Monthly Schedule

(Geometry, Periods E and F)

W 9/8/04

First day of class.

 

Th 9/9/04

HW due: Read §§1.1 and 1.2. Reading notes are required (follow HW guidelines—see link). There will also be a short Quiz to test your knowledge of the alphabet and the reading assignment.

 

F 9/10/04

Quiz on the attendance policies.

HW due: §1.1 #5, 6, 9-14, or §1.2 #5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20. Do whichever set you prefer. Only one is required for full credit. (I apologize for the confusion. I mistakenly announced only the §1.1 problems in class on Thursday.)

 

M 9/13/04

HW due: Do whichever set you did not do for last Friday. In other words, if you did the §1.1 problems for Friday, do the §1.2 problems for today. If you did the §1.2 problems for Friday, do the §1.1 problems for today.

We will have our first equipment check of the year today. Required equipment is as follows:

  • Textbook
  • Loose-leaf 3-ring notebook with filler paper
  • Pencils (2 or more recommended) with erasers
  • Compass
  • Straightedge (a ruler will suffice, or you can use the edge of your textbook)

 

T 9/14/04

HW due: Read §1.3; write §1.3 #1, 3, 7, 8, 12-15 all.

 

W 9/15/04

HW due: Read §1.4; write §1.4 #2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 14.

Brain teasers from yesterday:

 

1.         1, 4, 9, 6, 5, ________

2.         1, 11, 21, 1211, 3112, 132112, ________

3.         above the line: AHIMOTUVWXY
below the line: BCDEFGJKLNPQRS
Where does Z go, and why?

 

Th 9/16/04

No additional HW due today. However, make sure that all your previous HW is complete, fully corrected, and up-to-date. Remember that the proofs (§1.4) require diagrams, “Given” statement(s), the “Prove” statement, and numbered steps and reasons for full credit.

 

F 9/17/04

HW due: §1.5 #4, 8, 13, 18, 20, 21. Reading notes are not required today, since the reading is so straightforward. However, you may certainly include reading notes if you wish.

 

M 9/20/04

HW due: Read §1.6; write §1.6 #2, 3, 5, 8, 11. Reading notes can be extremely brief for this section. Basically, all you are doing is writing proofs in “text style” instead of 2-column format.

 

T 9/21/04

HW due: Read §1.7; there may be an open-notes quiz on the terminology contained therein. Also practice all three types of basic compass-and-straightedge constructions, so that you can do these without any difficulty at all:

 

 

W 9/22/04

HW due: Read §1.8; write §1.7 #8-12 all, 14, plus §1.8 #1, 2, 4.

 

Th 9/23/04

HW due: Read §1.9; write §1.9 #1-8 all, 10, 11.

 

F 9/24/04

HW due: Do the Chapter 1 Practice Test and as many of the following review problems as you can: pp.54-59 #1-9 all, 11-17 all, 19-22 all, 25, 26, 32-37 all. Any problems that you do not have time to do should form the basis of your weekend studying.

If you do not feel ready to tackle the practice test yet, then do the textbook review problems first.

An answer key is available for the textbook review problems. However, I will not give you the link to the answer key for the practice test unless you send me an e-mail request in which you state that you have already worked through most or all of the problems.

In class: Geometry Jeopardy Bingo with amazing prizes! First prize in each class is a certificate for an official Salmon Club T-shirt.

 

M 9/27/04

Test on Chapter 1. Anything covered in class, in the textbook reading, or in the review problems may be on the test, with the exception of constructions. Constructions will be covered on a future test. No notes or calculator will be permitted.

On the test, if you have a complicated expression that you cannot readily evaluate without using a calculator (e.g., 78 · 18/5), you may leave it unsimplified for full credit, or you can assign it to a variable and then refer to it later by the name you defined. For example, suppose that for an intermediate computation you need to compute 78 · 18/5, and then a little later you need to add 7 to that answer and square the result. You can do this efficiently without a calculator, by writing the following:

Let a = 78 · 18/5
Ans. = (a + 7)2

Then all you need to do is to circle the final answer. As long as you were careful to define what a means, you can leave the final answer in the form (a + 7)2. Please ask if you need any additional explanation about how this system works. I think that with practice, you will find this to be faster than using a calculator.

 

T 9/28/04

HW due: Read §2.1; write §2.1 #3-6 all, 8-11 all. There will probably also be a cumulative HW check, including practice test and review problems.

In class: Jeopardy Bingo practice round.

 

W 9/29/04

HW due: Read §2.2; write §2.2 #4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 16.

 

Th 9/30/04

HW due: Read §§2.3 and 2.4; write §2.3 #2, 3, 6, 10, §2.4 #1, 4, 5, 6.

 

 

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