Algebra
2 Honors
--
Mr.
Tumolo
CLASS EQUIPMENT
You need
to bring the following to class each day
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Pencil, Textbook, your TI Graphing Calculator,
and your Laptop Computer (as needed)
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Notebook -- a
loose leaf binder is the required type
CLASS PROCEDURES
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Take responsibility for your work and your actions
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Be thoughtful of your classmates
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Respect all members of the class
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Raise your hand to respond to questions
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Have your equipment daily
You
cant borrow equipment for quizzes or
tests (zero for that material)
HOW IS YOUR GRADE
DETERMINED?
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Tests always announced, usually 3
or 4 days notice
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Quizzes
there may be surprise
quizzes, prepare your work daily
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Homework: 30 points (-1 for each missed
assignment, no late
homework will be accepted)
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Class work and Group Work --
20 points
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Notebook collected once a quarter; 20
points
(-1 per day late)
1.
Homework and Class notes should be in dated order and
refer to the
section of the text from which the material comes.
2.
Quizzes and Tests in dated order can be kept separately
3.
Technology section
4.
Other handouts
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HOMEWORK WILL BE COLLECTED EACH DAY
(leave it with me as you leave the room)
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Computer Assignments
GRADING
SYSTEM
Percent of total possible points
(each evaluation has a different point
value)
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Evaluations
Possible
Got
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Test
45
35
v
Quiz
23
21
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Notebook
20
18
v
Computer
30
28
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Total
118
102 (102/118 =86 %)
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Scale
A
90-100
B
80-89
C
70-79
D
60-69
F
under 60
Your course grade is determined by:
20% each quarter and
10% each exam
These
are the key concepts of the course:
Solving
equations
Polynomial
Exponential
Logarithmic
Rational
Radical
Graphing functions
Polynomial
Exponential
Logarithmic
Rational
Radical
z = f(x,y)
Conic Sections
Complex Numbers
Basic operations on Algebraic Fractions
Parametric Equations
Solving Systems of equations and inequalities, including
elementary Linear
Programming
Factoring Techniques, especially their connection to the zeros of a function
Matrices -- operations and applications
Sequences and Series -- including recursively defined sequences
Calculation of the area of "irregular shapes"
Curve Fitting
Topics in Discrete Math
Fractals and Dynamic Systems
All homework will be given through my website:
http://wwwf.countryday.net/facstf/us/tumolos/
Period B Homework
Assignments (click
on the link)
Period F Homework
Assignments
(click on the link)
HOW TO STUDY FOR
THIS COURSE
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Stay Current
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Read the textbook carefully and study the examples
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Use 3 x 5 cards for key ideas and definitions
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Do all of your homework doing the homework is crucial
for success
in this course
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Take good notes and study them nightly
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Redo homework problems to study for quizzes and tests
EXTRA HELP SESSIONS
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My free
periods are: A, G and H
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Your free
periods are:
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Before and after school let me know you are coming
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Come for help frequently
IF YOU ARE ABSENT,
YOU MUST
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Makeup all missed announced quizzes and tests within a reasonable
time
period (less than a week)
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Get your assignments from a friend or the website
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Notebook Details:
- Date all material and relate each entry to a section in
the text
- Annotate the notes carefully
- What question was under discussion?
- Loose Leaf Binder is the required notebook type
- Sections in the binder for:
- Class Notes and Class Readings
- Homework with a date, and section and page numbers
- Tests and Quizzes
- Activities
Class Work
19-20
Excellent Participation and makes comments that moved the
class forward. Asks and answers
questions
16-17 Good Participation and
ask thoughtful questions, but
seldom answers questions
14
Little Participation and a few questions were asked
9-10; No Participation but on task during class
< 9; No Participation and not on task during class
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