HONORS ALGEBRA 1 SYLLABUS
1st Semester 1 Elective Credit
2nd Semester 1 Math Credit
Ronnie Roberts
865-458-4326 ext. 94509
Course Objective: Using application of math concepts for further understanding
Textbook and Supplementary Materials: Volume 1 and 2 Algebra 1 Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt
Classroom TI-84 Plus calculators will be provided
Aug.7tht-Sept.1st
UNIT 1 QUANTITIES AND MODELING
MODULE 1 QUANTITATIVE REASONING
LESSON 1 SOLVING EQUATIONS’
LESSON 2 MODELING QUANTITIES
LESSON 3 PRECISION AND ACCURACY
MODULE 2 ALGEBRAIC MODELS
LESSON 1 MODELING WITH EXPRESSIONS
LESSON 2 CREATING AND SOLVING EQUATIONS
LESSON 3 SOLVING FOR A VARIABLE
LESSON 4 CREATING AND SOLVING INEQUALITIES
LESSON 5 CREATING AND SOLVING COMPOUND INEQUALITIES
UNIT 2 UNDERSTANDING FUNCTIONS
MODULE 3 FUNCTIONS AND MODELS
LESSON 1 GRAPHING RELATIONSHIPS
LESSON 2 UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS AND FUNCTIONS
LESSON 3 GRAPHING FUNCTIONS
MODULE 4 PATTERNS AND SEQUENCES
LESSON 1 IDENTIFYING AND GRAPHING SEQUENCES
LESSON 2 CONSTRUCTING ARITHMETIC SEQUENCES
LESSON 3 MODELING WITH ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE
Sept.7thth-Oct.6th
UNIT 3 LINEAR FUNCTIONS, EQUATIONS, AND INEQUALITIES
MODULE 5 LINEAR FUNCTIONS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING LINEAR FUNCTIONS
LESSON 2 USING INTERCEPTS
LESSON 3 INTERPRETING RATE OF CHANGE AND SLOPE
MODULE 6 FORMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
LESSON 1 SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM
LESSON 2 POINT-SLOPE FORM
LESSON 3 STANDARD FORM
LESSON 4 TRANSFORMING LINEAR FUNCTIONS
LESSON 5 COMPARING PROPERTIES OF LINEAR FUNCTIONS
MODULE 7 LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
LESSON 1 MODELING LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS
LESSON 2 USING FUNCTIONS TO SOLVE ONE VARIABLE EQUATIONS
LESSON 3 LINEAR INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES
Oct.16th-Dec. 15th
MODULE 9 ONE-VARIABLE DATA DISTRIBUTION
LESSON 1 MEASURES OF CENTER AND SPREAD
LESSON 2 DATA DISTRIBUTION AND OUTLIERS
LESSON 3 HISTOGRAMS AND BOX PLOTS
LESSON 4 NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS
MODULE 10 LINEAR MODELING AND REGRESSION
LESSON 1 SCATTERPLOTS AND TREND LINES
LESSON 2 FITTING A LINEAR MODEL TO DATA
UNIT 5 LINEAR SYSTEMS AND PIECE-WISE DEFINED FUNCTIONS
MODULE 11 SOLVING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
LESSON 1 SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS BY GRAPHING
LESON 2 SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS BY SUBSTITUTION
LESSON 3 SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS BY ADDING AND SUBTRACTION
LESSON 4 SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEMS BY MULTIPLICATION FIRST
MODULE 12 MODELING WITH LINEAR SYSTEMS
LESSON 1 CREATING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
LESSON 2 GRAPHING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR INEQUALITIES
LESSON 3 MODELING WITH LINEAR SYSTEMS
MODULE 13 PIECE-WISE DEFINED FUNCTIONS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING PIECE-WISE DEFINED FUNCTIONS
LESSON 2 ABSOLUTE VALUE FUNCTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
LESSON 3 SOLVING ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS
LESSON 4 SOLVING ABSOLUTE VALUE INEQUALITIES
JAN.3RD-FEB.16TH
UNIT 6 EXPONENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS
MODULE 14 RATIONAL EXPONENTS AND RADICALS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING RATIONAL EXPONENTS AND RADICALS
