Geometry Monthly Schedule

(Periods D and E)

W 9/4/02	First day of class. Handout #1: Geometry Class Policies and Required Equipment Handout #2: Learn the Alphabet Handout #3: Elements of Good Math HW
Th 9/5/02	Note to E period students: We will meet in Room S until further notice. Quiz today (5 pts.): Alphabet Mastery Quiz. HW due today: Read §§1.1 and 1.2; write §1.1 #5, 6, 9-14. A graded homework check is always possible.
F 9/6/02	HW due today: Send an e-mail message with your name (first and last). Please indicate the name by which you wish to be addressed and a pronunciation key if necessary. If you have more than one e-mail account, please send your message from the one that you check most frequently. Other written HW originally scheduled for today is postponed until Monday 9/9 because the Cathedral server was down overnight.
M 9/9/02	HW due today: Read §1.3; write §1.2 #5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20.
T 9/10/02	HW due today: Read §1.4; write §1.2 #23, §1.3 #1, 3, 7, 8, 12-15.
W 9/11/02	No class today (only “A” period has regular class at the regular time).
Th 9/12/02	HW due: Read §1.5; write §1.5 #4, 8, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22. Before starting these problems, be sure to read the two-column proof that girls are evil (Internet lint; author unknown). In D period on Tuesday, we briefly talked about the Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematics when it was published in 1931. The Web has many links about the theorem and its discoverer, Kurt Gödel. If you are interested in this subject, here are two links: 1. A very readable article from Time magazine (Gödel was one of Time’s 100 greatest scientists and thinkers of the 20th century) 2. An extremely dense article that I would have to go back to graduate school in order to understand completely
F 9/13/02	HW due: §1.7 #1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14.
M 9/16/02	No additional HW due today.
T 9/17/02	HW due: §1.8 # 1, 2ab, 4abcd, plus any 2 parts you wish from #5. Challenge problems are #9 and #10; you may substitute these for any of the earlier problems if you wish.
W 9/18/02	E period will meet in Room R today. HW due: Read §1.9 and the article entitled Conditional Statements (which should be a quick review for you); write §1.9 #1-8, 12, 15. In class: Pairs Project on conditional statements. Work on this with a partner today and tomorrow. We will discuss the answers in class tomorrow.
Th 9/19/02	HW due: Time log for your test review. Work as much of the sample test as you can and the problems on pp. 54-59 (sugg. #1, 3, 4, 5, 21, 22, 26, 31, 33, 39, 41). This will be more than the normal 30-35 minutes of HW, so please use your time effectively and focus on the problems where you need the most practice. Please challenge yourself by working the problems under time pressure, and do not check answers until you have tried the problems. In class: Review Chapter 1 and Pairs Project. I will check your notebook and time log to verify that you spent at least 30-35 minutes working on review problems or other related activities such as flash cards, rereading, review sheets, etc.
F 9/20/02	Test #1 (100 pts.) on Chapter 1. Why not finish the remaining sample test problems and review problems that you did not have time to do on Wednesday night? After you have worked the problems, you may wish to check your answers The answer to the last question on the Pairs Project is A and 7. Most people pick A and 3, but that is wrong. Think about it: You must check the A card to make sure there is a 3 on the flip side, and you must check the 7 card to make sure there is not an A on the flip side. Here is a common sense example that may help explain why A and 7 are the two cards you must check. Imagine that you are a bouncer at a bar, and your job is to keep underage patrons from drinking alcohol. (In other words, you want to ensure that the implication "beer implies age is at least 21" is always true.) A co-worker comes to you and tells you that there are four people upstairs. One person is drinking beer ("A"), one person is drinking ginger ale ("D"), one person is well over 21 ("3"), and one person is about 15 years old ("7"). Which ones need to be checked more closely? The beer drinker and the person over 21? No, obviously the answer is the beer drinker and the person under 21. (These correspond to the A and 7 in the original problem.)
M 9/23/02	HW due: Read §2.1; write §2.1 #3, 5, 6*, 9*, 10, 11, 14*, 15. Remember, if you cannot solve the entire problem, you must at least leave a placeholder with the diagram and the setup/givens written out. * For #6, write a formal, 2-column proof consisting of at least 3 steps. For #9, write a paragraph with complete sentences. For #14, show all the steps of the algebraic work.
T 9/24/02	HW due: Read §2.2; write §2.2 #4, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 24. Because this assignment was not posted on the Web in a timely fashion, you will not be required to show this work until Wednesday, 9/25.
W 9/25/02	HW due: Read §§2.3 and 2.4; write §2.4 #1, 6, 8*, 10*, 15, 19. * For #8 and #10, copy the "given," "prove," and diagram, and write a 2-column proof. From now until the end of the year, this will be what is meant when HW problems are posted with a star next to them.
Th 9/26/02	HW due: Continue working on Lab I. This project will be due Friday.
F 9/27/02	Quiz on §§2.1-2.4. Remember that there will be at least one question similar to #11 on p.70, #18 or #19 on p.71, or #12 on p.80. There will also be at least one question (very easy, no computation) designed to check whether you did the reading assignment. HW due: Read §2.5.
M 9/30/02	HW due: Read §2.6; write §2.5 #1, 2, 4*, 14, 18, and §2.6 #2, 3*. Remember what the “*” means. Note: MATH LAB WILL NOT BE OPEN TODAY AFTER SCHOOL.

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