Schedule of Topics and Assignments (2019-20)
August 23
Day 1: Course Introduction; Derivative Rules Review (1.1, 1.2, 1.4)
Week of August 26 - August 30
Day 1: Local Linearity and Euler's Method (1.3); Higher Order Derivatives
Week of September 2 - September 6
Monday: Labor Day
Day 1: The Power and Transcendental Rules (2.1);
Week of September 9 - September 13
Day 1: Integration by Substitution--the Chain Rule (2.2)
Week of September 16 - September 20
Day 1: Back Substitution (2.4); Powers of Trig Functions (2.5)
Week of September 23 - September 27
Day 1: Slope Fields (2-7)
Week of September 30 -October 4
Day 1: Extrema, the Derivative Tests, and Optimization (3,1); Mean Value Theorem (3.2);
The Second Derivative, Points of Inflection and Concavity (3.3)
Week of October 7 - October 11
Day 1: Graphical Analysis I (3.5)
Week of October 15 - October 19
Day 1: Related Rates (3.7)
Week of October 21 - October 25
Day 1: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (4.1); Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (4.2)
Week of October 28 - November 1
Day 1: Graphical Analysis II (4.4); Approximating Definite Integrals (4.5)
Week of November 4 - November 8
Day 1: Accumulation of Rates (4.6); Area between Two Curves (5.1); Arc Length (5.2)
Week of November 11 - November 15
Day 1: Volume by Cross-Section (5.3)
Week of November 18 – November 22
Day 1: Volume by Rotation around a line not an Axis (5.5)
Week of November 25 – November 29
Day 1: Chapter 5 Test
Thanksgiving
Week of December 2 - December 6
Day 1: Limits, L’Hopital’s Rule, and The Limit Definitions of a Derivative (6.1); Continuity Review (6.2); Differentiability Review (6.3); Limits at Infinity (6.4)
Week of December 9 - 13
Day 1: Final Exam Prep (Multiple Choice)
Day 3: Final Exam Part II (Multiple Choice with calculator)
Week of December 16 - 20
Day 1: Review Day
Wednesday: English and Social Science Final Exams
Thursday: Math Final Exam Part II and Science Exam Exams
Friday: Language and Religious Studies Final
Christmas Vacation December 23- January 7
Week of January 8 - January 10
Day 1: Final Exam Review; Intro to Sequences (7.1); Intro to Series (7.2)
Week of January 13 - January 17
Day 1: Convergent/Divergent Series: The Comparison Tests (7.5)
Week of January 20 - January 24
Monday: Martin Luther King Holiday
Day 1: The Ratio Test (7.7); General Series Summary (7.8); Review Day
Week of January 27 - January 31
Day 1: Integrals of Rational Functions
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 1 on closes
Week of February 3 - February 7
Day 1: Integration by Parts Case I and II (8.4)
Week of February 10 - February 14
Day 1: General Advanced Integration (8.8)
Week of February 17 - February 21
Monday: President's Day
Tuesday: Faculty In-Service
Day 1: Review of Parametrics (9.1 and 9.2)
Week of February 24 - February 28
Day 1: Areas involving two Polar Curves (9.5)
Week of March 3 - March 7
Day 1: Derivatives and Polar Graphs
Week of March 10 - March 14
Day 1: Intro Power Series; Taylor Polynomials and Error (10.1): Power Series (10.2)
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 3 on closes
Week of March 16 - March 20
Day 1: Radius and Intervals of Convergence (10.4)
Week of March 23- March 27
Day 1: Make-up day
Week of Marh 31 - April 3
Day 1: Final Exam Review/AP Exam prep
Sunday: Online Review Quiz 4 on Closes Sunday Night
Week of April 6 - April 10
Day 1: Review MCQ Final and Prep for Free Response (Calculator)
Day 2: Spring Final Free Response (Calculator)
Easter Break Week of April 9 - April 19
Week of April 20 - April 24
Day 1: Review Final and Prep for Free Response (No Calculator)
