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Schedule of Topics and Assignments (2022-23)


Week of January 9 - January 13 

Day 1:  Review Critical Values and Extremes; Sign pattern of the First Derivative (6-2)
  • p. 362 # 1, 3, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29
Day 2:  
Day 3:  Quiz on 6.1 & 6.2


Week of January 16 - January 20

Monday:   MLK Holiday
Day 1:   General Polynomial Sketching (6-4)
  • p 388 # 3 - 9 odd, 17, 18, 19, 21
Day 2:  Multiple Sign Patterns (6-5)
  • p 396 #  1 – 4, 5, 9, 15, 17
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz opens

Week of January 24 - January 28

Day 1:  Chapter 7 Overview; Zeros, Vertical Asymptotes, and POEs (7-1)
  • p. 438 #1 – 21 e.o.odd
Day 2:  Chapter 6 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Day 3:  Chapter 6 Test
 
Week of January 30- February 3
 
Day 1:  Sign Patterns and Rational Functions (7-2)
  • p. 450 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21
Day 2:  End Behavior (7-3 and 7-4)
  • p. 461 # 7 - 19 odd; p 468 # 5, 7, 9, 11
Day 3:  Quiz on 7-1 & 7-2

Week of February 6 - February 10
 
Day 1:  The Quotient Rule (7-5)
  • p. 479 # 1 – 9 odd, 11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27; p 482 #4
Day 2:  General Rational Sketching (7-6)
  • p. 496 # 4 – 7 (do one each), 9, 14, 19 or 21, 22 or 25
Day 3:  Quiz on 7-3 to 7-6
  • Watch Sign Pattern of the Derivative of a Rational Function (7-7)
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quiz opens
 
Week of February 13 - February 17 
 
Day 1:  Ch 7 Overview, Zeros and Domains of Radicals (8-1); The Chain Rule (8-2)
  • p. 550 # 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19
Day 2:  Chapter 7 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Day 3:  Chapter 7 Test
 
Week of February 20 - February 24
 
Monday:   Presidents’ Day
Day 1:  Zeros and Domains of Radicals (8-1); The Chain Rule (8-2)
  • p. 558 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 9;  p. 560 # 1 – 5 odd
Day 2:  Extreme Points of Radicals (8-3)
  • p. 570 # 5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19
  • Quiz on 8-1 to 8-3 opens
Sunday:  Quiz on 8-1 to 8-3 closes at 10pm


Week of February 27 - March 3

Day 1:   Radical Curve Sketching (8-4)
  • 586 # 3, 7, 9, 11, 13
Day 2:  Implicit Differentiation (8-5)
  • 593 # 1 – 13 odd
Day 3:  Quiz on 8-4 to 8-5
  • Watch Related Rates (8-6)

Week of March 6 - March 10

Day 1:   Related Rates (8-6)
  • p. 603 # 1 – 15 odd
Day 2:  Chapter 8 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 8 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Day 3:  Chapter 8 Test

Week of March 13 - March 17

Day 1:  Chapter 9 Overview, One-sided limits (9-1)
  • p. 639 # 1 – 4, p. 640 1, 2, 3
Day 2:  Continuity (9-2)
  • p. 651 # 4, 6; p. 652 # 3, 5
Fri:      Quarter Break


Week of March 20 - March 24

Day 1:  Continuity (9-2); Differentiability (9-3)
  • p. 660 # 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; p. 661 # 1, 6, 7
Day 2:  Sketching Piece-wise Defined Functions
  • p. 679 # 1, 4, 8, 13
Day 3:  Quiz on 9-1 to 9-3
  • Chapter 9 Prep Quiz opens

Week of March 27 - March 31

Day 1:  Chapter 10 Overview;  Exponential and Log Review (10-1); Zeros, VAs and Domains (10-2)
  • p. 724 # 2, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 25
Day 2:   Review Day
  • Chapter 9 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 9 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Day 3:  Chapter 9 Test

Week of April 3 - April 9

Day 1:  Log and Exponential Derivative Rules (10-3); The Product Rule (10-4)
  • 732 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 – 13 odd
  • p745 # 5 (MCQ), p. 742 # 1, 4 or 5, 11, 13 or 15
  • 742 # 15, 16, 23, 29, 31
Day 2:  Limits and L’Hopital’s Rule (10-5)

Easter Break Week of April 7 - April 16

Week of April 17 - April 21

Day 1:   End Behavior (10-6); Exponential Graphing (10-7)
  • In-Class: p. 770 # 7, 9, 11, 12, 15
Day 2:  Exponential and Product Graphing
  • Turn in one problem from p. 770 # 7, 9, 11, 15
  • In-Class: p. 771 # 18 – 21, 24, 26, 28
Day 3:   Quiz on 10-7
  • Chapter 10 Prep Quiz opens

Week of April 24 - April 28

Day 1:  Logarithmic Sketching (10-8)
  • p. 788 # 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13
Day 2:   Review Day
  • Chapter 10 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 10 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Day 3:  Chapter 10 Test

