Honors Advanced Algebra Course Syllabus
Instructor:Michael ShookRoom #: 117Year: 2016-2017
Course Name and Title: Honors Advanced Algebra Recommended Calculator: Casio fx-115ES
Textbooks Used: online flex book (resource) …
Office Hours … Tutoring/Retakes: After School daily 3:25-3:45 (or later) … look for notes on the board and check with the teacher before staying to make sure there are no meetings etc. Also mornings from 7:50-8:10 by appt. only.
Supplementary Texts or Special Materials: Various resources will be used throughout the school year and either distributed in handouts or posted online.
Course Description: Advanced Algebrais the culminating course in a sequence of three high school courses designed to ensure career and college readiness. It is designed to prepare students for fourth course options.
Course Outline and Content:
Unit1: Students will revisit solving quadratic equations in this unit. Students explore relationships between number systems: whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. Students will perform operations with complex numbers and solve quadratic equations with complex solutions. Students will also extend the laws of exponents to rational exponents and use those properties to evaluate and simplify expressions containing rational exponents.
Unit 2: This unit develops the structural similarities between the system of polynomials and the system of integers. Students draw on analogies between polynomial arithmetic and base-ten computation, focusing on properties of operations, particularly the distributive property. Students connect multiplication of polynomials with multiplication of multi-digit integers, and division of polynomials with long division of integers. Students will find inverse functions and verify by composition that one function is the inverse of another function.
Unit 3: In this unit, students continue their study of polynomials by identifying zeros and making connections between zeros of a polynomial and solutions of a polynomial equation. Students will see how the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra can be used to determine the number of solutions of a polynomial equation and will find all the roots of those equations. Students will graph polynomial functions and interpret the key characteristics of functions.
Unit 4: Rational numbers extend the arithmetic of integers by allowing division by all numbers except 0. Similarly, rational expressions extend the arithmetic of polynomials by allowing division by all polynomials except the zero polynomial. A central theme of this unit is that the arithmetic of rational expressions is governed by the same rules as the arithmetic of rational numbers. Similarly, radical expressions follow the rules governed by irrational numbers.
Unit 5: Students extend their work with exponential functions to include solving exponential equations with logarithms. They analyze the relationship between these two functions.
Unit 6: In this unit students synthesize and generalize what they have learned about a variety of function families. They explore the effects of transformations on graphs of diverse functions, including functions arising in an application, in order to abstract the general principle that transformations on a graph always have the same effect regardless of the type of the underlying functions. They identify appropriate types of functions to model a situation, they adjust parameters to improve the model, and they compare models by analyzing appropriateness of fit and making judgments about the domain over which a model is a good fit. They determine whether it is best to model with multiple functions creating a piecewise function. Students will also explore the sum of finite geometric series.
Unit 7: In this unit, students see how the visual displays and summary statistics they learned in earlier grades relate to different types of data and to probability distributions. They identify different ways of collecting data— including sample surveys, experiments, and simulations—and the role that randomness and careful design play in the conclusions that can be drawn.
Special Assignments and Projects: Information will be distributed with ample time prior to due dates.
Classroom Rules and Discipline Procedures:
To ensure an optimum learning environment, please adhere to the following:
- Students will be respectful to all adults and classmates.
- Students will be seated in class when the bell rings.
- Students will not display cell phones, portable electronic devices or unauthorized materials in class unless directed by a teacher to do so.
- Students will use computers/technology appropriately at all times.
Make-up Work Policies:
Unexcused absences will result in no grades awarded for the work given while absent. Excused absences allow the students to make up the work in the equal amount of time they were absent.
Retake Policy:Students will be given the opportunity to earn up to ALL of their missed points back on every quiz and every test (except for midterms and finals each semester) in some format, including (but not limited to) redo, corrections, additional practice, or some other method determined by the teacher.
School-wide Grading Requirements as follows (year-long grading):
Semester Final Average:
Final exam or EOC/Milestone Assessment- 9th- 12th grade level courses- 20%
Remainder of Course Final Average- all 9th- 12th gradecourses- 80%
Formative assessment:
Practice (i.e., classwork/homework)- 20% (*of the 80%)
Summative assessment:
- Quizzes/labs- 35% (*of the 80%)
- Major tests/projects- 45% (*of the 80%)
*Note:The Formative and Summative Assessments equal 100% but fall under the category of Course Final Average which is 80% of the Course Final Average.
Course Final Average- Year-long Average (80%) and Final Exam/EOC Milestone (20%)
*Grades for each 9 week grading period should include a minimum of the following: 3 tests in the summative assessment/Test category, 3 labs/quizzes in Lab/Quiz category and 9 Practice grades.
Academic Integrity Policy:
Academic integrity is a fundamental value of quality education; therefore, Woodland High School will not tolerate any acts of cheating, plagiarism, or falsification of school work. Should it be determined that an academic integrity violation has taken place, the school reserves the right to assign a grade of a zero and submit a disciplinary referral to the appropriate Assistant Principal. The school also reserves the right to remove or suspend enrollment in any Advanced Placement/Honors classes as well as Academic Honor Societies.
Materials Needed: Students will need ample paper and writing supplies. It is highly recommended to have Casio-115ES plus calculator; most students have these already, but you may purchase one at the store or you will receive information on how to purchase one from the school while supplies last.
Technology Information: Updates about course information will come to you via email or will be posted on the course website.
Remind Updates: See attachment
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