Week of April 27 - May 1
Day 1: Final Exam Review/AP Exam prep
Week of May 4 - May 8
Monday: AM—US Govt; PM—Chinese & Environmental Science
Tuesday: AM—Spanish, Spanish; PM—Japanese & Physics 1
Wednesday: AM—ENG Lit; PM—French, European History
Thursday: AM— Chemistry; PM—German & Psycology
Friday: AM—US History; PM—Comp Sci Principles
Day 1: AP Review Day
Day 3: AP Review Day
Week of May 11 - May 15
Monday: AM—Biology; PM— Physics C
Tuesday: AM—Calculus; PM—Art History & Geography
Wednesday: AM—ENG Lang; PM— Italian & Macroeconomics
Thursday: AM—Comp Govt, World History; PM—Stats
Friday: AM—Microeconomics & Music ; PM—Latin & Comp 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
Read these articles:
Week of May 18 - May 22
Day 1: Senior Holiday
Day 2: No class
Thursday: Transition Liturgy
Friday: Awards Assembly
Week of May 25 - May 29
Lower Division Final Exams
May 31: Graduation
PAST ASSIGNMENTS
August 23
Day 1: Course Introduction; Derivative Rules Review (1.1, 1.2, 1.4)
- Read the article at http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/dec18/vol60/num12/The-Five-Ds-of-Destressing.aspx
Week of August 26 - August 30
Day 1: Local Linearity and Euler's Method (1.3); Higher Order Derivatives
- Derivative Memory Quiz
- Read Chapter 1
- p. 10 # 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15 – 19
- p. 20 #1, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 18
- p. 48 # 1, 2, 7, 9, 10,13,18,22, 26
- Take the Myers-Briggs Test
- Complete the Student Information Survey
- Create your AP Central account and link your "join codes."
- p. 30 #1, 2, 4, 8, 11-14
- p. 44 #2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 16, 23, 25
- Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens
Week of September 2 - September 6
Monday: Labor Day
Day 1: The Power and Transcendental Rules (2.1);
- Read Chapter 2
- p. 57 #1, 3 - 6, 9, 13
- p. 58 # 1 - 10
- Chapter 1 Prep Quiz closes
- Summary Sheet Due
Week of September 9 - September 13
Day 1: Integration by Substitution--the Chain Rule (2.2)
- Watch the screen casts for 2.1 and 2.2
- p. 93 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 11. 13, 17, 19, 21
- p. 103 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17 (In class)
- p. 103 #2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 19 - 24
Week of September 16 - September 20
Day 1: Back Substitution (2.4); Powers of Trig Functions (2.5)
- View the screen casts for 2.4 to 2.6
- p. 117 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 13 - 21
- p. 125 # 1 - 17 odd
- p. 134 # 1 - 7 odd
- Chapter 2 Prep Quiz
Week of September 23 - September 27
Day 1: Slope Fields (2-7)
- Slope Field handout
- p. 141 # 1 – 9 odd
- p. 157 #1 - 10 (MCQ)
- Summary Sheet Due
- Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes
Week of September 30 -October 4
Day 1: Extrema, the Derivative Tests, and Optimization (3,1); Mean Value Theorem (3.2);
The Second Derivative, Points of Inflection and Concavity (3.3)
- Read Chapter 3
- Watch the ScreenCasts for 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
- p. 193 # 1 – 9 odd, 12- 16 even (In Class)
- p. 194 # 21 – 27 odd
- p. 208 # 1 – 7 (MCQ)
- p. 217 # # 1 – 13 (MCQ)
Week of October 7 - October 11
Day 1: Graphical Analysis I (3.5)
- p 230 # 1 – 9 odd, 16
- p. 234 # 1 - 6 (MCQ)
- p 248 # 1 – 9 odd
- p. 251 # 1 - 6 (MCQ)
- p. 261 # 11 - 21 odd (in class)
Week of October 15 - October 19
Day 1: Related Rates (3.7)
- Chapter 3 Prep Quiz opens
Week of October 21 - October 25
Day 1: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (4.1); Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (4.2)
