circle Quiz;  Vectors (1-4)
    p 36 # 17 – 23 odd


Week of September 6 - September 11

Tues:  Review Day
  • Ch 1 Summary Sheet due
  • Do 2017-18 Chapter 1 Test for Practice
Wednesday:    Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes
Th (Red Wed): Chapter 1 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 2 Overview


Week of September 13 - September 17

Mon:  Graphs of Sinusoidal Equations
  • p 60 # 1 – 25 odd
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  Sinusoidal Graphing Quiz, Solving Sinusoidal Equations (2-2)
  • p 72 # 1 – 15 odd

Week of September 20 - September 24
Mon:  Mathematical Modeling with Sinusoidals
  • p 81 # 1 – 15 odd
Wed (Red):  More Mathematical Modeling
Thurs:  Quiz on 2-1 to 2-3;  Intro to Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz opens

Week of September 27 - October 1
Mon:  Review Day;  Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs
  • p 92 # 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15
Wed (Blue):   asynchronous
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes
Thurs:  Chapter 2 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 3 Overview

Week of October 4 - October 8
Mon:  Quotient, Reciprocal, and Pythagorean Identities (3-1)
  • p. 127 # 1 – 15 odd, 16
  • Watch the Screencast for Trig Identities and Factoring (3-2)
Wed (Red):  Trig Identities and Factoring
  • p. 136 # 1 – 21 e.o. odd
Thurs:  Basic Trig Identities Quiz


Week of October 11 - October 16
Mon:  Composite Argument Identities
  • p. 145 # 1 – 13 odd
Wed:  PSAT
Thurs:  Double Angle Argument Identities
  • p. 151 # 1 – 13 odd


Week of October 18 - October 22
Mon:  Double Angle Argument Identities
  • p. 151 # 1 – 13 odd
Wed:   Solving Trig Equations (3-6)
  • p. 170 #1 - 33  e.o. odd
Fri:      Quarter Break


Week of October 25 - October 29 
Mon:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  Chapter 3 Group Test
Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 4 Overview, Review of Linear Equations (4-1), Review of Linear Equations (4-2)


Week of November 1 - November 5
Mon:  Review of Linear and Quadratic Equations (4-1 & 4-2)
  • p. 213 # 1 – 13 odd; p. 222 # 1 – 15 odd, 21
  • Watch the Screencast for Complete Graphs Parts 1, 2, and 3 (4-3)
Wed (Red):  Complete Graphs
  • p. 234 # 1 – 8
Thurs:  Quiz on 4-1 to 4-3
  • Watch the Screencast for Optimization by Calculator (4-4)

Week of November 8 - November 12
Mon:  Optimization by Calculator (4-4)
  • p. 245 # 1 - 8
Wed (Blue):  Read the MIT article on sleep habits
Thurs:  Higher Order Zeros by Synthetic Substitution (4-5)
  • p. 258 # 1, 5 – 15 odd, 16, 18


Week of November 15 - November 19
Mon:  Sign Patterns (4-6) 
  • p. 268 # 1 – 15 odd
  • Ch 4 Prep Quiz opens
Wed (Red):   Review Day
Thurs:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
Sunday:           Ch 4 Prep Quiz closes


Week of November 22 – November 23
Mon:  Chapter 4 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for Chapter 5 Overview; The Indeterminate Form and Limits (5-1); Slope of a Tangent Line (5-2)
Thanksgiving


Week of November 31 - December 3
Mon:  The Indeterminate Form and Limits (5-1); Slope of a Tangent Line (5-2)
  • p. 292 # 1 – 19 odd, skip 13;  p. 300 # 1 – 15 odd
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  The Power Rule (5-3); Local Linearity (5-4)
  • p 307 # 1 – 11 odd
  • Watch the screencast for Rectilinear Motion (5-5)

Week of December 6 - December 10
Mon:  Rectilinear Motion (5-5) Wed:   Final Exam Review Friday:            Zoom Office Hours  

 Week of December 13 - December 17
Final Exams

December 19- January 1:   
Christmas Vacation  

Week of January 3 - January 7
 
Wed:  Review Final

Thurs:      Review Motion (5.5); Parametric Motion (5.6)
  • p. 323 # 1 – 15 odd,  330 # 1 – 9 odd
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quiz opens


Week of January 10 - January 14 
Mon:  Chapter 6 Overview; Critical Values and Extremes (6-1)
  • p. 352 # 1 – 19 e.o.odd
Wed (Red):  Sign pattern of the First Derivative (6-2)
  • p. 362 # 1, 3, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quiz Closes
Thurs:  Quiz on 6.1 & 6.2


Week of January 17 - January 21
Mon:   MLK Holiday
Tues:   General Polynomial Sketching (6-4)