Week of May 1 - May 5

Day 1:  Trig Derivatives and the Chain Rule (11-2); Product and quotient Rules revisited (11-3)
  • p. 849 # 1 – 17 odd
  • p. 855 #1 – 17 odd
Day 2:  Chapter 12 Overview; Second Derivatives (12 – 1)
  • p. 919 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 16, 29, 31
Day 3:  Quiz on 11-2 to 12 - 1


Week of May 8 - May 12

Day 1:  Advanced Curve Sketching (12-3)
  • p. 949 # 1, 3, 7, 5, 13
Day 2:  Graphical Analysis (12-4)
  • Handout
Day 3:  Quiz on 12-3 and 12-4
 
Week of May 15 - May 19

Day 1:  Final Exam Prep
Day 2:  Final Exam Prep
Day 3:  Final Exam Prep
 
Week of May 22 - May 26

Final Exams
  
May 28:  Graduation

PAST ASSIGNMENTS



August 19
Fri:      Course Introduction
Screencasts to watch before class
  • How to Watch a Screen cast.m4v
  • 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

Week of August 22 - August 26

Day 1:  Analytic Trig (1-1), Calculator use (1-3)
  • p. 25 # 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 18
  • Screencast: The Unit Circle (1-2)
Day 2:  The Unit Circle (1-2)
  • p.18 # 1 – 17 odd
Day 3:  Quiz on 1-1 & 1-3
  • Watch the screencast for Vector Basics (1-4)
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens


Week of August 29  - September 2

Day 1:  Vectors (1-4)
    p 36 # 1 – 15 odd
Day 2:  Watch the screencast for Vector Conversions and Sums (1-4)
Day 3:  Unit Circle Quiz;  Vectors (1-4)
    p 36 # 17 – 23 odd



Week of September 5 - September 9

Monday:   Labor Day
Day 1:  Review Day
  • Ch 1 Summary Sheet due
  • Do 2017-18 Chapter 1 Test for Practice
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes
Day 2:    Chapter 1 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 2 Overview

Week of September 12 - September 16

Day 1:  Graphs of Sinusoidal Equations
  • p 60 # 1 – 25 odd
Day 2:  Solving Sinusoidal Equations (2-2)
  • p 72 # 1 – 15 odd
Day 3:  Sinusoidal Graphing QuizWatch Mathematical Modeling with Sinusoidals (2-3)


Week of September 19 - September 23

Day 1:  Mathematical Modeling with Sinusoidals
  • p 81 # 1 – 15 odd
Day 2:  More Mathematical Modeling
  • Handout
Day 3:  Quiz on 2-1 to 2-3; 
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz opens
  • Watch Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs (2-4)

Week of September 26 - September 30

Day 1:  Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs
  • p 92 # 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15
Day 2:   Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes
Day 3:  Chapter 2 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 3 Overview

Week of October 3 - October 7

Day 1:  Quotient, Reciprocal, and Pythagorean Identities (3-1)
  • p. 127 # 1 – 15 odd, 16
Watch the Screencast for Trig Identities and Factoring (3-2)
Day 2:  Trig Identities and Factoring
  • p. 136 # 1 – 21 e.o. odd
Day 3:  Basic Trig Identities Quiz


Week of October 10 - October 14

Day 1:  Composite Argument Identities
  • p. 145 # 1 – 13 odd
Wed:  PSAT
Day 2:  Double Angle Argument Identities
  • p. 151 # 1 – 13 odd

Week of October 17 - October 21

Day 1:  Double Angle Argument Identities
  • p. 151 # 1 – 13 odd
Day 2:   Solving Trig Equations (3-6)
  • p. 170 #1 - 33 e.o. odd
Fri:      Quarter BreakWatch Screencasts Chapter 4 Overview and Review of Linear Equations


Week of November 14 - November 18

Day 1:  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
Day 2:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Ch 4 Prep Quiz closes
Day 3:   Chapter 4 Test


Week of November 21 – November 23

Day 1:  The Power Rule (5-3); Local Linearity (5-4)
  • p 307 # 1 – 11 odd
 
Thanksgiving

Week of November 28 - December 3

Day 1:  Motion (5.5); Parametric Motion (5.6)
  • p. 323 # 1 – 15 odd, p 330 # 1 – 9 odd
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quiz opens
Day 2:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quiz closes
Day 3:  Chapter 5 Test

Week of December 5 - December 11

Day 1:  Chapter 6 Overview; Critical Values and Extremes (6-1)
  • p. 352 # 1 – 19 e.o.odd
Day 2:   Final Exam Review
  • Practice Final Exam
Day 3:   Final Exam Review
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Practice Final Exam KEY

Week of December 12 - December 16
Final Exams

Christmas Vacation  

Week of January 1 - January 6
 
Friday:  Review Final
  • Read Mueller And Oppenheimer2014.pdf

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