- p. 273 # 1 - 11 odd, 16; p. 276 # 1 - 11 odd (MCQ)
- Read Chapter 4
- p. 311 # 1 – 15 in class
- View the 4-3 Screen Casts
- p. 311 # 17 - 23 odd
- p. 319 # 1 - 25 e.o.odd
- p 329 # 1 - 15 odd in Class
- Chapter 3 Prep Quiz closes
- Summary Sheet Due
Week of October 28 - November 1
Day 1: Graphical Analysis II (4.4); Approximating Definite Integrals (4.5)
- p. 329 # 8, 10, 12, 14
- p. 341 # 1 - 4, Handout (in class)
- p 358 # 1 - 15 odd, Handout
- p. 375 # 1 - 11 odd (MCQ) (in class)
- Chapter 4 Online Test opens
Week of November 4 - November 8
Day 1: Accumulation of Rates (4.6); Area between Two Curves (5.1); Arc Length (5.2)
- p. 373 # 1 - 4, handout
- Read Chapter 5
- Watch the Screen casts for 5.1 & 5.2
- Summary Sheet Due
- Chapter 4 Prep Quiz closes at midnight
Week of November 11 - November 15
Day 1: Volume by Cross-Section (5.3)
- Watch Screencast for 5.3
- p. 402 # 1 – 13 odd,
- p. 410 # 1 - 7 (MCQ)
- p 423 # 1 - 9 odd in class
- p. 424 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
Week of November 18 – November 22
Day 1: Volume by Rotation around a line not an Axis (5.5)
- p. 442 # 1 – 11 odd
- p. 458 # 1 - 9 (in class)
- p. 459 # 11 - 15, Handout
- Ch 5 Online Quiz Opens
- Chapter 5 Summary Sheet due
Week of November 25 – November 29
Day 1: Chapter 5 Test
Thanksgiving
Week of December 2 - December 6
Day 1: Limits, L’Hopital’s Rule, and The Limit Definitions of a Derivative (6.1); Continuity Review (6.2); Differentiability Review (6.3); Limits at Infinity (6.4)
- Watch the screencasts for 6.1 to 6.3
- p. 497 # 1 - 19 (MCQ)
- p. 512 # 1 - 15 odd (MCQ)
- p. 533 # 1 - 13 odd (MCQ)
- p. 546# 1 - 15 odd in class
- p. 546 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
Week of December 9 - 13
Day 1: Final Exam Prep (Multiple Choice)
- p. 554 # 1 - 9 odd (MCQ)
- p. 561 # 1 - 7 all (MCQ)
Day 3: Final Exam Part II (Multiple Choice with calculator)
- Final Summary Sheet due
Week of December 16 - 20
Day 1: Review Day
Wednesday: English and Social Science Final Exams
Thursday: Math Final Exam Part II and Science Exam Exams
Friday: Language and Religious Studies Final
Christmas Vacation December 23- January 7
Week of January 8 - January 10
Day 1: Final Exam Review; Intro to Sequences (7.1); Intro to Series (7.2)
- Read Chapter 7
- p. 589 # 1 - 27 odd in class
- p. 498 # 1 - 21 odd
- View the screencasts for 7.4
Week of January 13 - January 17
Day 1: Convergent/Divergent Series: The Comparison Tests (7.5)
- p. 608 # 1 - 21 odd
- p. 614 # 1 - 10
- View the screencasts for 7.5
- p. 622 # 1 – 10
- p. 623 # 1 - 7 (MCQ)
- Chapter 7 Prep Quiz opens
Week of January 20 - January 24
Monday: Martin Luther King Holiday
Day 1: The Ratio Test (7.7); General Series Summary (7.8); Review Day
- p. 629 # 1 - 18
- p. 637 # 1 - 11
- p. 642 # 1 - 10 (in class)
- View the screencast for 7.8
- Summary Sheet due
- Online Quiz on Chapter 6 closes
Week of January 27 - January 31
Day 1: Integrals of Rational Functions
- Read Chapter 8
- View the screencasts for 8.1 and 8.2
- p. 660 # 1 - 15 odd (in class)
- Online Review Quiz 1 on opens
- p. 661 # 1 – 8 (MCQ)
- p. 672 # 1 – 17 odd (in class)
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 1 on closes
Week of February 3 - February 7
Day 1: Integration by Parts Case I and II (8.4)
- Begin the 2016 AB Packet
- p. 680 # 1 – 10 (MCQ)
- p. 694 # 1 - 8 (in class)
- Sign up for your AP Exams
- p. 694 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, 15, 16
- Online Quiz on Chapter 8 opens
Week of February 10 - February 14
Day 1: General Advanced Integration (8.8)
- 2016 AB Packet due
- AB FRQ Handout
- p. 694 # 9, 12, 22 - 25