  • p 388 # 3 - 9 odd
Thurs:  General Polynomial Sketching (6-4)
  • p 388 17, 18, 19, 21
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz opens


Week of January 24 - January 28
Mon:  Chapter 6 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Thurs:  Chapter 6 Test
 
Week of January 31- February 5
 
Mon:  Chapter 7 Overview; Zeros, Vertical Asymptotes, and POEs (7-1)
  • p. 438 #1 – 21 e.o.odd
Wed (Red):  Sign Patterns and Rational Functions (7-2)
  • p. 450 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21
Thurs:  Quiz on 7-1 & 7-2

Week of February 7 - February 11
 
Mon:  End Behavior (7-3 and 7-4)
  • p. 461 # 7 - 19 odd; p 468 # 5, 7, 9, 11
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  The Quotient Rule (7-5)
  • p. 479 # 1 – 9 odd, 11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27; p 482 #4
 
Week of February 14 - February 18  
 
Mon:  General Rational Sketching (7-6)
  • p. 496 # 4 – 7 (do one each), 9, 14, 19 or 21, 22 or 25
Wed (Red):  Sign Pattern of the Derivative of a Rational Function (7-7)
  • p. 507 # 1 - 7 odd; 
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quiz opens
Thurs:  Quiz on 7-3 to 7-6
 
Week of February 21 - February 26 
 
Mon:   Presidents’ Day
Tues:  Chapter 8 Overview; Zeros and Domains of Radicals (8-1)
  • p. 550 # 1 – 19 odd
Thurs:  Chapter 7 Test


Week of February 28 - March 4

Mon:  Chapter 8 Overview; Zeros and Domains of Radicals (8-1); The Chain Rule (8-2)
  • 550 # 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19
  • 558 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 9;  p. 560 # 1 – 5 odd
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  Extreme Points of Radicals (8-3)
  • p. 570 # 5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19
  • Quiz on 8-1 to 8-3 opens
Sinday:  Quiz on 8-1 to 8-3 closes at 10pm

Week of March 7 - March 11
Mon:   Radical Curve Sketching (8-4)
  • 586 # 3, 7, 9, 11, 13
Wed (Red):  Implicit Differentiation (8-5)
  • 593 # 1 – 13 odd
Thurs:  Quiz on 8-4 to 8-5

Week of March 14 - March 17
Mon:  Related Rates (8-6)
  • 602 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14
Wed:  Chapter 9 Overview, One-sided limits (9-1)
  • 639 # 1 – 4, p. 640 1, 2, 3
  • Chapter 8 Prep Quiz opens
Fri:      Quarter Break


Week of March 21 - March 25
Mon:  Continuity (9-2);  Differentiability (9-3)
  • p. 651 # 4, 6;  p. 652 # 3, 5
  • p. 660 # 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; p. 661 # 1, 6, 7
Wed (Blue):  Asynchronous Review Day
  • Chapter 8 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 8 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Thurs:  Chapter 8 Test
  • Chapter 9 Prep Quiz opens


Week of March 28 - April 1
Mon:  Sketching Piece-wise Defined Functions
  • 679 # 1, 4, 8, 13
Wed (Red):   Review Day
  • Chapter 9 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 9 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Thurs:  Chapter 9 Test

Week of April 4 - April 8
Mon:  Chapter 10 Overview;  Exponential and Log Review (10-1); Zeros, VAs and Domains (10-2)
  • 724 # 2, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 25
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  Log and Exponential Derivative Rules (10-3)
  • 732 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 – 13 odd


Week of April 11 - April 13
Mon:   The Product Rule (10-4)
  • p745 # 5 (MCQ), p. 742 # 1, 4 or 5, 11, 13 or 15
  • 742 # 15, 16, 23, 29, 31
Wed (Red):     Quiz on 10-1 to 10-4


Easter Break


Week of April 25 - April 29
Mon:  Limits and L’Hopital’s Rule (10-5)
  • 750 # 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13
Wed (Blue):  No assignment
Thurs:  End Behavior (10-6)
  • 758 # 1 25 e.o.odd
Quiz on 10-5 to 10-6 due Sunday night at 10 pm


Week of May 2 - May 6
Mon:  Exponential and Product Graphing (10-7)
  • In-Class: 770 # 7, 9, 11, 12, 15
Wed (Red):  Exponential and Product Graphing
  • Turn in one problem from p 770 # 7, 9, 11, 15
  • In-Class: p771 # 18 – 21, 24, 26, 28
Thurs:  Quiz on 10-7


Week of May 9 - May 13
Mon:  Logarithmic Sketching (10-8)
  • 788 # 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13
Wed (Blue):  Asynchronous Review Day
  • Chapter 10 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 10 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Thurs:  Chapter 10 Test