GEOMETRY
There
will be a quiz or chapter test. on the average, each week.
Each quiz
will count 50 points and each chapter test will count 100 points.
Quizzes and
tests
will count exactly (85'/, of the total grade in Geometry).
There will be
home
work assignments almost EVERY day.
These home work assignments will count
exactly
15% of the total grade. The
student is expected to keep a notebook with
class
notes and sample problems. This
notebook and home work may
be used on
quizzes
and tests.
Each
day when you arrive in class there will be a problem or problems on
the
board. This board work will
be counted as a DAILY PARTICIPATION GRADE (DPG) of 5
points
if correct down to 4 points i-f totally wrong.
This DPG will be included
with
the Quizzes/Tests when grades are calculated.
The DPG may be made
up by
students
who are absent. It is the
responsibility o-f the absent student to ask
•for the DPG and
to return the work
to me. Students
who must be
reminded to open
books,
get out home work, etc.
will receive a 3 -for their participation grade.
A
student who must be reminded twice to start on the
home work will receive a
zero
<0) -for the DPG that day.
There
will calculator ACTIVITIES assigned on the average of one per
week.
These
ACTIVITIES will utilize the Cabri Geometry II software installed on the
Tl-92
calculators. Each activity
will count 20 points on Tests and Quizzes.
Various
projects will also be included in the grading mix -for Tests and
Quizzes. Some o-f these projects will be done in class, while others
will
require
time outside and may even be assigned over long breaks.
MY
EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENT ACTIONS IN CLASS.
1. Speak as you would like to be spoken to.
2. Stay seated during lecture and class discussion
unless it is an
emergency.
3. Shooting "BASKETS'
is unacceptable behavior. A
missed shot will
result
in the shooter helping to keep "OUR" room clean by picking
up
trash.
4. Raise your hand to join the class discussion or to
ask a question.
5.
Treat other students and the teacher the way you want to be
treated.
6.
When attendance is
being taken prepared yourself -for class; get
home
work out, sharpen your pencil, and open your textbook.
I
check home work immediately after taking attendance.
Pre-Calculus
will be similar. Tests and
quizzes will be 90'/., and homework
will
be 10%.
Notes may NOT be used on chapter
tests nor during the trigonometry
section
of the
course.