- Summary Sheet due
- p. 723 # 1 - 21 odd, 25 – 41 e.o.odd
- Online Quiz on Chapter 8 closes
Week of February 17 - February 21
Monday: President's Day
Tuesday: Faculty In-Service
Day 1: Review of Parametrics (9.1 and 9.2)
- View the Screen Casts for 9.1 and 9.2
- Download the 2015 AB Packet
- Do the online Parametric Quiz by Tuesday night
- View the screencasts for 9.3 & 9.4
- AB FRQ Handout due
- p. 748 # 1 - 15 odd
- p. 761 # 1 - 13 odd, handout
- Online Review Quiz 2 opens
Week of February 24 - February 28
Day 1: Areas involving two Polar Curves (9.5)
- p. 782 # 1 - 17 odd
- p. 774 # 1 – 7 (MCQ)
- View the screencasts for 9.5
- 2015 AB Packet due
- Start BC FRQ Handout #1
- p. 797 # 1 - 7
- Online Quiz on Chapter 9 opens
Week of March 3 - March 7
Day 1: Derivatives and Polar Graphs
- p. 797 # 8 - 13
- BC FRQ Handout #1 due
- p. 798 # 1 - 7 (MCQ)
- Summary Sheet due
- Online Quiz on Chapter 9 closes
Week of March 10 - March 14
Day 1: Intro Power Series; Taylor Polynomials and Error (10.1): Power Series (10.2)
- Start BC FRQ Handout #2
- p 831 # 1 - 13 odd (in class)
- Online Review Quiz 3 on opens
- p. 833 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
- p. 841 # 1 - 23 odd
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 3 on closes
Week of March 16 - March 20
Day 1: Radius and Intervals of Convergence (10.4)
- BC Packet #2 due
- Download the 2014 BC FRQs
- p. 852 # 1 - 10 (MCQ)
- p 685 # 1 - 11 odd
Week of March 23- March 27
Day 1: Make-up day
- BC 2014 Packet due
- p. 864 # 1 - 11
- p. 865 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
- Summary sheet due
- Ch 10 Online Prep Quiz closes at Midnight
- Start BC multiple choice Packet
Week of Marh 31 - April 3
Day 1: Final Exam Review/AP Exam prep
- Online Review Quiz 4 on opens
- Final Review Sheet due
Sunday: Online Review Quiz 4 on Closes Sunday Night
Week of April 6 - April 10
Day 1: Review MCQ Final and Prep for Free Response (Calculator)
Day 2: Spring Final Free Response (Calculator)
Easter Break Week of April 9 - April 19
Week of April 20 - April 24
Day 1: Review Final and Prep for Free Response (No Calculator)
- Download BC 2018 FR
Week of April 27 - May 1
Day 1: Final Exam Review/AP Exam prep
- Bring your AP Free Response Packets to class for content analysis
- With your table group, make a list of the most likely topics to be asked.
- Online Review Quiz 5 on opens
- BC 2018 FR due
- Start AP Review packet #4
- Handout
- Handout
Week of May 4 - May 8
Monday: AM—US Govt; PM—Chinese & Environmental Science
Tuesday: AM—Spanish, Spanish; PM—Japanese & Physics 1
Wednesday: AM—ENG Lit; PM—French, European History
Thursday: AM— Chemistry; PM—German & Psycology
Friday: AM—US History; PM—Comp Sci Principles
Day 1: AP Review Day
- AP Packet #4 DUE
- Categorize topics on Handout #5 based on this List of BC Topics.
- Read the Kaplan article on MC Strategies
Day 3: AP Review Day
Week of May 11 - May 15
Monday: AM—Biology; PM— Physics C
Tuesday: AM—Calculus; PM—Art History & Geography
Wednesday: AM—ENG Lang; PM— Italian & Macroeconomics
Thursday: AM—Comp Govt, World History; PM—Stats
Friday: AM—Microeconomics & Music ; PM—Latin & Comp 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
Read these articles:
- Followership
- Bad Leadership
- Ignatian Leadership
- Servant Leadership
- 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
- Discuss at your table the commonalities among the articles
- Soft Skills
Week of May 18 - May 22
Day 1: Senior Holiday
Day 2: No class
Thursday: Transition Liturgy
Friday: Awards Assembly
Week of May 25 - May 29
Lower Division Final Exams
May 31: Graduation
PAST ASSIGNMENTS