Important links:
AP Central (Pre-2019 AB FRQs)                                 BC Formula Booklet
AP Central (Pre-2019 BC FRQs)
Schedule of Topics and Assignments (2019-20)


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); 
  • Watch the screencasts for 6.1 to 6.3 
  • p. 497 # 1 - 19 (MCQ) in class
  • p. 512 # 1 - 15 odd (MCQ) in class
  • p. 533 # 1 - 13 odd (MCQ) in class
Day 2:  Limits at Infinity (6.4);  Type I Improper Integrals (6.5)
  • p. 546# 1 - 15 odd in class
  • p. 546 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
Day 3:  Quiz on 6.1 to 6.3


Week of December 9 - 13
Day 1: Type II Improper Integrals (6.6)
  • p. 554 # 1 - 9 odd (MCQ)
  • p. 561 # 1 - 7 all (MCQ)
Day 2:  Chapter 6 Quiz
Day 3:  Final Exam Review Day

Week of December 16 - 20
Day 1:   Final Exam Review Day
  • Final Summary Sheet due
Wednesday:   English and Social Science  Final Exams
Thursday:   Language and  Religious Studies Final Exams 
Friday:   Math and Science Final Exams

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
Day 2: Divergence and Convergence of Infinite Series (7.3) and The Integral Test (7.4)
  • 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
Day 2:  Review of Absolute Convergence (7.6);  Intro The Ratio Test (7.7)
  • p. 622 # 1 – 10
  • p. 623 # 1 - 7 (MCQ)
  • Chapter 7 Prep Quiz opens
Day 3:  Quiz on 7.3 to 7.6


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
Day 2:  Chapter 7 Test

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
Day 2:  Partial Fractions (8.2); Logistic Growth (8.3) 
  • p. 661 # 1 – 8 (MCQ)
  • p. 672 # 1 – 17 odd (in class)
Day 3:   Quiz on 8.1
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
Day 2:  Integration by Parts Case III (8.4)
  • p. 694 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, 15, 16
  • Online Quiz on Chapter 8 opens
Day 3:   Quiz on 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4


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
Day 2:  Chapter 8 Review
  • Summary Sheet due
  • p. 723 # 1 - 21 odd, 25 – 41  e.o.odd
  • Online Quiz on Chapter 8 closes
Day 3:  Chapter 8 Test

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
Day 2:  Polar and Cartesian Graphing (9.3);  Polar Coordinates, Arc Length, and Simple Area (9.4)
  • 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
Sunday Night: Online Review Quiz 2 closes


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
Day 2:   Areas involving two Polar Curves (9.5)
  • 2015 AB Packet due
  • Start BC FRQ Handout #1
  • p. 797 # 1 - 7
Day 3:   Quiz on 9.3 to 9.5
  • 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
Day 2:  Review Day
  • p. 798 # 1 - 7 (MCQ)
  • Summary Sheet due
  • Online Quiz on Chapter 9 closes
Day 3:  Chapter 9 Test


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
Day 2:  Review Series Test (10.3)
  • p. 833 # 1 - 9 (MCQ)
  • p. 841 # 1 - 23 odd
Friday:            Holiday
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)
Day 2: Summary of Power Series
  • 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)
Day 2:  Review Day
  • Summary sheet due
  • Ch 10 Online Prep Quiz closes at Midnight
Day 3:   Power Series Test
  • 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
Day 2:  Spring Final Multiple Choice (no Calculator)
  • Final Review Sheet due
Day 3:  Spring Final Multiple Choice  (Calculator)
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
Day 2:   Spring Final Free Response (no Calculator)

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
Day 2:  AP Exam prep
  • Handout
Day 3:  Memory Quiz on the "Cram Sheet"
  • Handout
Sunday:  Online Review Quiz 5 on Closes Sunday Night

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 2:   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: Friday:            Faculty In-Service


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)
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."
Day 2:  Implicit Differentiation (1.6)
  • p.  30 #1, 2, 4, 8, 11-14
  • p.  44 #2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 16, 23, 25
  • Chapter 1 Prep Quiz opens
Day 3:  Quiz on 1.1 thru 1.5; Intro to Integrals (2.1)


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 
Day 2:  Chapter 1 Test
  • Summary Sheet Due
Friday:            Mass of the Holy Spirit


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)
Day 2:  Separation of Variables (2.3)  
  • p. 103 #2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 19 - 24 
Day 3:   Quiz on 2.1 to 2.2


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
Day 2:   Powers of Trig Functions (2.6)
  • p. 125 # 1 - 17 odd
  • p. 134 # 1 - 7 odd
Day 3:  Quiz on 2.3-2.5
  • turn in the summary of Make It Stick, Chapter 8 (handout)
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz


Week of September 23 - September 27
Day 1:  Slope Fields (2-7)
  • Slope Field handout
  • p.  141 # 1 – 9 odd
Day 2:  Chapter 2 Review Day
  • p.  157 #1 - 10 (MCQ)
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Chapter 2 Prep Quiz closes
Day 3:   Chapter 2 Test

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)
Day 2:  Graphing with Derivatives (3.4)
  • p. 194 # 21 – 27 odd
  • p. 208  # 1 – 7 (MCQ)
  • p. 217 #  # 1 – 13 (MCQ)
Day 3:  Quiz on 3.1 to 3.3


Week of October 7 - October 11
Day 1:  Graphical Analysis I (3.5)
  • p 230 # 1 – 9 odd, 16
  • p. 234 # 1 - 6 (MCQ)
Day 2:  Motion (3.6)
  • p 248 # 1 – 9 odd
  • p. 251 # 1 - 6 (MCQ)
  • p. 261 # 11 - 21 odd (in class)
Day 3:  Quiz on 3.4 to 3.6


Week of October 15 - October 19

Day 1:  Related Rates (3.7);  The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (4.1);
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quiz opens
Wednesday:   PSAT Day


Week of October 21 - October 25
Day 1: Definite Integrals and U-Substitution (4.2);  Definite Integrals in Context (4.3)
  • 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
Day 2:   Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Chapter 3 Prep Quiz closes
Day 3:   Chapter 3 Test


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)
Day 2:   Accumulation of Rates (4.6)
  • p 358 # 1 - 15 odd,  Handout
  • p. 375 # 1 - 11 odd (MCQ)  (in class)
Day 3:   Quiz on 4.1 and 4.4, Dx and Integral Memory QuizChapter 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
Day 2:     Review Day
  • Summary Sheet Due
  • Chapter 4 Prep Quiz closes at midnight
Day 3:   Chapter 4 Test


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
Day 2:     Volume by Rotation around an Axis (5.4)
  • p. 423 # 1, 3, 6;  p. 424 # 1, 5, 6, 9 (MCQ)
Day 3:   Dx and Integral Memory Quiz  & Quiz on 5.1 to 5.3


Week of November 18 – November 22
Day 1:  Volume by Rotation around a line not an Axis (5.5)
  • p. 424 # 1, 2, 5, 7, 9;  p. 443 # 3, 5,  p. 463 # 2, 9 (in class)
  • Ch 5 Online Quiz Opens
Day 2:
Day 3:  Review Day
  • Handout
  • Chapter 5 Summary Sheet due
  • Ch 5 Online Quiz Closes

Week of November 25 – November 29
Day 1:  Chapter 5 Test

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