LESSON 2 SIMPLIFYING EXPRESSIONS WITH RATIONAL EXPONENTS
MODULE 15 GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES
LESSON 2 CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES
LESSON 3 CONSTRUCTING EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
LESSON 4 GRAPHING EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
LESSON 5 TRANSFORMING EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
MODULE 16 EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS AND MODELS
LESSON 1 USING GRAPHS AND PROPERTIES TO SOLVE EQUATIONS WITH EXPONENTS
LESSON 2 MODELING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY
LESSON 3 USING EXPONENTIAL REGRESSION MODELS
LESSON 4 COMPARING LINEAR AND EXPONENTIAL MODELS
UNIT 7 POLYNOMIAL OPERATIONS
Feb.13th-March 9th
MODULE 17 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING POLYNOMIALS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSIONS
LESSON 2 ADDING POLYNOMIALS EXPRESSIONS
LESSON 3 SUBTRACTING POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSIONS
MODULE 18 MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIALS
LESSON 1 MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIALS EXRESSIONS BY MONOMIALS
LESSON 2 MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSIONS
LESSON 3 SPECIAL PRODUCTS OF BINOMIALS
UNIT 8 QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
MODULE 19 GRAPHING QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
LESSON 1 UNDERSTANDING QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
LESSON 2 TRANSFORMING QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
LESSON 3 INTERPRETING VERTEX FORM AND STANDARD FORM
MODULE 20 CONNECTING INTERCEPTS, ZEROS AND FACTORS
LESSON 1 CONNECTING INTERCEPTS AND ZEROS
LESSON 2 CONNECTING INTERCEPTS AND LINEAR FACTORS
LESSON 3 APPLYING THE ZERO PRODUCT PROPERTY TO SOLVE EQUATIONS
UNIT 9 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND MODELING
March 19th-April 14th
MODULE 21 USING FACTORS TO SOLVE QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
LESSON 1 SOLVING EQUATIONS BY FACTORING
LESSON 2 SOLVING EQUATIONS BY FACTORING WHEN A DOES NOT EQUAL 1
LESSON 3 USING SPECIAL FACTORS TO SOLVE EQUATIONS
MODULE 22 USING SQUARE ROOTS TO SOLVE QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
LESSON 1 SOLVING EQUATIONS BY TAKING SQUARE ROOTS
LESSON 2 SOLVING EQUATONS BY COMPLETING THE SQUARE
LESSON 3 USING THE QUADRATIC FORMULA TO SOLVE EQUATIONS
LESSON 4 SOLVING NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
MODULE 23 LINEAR, EXPONENTIAL, AND QUADRATIC MODELS
LESSON 1 MODELING WITH QUDRATIC FUNCTIONS
LESSON 2 COMPARING LINEAR, EXPONTENTIAL, AND QUADRATIC MODELS
End of Course review
CLASS GRADING POLICY
DAILY WORK-70%, QUIZ,TEST-25%, 9 WEEKS TEST-5%
REVISIONS: STUDENTS MAY REVISE DAILY WORK AND RECEIVE FULL CREDIT FOT THEIR CORRECTIONS. THE WORK MUST BE COMPLETED ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER AND STAPLED TO THE ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT. THE STUDENT MUST SHOW THEIR WORK TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT FOR THEIR REVISIONS. STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETAKE QUIZES AND TESTS ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
CLASS WILL HAVE RESEARCH BASED WRITING ASSIGNMENTS THAT ADDRESS AND EXTEND THE COURSE CURRICULUM
RESEARCH THAT IS A DEEPER EXPLORATION OF THE DISCIPLINE OF MATH
PROJECTS THAT APPLY COURSE CURRICULUM TO RELEVANT OR REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS
INTEGRATION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION