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Schedule of Topics and Assignments (2020-21)

Week of January 11 - January 15 
Day 1:  Screencast:  Graphical Analysis II (4.7)
  • In-Class: p. 340 # 1, 3, 5, 7 and AP Handout
Day 2: Screencast:  Motion (5.1)
  • In-Class:  Memory Quiz 2
  • In-Class: One Algebraic, one numerical and one graphical for each person in the group from p. 387 # 9 – 14, 20 – 22, and 24 - 27
  • Quiz on 4.6 and 4.7 (Due Monday night at 10pm)
  • Chapter 4 Prep Quizzes opens


Week of January 18 - January 22
Monday:   Martin Luther King Holiday
  • Quiz on 4.6 and 4.7 due at 10pm
Day 1: Screencast:  Implicit Differentiation (5.2)
  • In-Class: 393 # 1 - 9 odd
  • Chapter 4 Prep Quizzes closes Wednesday night at 10pm
Day 2: Chapter 4 Test
  • Summary sheet due
  • Quiz on 5.1 to 5.3 opens


Week of January 25 - January 29

Day 1:  Screencast:  Related Rates (5.3)
  • In-Class: 402 # 1 – 13 odd; p.  417 MCQs # 1, 3, 7, 11
Wednesday:   Quiz on 5.1 to 5.3 due
Day 2:  Screencasts:  Logistic Growth (5.4); Area Between Curves (6.1)
  • In-Class: 413 # 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13
  • Chapter 5 Prep Quizzes opens


Week of February 1- February 5
Day 1:  Screencasts:  Arc Length (6.2), General Intro to Volume (6.3 to 6.6)
  • In-Class: 424 # 1 – 4 one each in group;  p. 454 # 1 – 13 odd
Wednesday:    Chapter 5 Prep Quizzes closes
Day 2:  Chapter 5 Test
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Canvas Review Quiz 1 opens

Week of February 8 - February 12
Day 1: Screencast:  Volume by Rotation around an Axis (6.3)
  • In-Class: 497 # 1 - 9 odd;  p. 461 # 1, 3, 4, 6 MCQ;  p. 477 # 1 - 8 in class
Wednesday Night: Canvas Review Quiz 1 closes
Day 2:  Screencast:  Volume by Rotation around a line (6.4)
  • In-Class: 477 # 9, 13, 15, 17;  p. 490 # 1 – 4 in class
  • Quiz on 6.1 to 6.4 due Monday night 10pm

Week of February 15 - February 19  

Monday:  President's Day
  • Quiz on 6.1 to 6.4 due Monday night 10pm
Day 1:  Screencast:  Volume by Cross-Section (6.5)
  • In-Class:  490 # 8, 9, 12, 14
Day 2:   Screencast:  AP Volume Questions (6.6)
  • In-Class: 504 # 1 – 5, 9, 10
  • Chapter 6 Prep Quizzes opens


Week of February 22 - February 26 
Day 1:  Review Day
  • In-Class: 515 # 1 – 4, 13, 14
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Start AP FRQ Packet #1
Wednesday:  Chapter 6 Prep Quizzes closes at 10pm
Day 2:  Chapter 6 Test 


Week of March 1 - March 5

Day 1:  Screencasts:  Limits (7.1); Limit Definition of a Derivative (7.2); One-sided Limits (7.3)

Day 2:  Screencast:  Continuity (7.4)
  • In-Class: 555 MCQs # 1 – 11 odd;  p. 562 MCQs # 1 – 9 oddp. 572 # 1 – 9 odd
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quizzes opens
Sunday Night: Canvas Review Quiz 2 closes



Week of March 8 - March 12

Day 1:    Screencast:  Differentiability (7.5)
  • In-Class: 581 # 1 - 11 odd, p. 583 MCQs # 1 – 7 odd
  • AP FRQ Packet #1 due
  • Start AP FRQ Packet #2
Day 2:   Screencast:  End Behavior and Limits at Infinity (7.6)
  • In-Class: 592 # 1 – 4, 5, 7, 9, 1;  p. 609 MCQs # 1 - 15 odd


Week of March 15 - March 19

Day 1:  Screencast:  Accumulation of Rates Review (8.1)
  • Canvas Review Quiz 3 opens
  • AP FRQ Packet #4 due
  • Start AP FRQ Packet #5
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quizzes closes
Day 2:  Chapter 7 Test
  • Summary Sheet due
Sunday Night: Canvas Review Quiz 3 on closes


Week of March 22 - March 26

Day 1:  Screencasts:  Table Problems Review (8.2);  Graphical Analysis Review (8.3)
  • AP Packet FRQ Packet #5 due
  • Start AP MCQ Packet
Day 2:  Screencast:  Rectilinear Motion Review (8.4)


Week of March 29 - April 2

Day 1:    Screencast:  Differential Equations Review (8.5)
  • Canvas Review Quiz 4 on opens
  • AP MCQ Packet due
  • Start AP Packet FRQ Handout #5
Day 2:    Screencast:  Area and Volume Review (8.6)



Easter Break Week of March 30 - April 11


Week of April 12 - April 16

Day 1:  Screencast:  Related Rates Review (8.7)
  • AP Packet FRQ Handout #5 due
Day 2:  Screencast:  Area and Volume (8.6)
  • Online Review Quiz 4 on Closes


Week of April 19 - April 23

Day 1:   Screencast:  Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates (8.7)
After School Block:        Spring Final Multiple Choice (no Calculator)
Day 2:   Screencast:   Miscellaneous Topics Review (8.8).
After School Block:        Spring Final Multiple Choice (Calculator)



Week of April 26 - April 30

Day 1:  Final Exam FRQ Review
  • BC16 Packet due
Day 2:   After School Block:     Spring Final Free Response (Calculator)
Day 3:   After School Block:     Spring Final Free Response (No Calculator)
 
Week of May 3 - May 7

Monday:         AM—US Govt; PM— Physics C
Tuesday:        AM— Calculus; PM— German & Geography
Wednesday:   AM—ENG Lit; PM—Japanese & Physics 1
Thursday:      AM— US History; PM— Art History & Comp Sci A
Friday:            AM— Chemistry & Spanish Lit; PM— European History & Physics

Day 1:   AP Review Day


  • Read the Kaplan article on MC Strategies (Links to an external site.)
  • BC Cram Sheet (Links to an external site.)
  • Last Minute Advice (Links to an external site.)
  • Top 10 Common Mistakes (Links to an external site.)
Day 2:   AP Review Day


Week of May 10 - May 14

Monday:         AM—French & World History; PM— Macroeconomics
Tuesday:        AM—Spanish; PM— Latin & Psychology
Wednesday:   AM—ENG Lang; PM— Microeconomics & Music
Thursday:      AM—Comp Govt & Comp Sci Principles; PM—Stats
Friday:            AM— Biology  & Italian; PM—Chinese & Env Sci
Day 1:     AP Packet Handout #5 Due


Day 2:     Complete the post-course survey at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1248749/BC-Calculus-feedback (Links to an external site.)
Read these  articles:
  • Followership
  • Bad Leadership
  • Ignatian Leadership
  • Soft Skills

Week of May 17 - May 21
Day 1:   Senior Holiday     
Day 2:   No class    
Friday:        Transition Liturgy


Week of May 24 - May 28

Final Exams

May 29:  Graduation


PAST ASSIGNMENTS
Week of August 31 - September 4

Day 1:  Course Introduction
  • Screencasts to watch before class
    • How to Watch A Screen Cast
    • AB Calculus Course Overview
    • AB Calculus Syllabus
  • Homework due before next class
    • Read the article Retrieval Practice
    • Take the Myers-Briggs Test
    • Complete the Student Information Survey
    • Create your AP Central account and link your join codes.
Day 2:  Screencasts:  Power and Exponential Rules (1.1);  The Chain Rule (1.2)
  • In-Class: 9 # 1- 19 odd;  p. 19 # 1- 5, 7, 9, 14 - 21


Week of September 7 - September 11

Day 1:  Screencast:  Trig, Trig Inverse and Log Rules (1.3)
  • In-Class: 29 # 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 14, 15, 18
Day 2:  Screencast:  Local Linearity (1.4)
  • In-Class: 36 # 1 - 11 odd.
  • Extra 1.3 practice
  • Download Quiz at the end of class.
  • 3rd period Form A
  • 4th period Form B
  • 5th period Form C
Sunday:  Take-home Quiz on 1.1 - 1.4  due at 10 pm


Week of September 14 - September 18

Day 1:   Screencast:  Product Rule (1.5)
  • In-Class: 42 # 1, 4, 8, 15, 17, 23, 27, 29;  MCQ p. 44 # 1, 5, 6
Day 2:   Screencast:  Quotient Rule (1.6)
  • In-Class: 51 # 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 21;   MCQ p. 52 # 1, 3, 5
  • Quiz on 1.5 & 1.6 opens
Sunday:  Quiz on 1.5 & 1.6 closes at 10 pm

