Textbook:  PreCalculus and an Intro to Calculus, by Quattrin, et. al.

Office Hrs:            Room 219 on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Wed and Thurs morning.

Dr Q’s Available Resource Periods:   3rd, 4th, and 5th—PLEASE email to make an appointment
V-Mail: 731-7500 x751                    E-Mail:      [email protected]
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments    
Week of August 18 - August 22

Tuesday:  Analytic Trig (1-1), Calculator use (1-3)
  • p 9 #1-13 odd, p 10 (mcq) #1, 3, 5, 9
  • p25 # 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 18
  • Screencast: The Unit Circle (1-2)
Wednesday:   NO SCHOOL  
Friday:  The Unit Circle (1-2)
  • 18 # 1 – 17 odd
  • Watch the screencast for Vector Basics (1-4)
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens

Week of August 25 - August 29
Tuesday:  Vectors (1-4)
  • p 36 # 1 – 15 odd
  • Watch the screencast for Vector Conversions and Sums (1-4)
Thurs:  Vector Conversions and Sums (1-4)
  • p 36 # 17 – 23 odd
Friday:  Quiz on 1-1 to 1-3, including the Unit Circle Memory Quiz  



Week of September 1 - September 5
Monday:   Labor Day
Wednesday:  Review Day
  • Ch 1 Summary Sheet due
  • Do 2017-18 Chapter 1 Test for Practice
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes
Thursday:    Chapter 1 Test
  • Watch the Screencasts for the Chapter 2 Overview and 2-1

Week of September 8 - September 12
Tuesday:  Graphs of Sinusoidal Equations (2-1
  • p 60 # 1 – 25 odd
Thursday:  Solving Sinusoidal Equations (2-2)
  • p 72 # 1 – 15 odd
Friday:  Sinusoidal Graphing Quiz
  • Watch Mathematical Modeling with Sinusoidals (2-3)

Week of September 15 - September 19
Tuesday:  Mathematical Modeling with Sinusoidals
  • p 81 # 1 – 15 odd
Thursday:  More Mathematical Modeling
  • Handout
Friday:  Quiz on 2-1 to 2-3; 
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz opens
  • Watch Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs (2-4)

Week of September 22 - September 26
Tuesday:  Reciprocal and Quotient Graphs
  • p 92 # 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15
Thursday:   Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes
Friday:  Chapter 2 Test
  • Watch the Screencast for the Chapter 3 Overview

Week of September 29 -October 3
Tuesday:  Quotient, Reciprocal, and Pythagorean Identities (3-1)
  • 127 # 1 – 15 odd, 16
  • Watch the Screencast for Trig Identities and Factoring (3-2)
Thursday:  Trig Identities and Factoring
  • 136 # 1 – 21 e.o. odd
Friday:  Basic Trig Identities Quiz


Week of October 6 - October 10
Tuesday:  Composite Argument Identities
  • 145 # 1 – 13 odd
Wed:  PSAT
Thurs-Friday:        Quarter Break

Week of October 13 - October 17
Tuesday:  Wednesday:  Double Angle Argument Identities
  • 151 # 1 – 13 odd
Solving Trig Equations (3-6)
  • 170 #3 - 35 e.o. odd
Thursday:   Solving Trig Equations (3-6)
  • 170 #1 - 33 e.o. odd
Friday:     
  • Watch Screencasts Chapter 4 Overview and Review of Linear Equations

Week of October 20 - October 24
Tuesday:  Intro Chapter 4; Review of Linear and Quadratic Equations (4-1 & 4-2)
  • 213 # 1 – 13 odd; p. 222 # 1 – 15 odd, 21
Thursday:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
Friday:  Chapter 3 Group Test
  • Watch the Screencast for Complete Graphs Parts 1, 2, and 3 (4-3)

Week of October 27 - October 31
Tuesday:  Complete Graphs
  • 234 # 1 – 8
Thursday:  Optimization by Calculator (4-4)
  • 245 # 1 - 8
Friday:  Quiz on 4-1 to 4-3
  • Watch Screencast on Higher Order Zeros by Synthetic Substitution (4-5)


Week of November 3 - November 7
Tuesday:  Higher Order Zeros by Synthetic Substitution (4-5)
  • 258 # 1, 5 – 15 odd, 16, 18
Thursday:  Sign Patterns (4-6) 
Friday:  Quiz on 4-4 to 4-6
  • Watch Chapter 5 Overview and The Indeterminate Form and Limits (5-1)
  • Ch 4 Prep Quiz opens


Week of November 10 - November 14
Tuesday:  The Indeterminate Form and Limits (5-1);
  • 292 # 1 – 19 odd, skip 13; p. 300 # 1 – 15 odd
Thursday:  Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Ch 4 Prep Quiz closes
Friday:   Chapter 4 Test

Week of November 17 – November 21
Tuesday:  Slope of a Tangent Line (5-2); The Power Rule (5-3);
  • p 307 # 1 – 11 odd
  • p 314 # 9 - 16
Thursday:   The Power Rule (5-3)
  • p 307 # 1 – 11 odd
Friday:    Quiz on 5-1 to 5-3


Thanksgiving Break November 24 – November 28 
Week of December 1 - December 5
Tuesday:   Local Linearity and Approximations (5-4)
  • 314 # 1-15 odd
Thursday:   Local Linearity and Approximations (5-4)
  • 314 # 1-15 odd
Friday:    Quiz on 5-1 to 5-3



