(The dates below are for the E-Block class. All the Wednesday dates are Thursdays for G-Block. After Rosh Hashanah, the dates and assignments may change a bit.)
8/29 Domain and Range (with some new notation)
HW finish handout for the next class after the pretest
9/03 Labor Day
9/04 Pretest (based on summer work - see the previous post for the assignment)
9/05 Extrema, Increasing/Decreasing, Odd/Even Symmetry CW p.97/79
HW p.94-95/1-4, 9-19 odd, 25-33 odd, 47-53 odd
9/06 Half Day C B A G
9/07 Limits: definition, notation, evaluation
HW p.763-764/1-23 odd, 26, 31, 37, 49, 61, 71
9/10 Asymptotes, Holes, and Continuity
HW p.95-98/35, 37, 39, 55-61 odd, 67, 68, 81, 86
9/11 Twelve Basic Functions (section 1.3)
9/24 Big Review Packet (Day 2)
9/25 Test of Function description and manipulation
The twelve basic functions are the ones we will come back to over and over during the course of the year. Several of them are related to each other in a variety of ways. You need to be completely familiar with their graphs and properties. We start with an exploration.
Exploration and CW; HW p.106-109/13-28, 45-55 odd, 64, 65, 68, 69
(Hint: use a and b instead of x and y for problem 69 - it is easier to understand that way.)
9/12 Functions operations (section 1.4): addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and (perhaps most importantly) composition. The big issue is the change of the domain for the new function. Try the Exploration on page 112 (if we don't finish it in class - it is good for you to think about what composed functions can turn into). There is also the issue of non-function relations and the functions implied by their equations. Ask again if the explanation in class and homework doesn't clarify the issue for you.
HW pp.116-118/5, 7, 12-42 by 3's, 51-55
9/14 More Problems on Composition
HW finish worksheet
9/14 More Problems on Composition
HW finish worksheet
9/17 Rosh Hashanah - no school
9/18 Function Descriptions and Combinations HW finish worksheet
9/19 Inverses HW p.126-128/13-21 odd,23-26,29,31,33-36,45-47,50,51
9/21 Big Review Packet (Day 1)
9/24 Big Review Packet (Day 2)
9/25 Test of Function description and manipulation
9/26 Yom Kippur - no school