Week of September 21 - September 25

Day 1:   Screencast:  Higher Order Derivatives
  • In-Class: 58 # 1 – 7 odd, 13, 15, 23, 25
  • Download and review Facts from PreCalc
Day 2: Screencast:  Chapter 2 Intro; Anti-derivatives (2.1)
  • In-Class: 86 # 1 - 21 odd;  p. 87 # 1 - 6 (MCQ)
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens

Week of September 28 - October 2
Day 1:   Review and Test Prep
  • Summary sheet for Make It Stick due
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes at 5pm
  • Practice FRQ Key
Day 2:  Chapter 1 Test
  • Summary Sheet due


Week of October 5 - October 9

Day 1:   Screencast:  U-Substitution (2.2)
  • In-Class: 95 # 1 - 17 odd
Day 2:  Screencast:  The Transcendental Rules (2.3)
  • In-Class: 96 # 1 - 6 (MCQ);  p. 105 # 1 - 21 e.o. odd
  • Quiz on 2.1 to 2.3 opens after class;  due on Sunday Night
Sunday:   Quiz on 2.1 to 2.3 Due

Week of October 12 - October 16

Day 1:   Screencast:  Separable Differential Equations (2.4)
  • In-Class: 118 # 1 - 23 odd

Week of October 19 - October 23
Day 1:  Screencast:  Slope Fields (2.5)
  • In-Class: 138 # 1 - 10 MCQ (together);  p. 141 # 1 - 10 MCQ (together)
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quizzes opens
Day 2: Screencasts:  Chapter 3 Overview; Intro to Definite Integrals (3.1) 
  • In-Class: 171 # 1 – 23 odd
Chapter 2 Prep Quizzes opens

Week of October 26 - October 30  
Day 1:  Chapter 2 Test Review
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quizzes closes at 5pm
  • In-Class: Chapter 2 FRQ Practice
Day 2:  Chapter 2 Test
  • Summary Sheet due


Week of November 2 - November 6

Day 1:    Screencast:  Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (3.2)
  • In-Class: 179 #1 – 25 e.o.odd
Day 2:    Screencast:  Approximations of Definite Integrals (3.3)
  • In-Class: 192 # 1, 3, 5, 7
  • Quiz on 3.1 to 3.3 due Sunday night


Week of November 9 - November 13

Day 1:    Screencast:  Integrals in Context (3.4)
  • In-Class: 209 # 1 - 15 odd
Day 2:    Screencast:  Accumulation of Rates (3.5)
  • In-Class: p. 226 (MCQ) # 1 - 9 odd
  • In-Class: p. 221 # 4


Week of November 16 - November 20
Day 1:  Topic:  Accumulation of Rates (3.5)
  • In-Class: 221 # 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
Day 2:  Screencast:  Table Problems (3.6)
  • In-Class: 235 # 1 - 8 (two per student in group)
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quizzes opens
Sunday:   Chapter 3 Prep Quizzes closes

Week of November 23 – November 24

Day 1:  Chapter 3 Test
  • Summary Sheet due

Thanksgiving


Week of November 30 - December 4

Day 1:  Screencast:  Extremes and the Derivative Tests (4.1)
  • In-Class: p. 268 # 1 - 13
Day 2:   Review Screencast:  Mean Value Theorem (4.2)In-Class:  280 # 1 - 4, 7 -10 


Week of December 6 - December 10

Day 1:  Screencasts:  The Second Derivative (4.4)
  • In-Class: p. 301 # 1 - 13 all
  • Chapter 1 - 3 Prep Quizzes opens
  • Practice Fall Final available here
Day 2:  Chapter 3 Class FRQ RetakeFinal Exam Prep quiz opens

Week of December 14 - December 18
For X-Period Office Hours this week, use the Wednesday Zoom link in Canvas
Monday/Tuesday:        Final Exam Review Day
  • Come to class with questions about the FRQ Practice Exam
  • Practice Final Exam KEY here
  • Chapter ALL Prep Quizzes close at 10pm Tuesday
Wednesday/Thursday:   Final Exams


Christmas Vacation   December 19- January 1

Week of January 4 - January 8Day 1:  Screencast:  Graphing with Derivatives (4.5)
  • Final Exam Review
  • In-Class: p. 311 # 1, 3, 5 9, 10
Day 2:  Screencast:  Graphical Analysis (4.6)
  • In-Class:  Memory Quiz 1
  • In-Class: p. 327 # 7 – 10
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