Week of December 8 - December 12
Tuesday:  Rectilinear Motion (5-5)
Thursday:   Final Exam Review
Friday:   Final Exam Review


Week of December 15 - December 18
Final Exams


Christmas Vacation   December 15 - January 11


Week of January 12 - January 16
Tuesday:   Review Final Review:  Chapter 6 Overview; Critical Values and Extremes (6-1)
Thursday:   Critical Values and Extremes (6-1)
  • 352 # 3 – 21 e.o. odd
Friday:   Sign Patterns of Dx (6.2)
  • 362 # 1, 3, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29


Week of January 19 - January 23
Monday:   Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday:   General Polynomial Sketching (6-4)
  • p 388 # 3 - 9 odd
Friday:   General Polynomial Sketching (6-4)
  • p 388 # 17, 18, 19, 21


Week of January 26 - January 30
Tuesday:   Intro to Rationals:  Zeros, Vertical Asymptotes, and POEs (7-1)
  • 438 #1 – 21 e.o.odd
Thursday:   Chapter 6 Review
Summary Sheet Due
Friday:    Chapter 6 Test
 
Week of February 2 - February 6
Tuesday:  Sign Patterns and Rational Functions (7-2)
  • 450 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21
Thursday:  End Behavior (7-3 and 7-4)
  • 461 # 7 - 19 odd; p 468 # 5, 7, 9, 11
Friday:  Quiz on 7-1 & 7-2
 
Week of February 9 - February 13
Tuesday:  The Quotient Rule (7-5)

  • 479 # 1 – 9 odd, 11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27; p 482 #4
Thursday:  General Rational Sketching (7-6)
  • 496 # 4 – 7 (do one each), 9, 14, 19 or 21, 22 or 25
Friday:  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 16 - February 20
Monday:  President's Day
Wednesday:  Chapter 7 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Friday:  Chapter 7 Test


Week of February 23 - February 27 
Tuesday:  
Thursday:   Zeros and Domains of Radicals (8-1); The Chain Rule (8-2)
  • 558 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 9;  p. 560 # 1 – 5 odd
Friday:   Extreme Points of Radicals (8-3)
  • 570 # 5, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19

Week of March 2 - March 6

Tuesday:   Radical Curve Sketching (8-4)
  • 586 # 3, 7, 9, 11, 13
Thursday:  Implicit Differentiation (8-5)
  • 593 # 1 – 13 odd
Friday:   Quiz on 8-1 to 8-4
  • Chapter 8 Prep Quiz opens

Week of March 9 - March 13
Tuesday:    Chapter 9 Overview, One-sided limits (9-1)
  • 639 # 1 – 4, p. 640 1, 2, 3
Thursday:     Chapter 8 Review Day
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 8 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Friday:   Chapter 8 Test
 

Week of March 16 - March 20

Tuesday:   Continuity (9-2)
  • 651 # 4, 6; p. 652 # 3, 5
Wednesday:   Continuity (9-2); Differentiability (9-3)
  • 660 # 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; p. 661 # 1, 6, 7
 Quarter Break

Week of March 23 - March 27
Tuesday:    Chapter 10 Overview; Exponential and Log Review (10-1)
  • 710 # 2, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 25
Wednesday:   Exponential and Log Review (again)


Easter Break Week of April 2 - April 12

Week of April 13 - April 17
Tuesday:    Zeros, Vas, and Domains of Log and Exponential Functions (10-2)
  • 724 # 2, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 25
Thursday:    Limit and Derivative Rules (10-3)
  • 732 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 – 13 odd
Friday:   Quiz on 10-2 to 10-3

Week of April 20 - April 24

Tuesday:   The Product Rule (10-4)
  • 742 # 1, 4 or 5, 11, 13 or 15
Thursday:   Quiz on 10-4
Friday:       

Week of April 27 - May 1
Tuesday:   Review 10-2 to 10-4; Limits and L’Hopital’s Rule (10-5)
  • 742 # 1, 4 or 5, 11, 13 or 15
Thursday:    End Behavior (10-6); Exponential Graphing (10-7)
  • 770 # 7, 9, 11, 12, 15
Friday: Exponential Graphing (10-7)


Week of April 24 - April 28
Tuesday:   Exponential and Product Curve Sketching (10-7)
  • 771 # 18 – 21, 24, 26, 28
Thursday:   Logarithmic Sketching (10-8)
  • 788 # 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13
Friday:  Quiz on 10-7


Week of May 4 - May 8 [AP Exams Begin]
Tuesday:  Trig Derivatives and the Chain Rule (11-2); Product and quotient Rules revisited (11-3)
  • 849 # 1 – 17 odd
  • 855 #1 – 17 odd
Thursday:   Review Day
  • Chapter 10 Summary Sheet due
  • Chapter 10 Prep Quiz closes at 10pm
Friday:  Chapter 10 Test

Week of May 11 - May 15
Tuesday:   Chapter 12 Overview; Second Derivatives (12 – 1)
  • 919 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 16, 29, 31
Thursday:  Advanced Curve Sketching (12-3)
  • 949 # 1, 3, 7, 5, 13
Friday:   Graphical Analysis (12-4)
  • Handout

Week of May 18 - May 22
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:    Transition Liturgy
Friday:                 Awards Assembly

Week of May 25 - May 30
Monday:     Memorial Day
Tues-Friday:         Final Exams
Saturday:     Graduation

PAST ASSIGNMENTS


August 15
Fri:      Course Introduction
Screencasts to watch before class