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Mr. Cantlin's Classes - 2011-2012

  • Each class begins with a short (5 -10 minute) Bell Exercise (BE).
  • List of AHSGE Objectives:
  • Note: Q# = Quarter 1, 2, 3, or 4. W# = Week 1, 2, 3, ...
  • Geometry Course of Study per ALSDE - click here
  • FYI: Common Core State Standards ~ States Adopting Common Core
  •   Some Useful Forms & Homework Tools:

Q3 W8 2/24/12 Friday
Class:
Practice parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids:
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers.

Homework:
(1.) Study for next week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W8 2/23/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Ch. 11-2, Area of Triangles and Trapezoids.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W8 2/22/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Properties of Parallelograms.

Ch. 11-1, Area of Parallelograms.

Homework:
(1.) Page 598, #3 to 5, 15 to 17.
Q3 W8 2/21/12 Tuesday
Class:
Note: Per. 3 schedule will be delayed one day all week (ex. CBQ5 is tomorrow) due to assembly today, see the practice worksheet on Friday that you will miss.

Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 5

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W8 2/20/12 Monday

NO SCHOOL - President's Day Holiday

Q3 W7 2/17/12 Friday
Class:
Practice for Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 5

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W7 2/16/12 Thursday
Class:
Quarter 3 Definition & Formula Quiz 2.

Hints: All prior DFQ's plus:
the formulas for the 4 types of angles formed inside or outside a circle that we have studied so far.


Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 6

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's CBQ.
Q3 W7 2/15/12 Wednesday
Class:
Practice for OBQ:
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers - part 1.

click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers - part 2.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W7 2/14/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continue Ch. 10-6, finding the measure of an exterior angle to a circle that is formed by a secant-secant, secant-tangent, or tangent-tangent.

Homework:
(1.) Page 565, #21, 23, 25 to 27,
(2.) Page 579, #39.
Q3 W7 2/13/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Converting from the General Form to the Center-Radius Form of the equation of a circle by Completing the Square.

Homework:
(1.) Finish practice "circle equation" worksheet (see class notes).
Q3 W6 2/10/12 Friday
Class:
Review graded Q3 Exam 1.

Quarter 3 Progress Reports scheduled to be issued in Homeroom to all students.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W6 2/9/12 Thursday
Class:
Quarter 3 Exam 1.

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W6 2/8/12 Wednesday
Class:
Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 5

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's Exam.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W6 2/7/12 Tuesday
Class:
Homework review.

Practice for OBQ5:
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers.

Coming soon.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's OBQ, & Exam (use practice worksheet).
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W6 2/6/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-6, Secants, Tangents, and Angle Measures.

Ch. 10-8, Equations of a Circle. The "center-radius" form and general form. How to switch from general form to "center-radius form by completing the square for x and y.

Homework:
(1.) Page 564, #12-14,
(2.) Page 577-578, #3, 4, 6, 7, 10-12.
Q3 W5 2/3/12 Friday
Class:
Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 4

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W5 2/2/12 Thursday
Class:
Quarter 3 Definition & Formula Quiz 2.

Hints: All prior DFQ's plus:
inscribed angle, tangent, incenter of a triangle, circumcenter of a triangle.


Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 4

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's CBQ.
Q3 W5 2/1/12 Wednesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Definitions: incenter and circumcenter of a triangle.

Constructions: drawing a circle incribed within and circumscribed around a triangle.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W5 1/31/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Ch. 10-5, Tangents.

Construction: Tangent to circle from point outside circle.

Homework:
(1.) Page 555, #8, 9, 12, 14, 15,
(2.) Page 557, #29, 30.
Q3 W5 1/30/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
ACT practice (2 problems), return/review graded HW3/Quiz3 (time permitting).

Ch. 10-4, Inscribed Angles.

Homework:
(1.) Page 549, #8, 9, 13.
Q3 W4 1/27/12 Friday
Class:
Quarter 3 Definition & Formula Quiz 1.

Hints: All prior DFQ's plus:
chord, radius, diameter, minor arc, major arc, inscribed polygon, circumscribed polygon, regular polygon.


Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 3

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W4 1/26/12 Thursday
Class:
Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 3

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's CBQ.
Q3 W4 1/25/12 Wednesday
Class:
Practice for OBQ3:
Ch. 10-2 and 10-3.
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W4 1/24/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Practice for OBQ3:
Ch. 10-2 and 10-3.
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W4 1/23/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Ch. 10-3, Arcs and Chords.

Homework:
(1.) Page 534, #47-50, 52,
(2.) Page 540-541, #11-17 odd, 23-25, 39.
Q3 W3 1/20/12 Friday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-2, Angles and Arcs.

Homework:
(1.) Page 532-533, #1-13 odd, 20, 32.
Q3 W3 1/19/12 Thursday
Class:
Quarter 3 Definition & Formula Quiz 1.

Hints: All prior DFQ's plus:
Reciprocal Identities, the Pythagorean Identities, The "Tan" Identity = sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x), the Law of Cosines, the discriminant, the Quadratic Formula.


Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 2

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W3 1/18/12 Wednesday
Class:
Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 2

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W3 1/17/12 Tuesday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

Practice: circle and triangle properties.

Homework:
(1.) Study for this week's DFQ, OBQ, & CBQ.
(2.) Memorize your flashcard definitions.
Q3 W3 1/16/12 Monday

NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Holiday

Q3 W2 1/13/12 Friday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
*Semester 1 Report Cards Issued In Homeroom*

ACT Practice/Homework review.

Practice verifying Trigonometric Identities.

Ch. 10-1, Circles and Circumference.

Homework:
(1.) Verify 4 Trig. Identities (see class notes),
(2.) Page 526, #21-27, 44, 46, 52.
Q3 W2 1/12/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Trigonometric Identities (reference textbook page 391).

Verifying Trigonometric Identities.

The Reciprocal Identities, the Pythagorean Identities, sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x).

Homework:
(1.) Memorize today's definitions and Identities.
(2.) Verify: cot2(x) + 1 = csc2(x)
Q3 W2 1/11/12 Wednesday
Class:
Quarter 3 Closed Book Quiz 1

Homework:
(1.) None.
Q3 W2 1/10/12 Tuesday
Class:
Quarter 3 Open Book Quiz 1.

Homework:
(1.) Study for Q3CBQ1.
Q3 W2 1/9/12 Monday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
School assmbly for basketball games in afternoon.

Homework review.

Practice for Q3OBQ1 --
click here for copy of practice worksheet used in class with answers.

Homework:
(1.) Do practice worksheet problems not done in class - click here for copy.
Q3 W1 1/6/12 Friday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.

The special case: using the Law of Cosines and the Quadratic Formula to solve SSA triangles .

The "Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines".

Homework:
Solve the following triangles:
(1) A=82 deg., a=9, b=12.
(2) A=105 deg., a=18, b=14.
Q3 W1 1/5/12 Thursday
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Welcome Back!.

*Start of Quarter 3 and Start of Semester 2*

The Law of Cosines.

Using the Law of Cosines for SAS and SSS triangles.

Homework:
(1.) Page 388, #20, 21.
(2.) Memorize the LOC - make & study flashcards!
Q3 W1 1/4/12 Wednesday

NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day

Q3 W1 1/3/12 Tuesday

NO SCHOOL - Christmas Holiday

Q3 W1 1/2/12 Monday

NO SCHOOL - Christmas Holiday


 
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