WINDSOR LOCKS HIGH SCHOOL

Mathematics

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course #: 430                  Title:  Algebra II                          Levels:  A & H            Credit:  1

Prerequisites: credits in Algebra I, Geometry

                       AND (for Honors) - minimum grade of 80 in Honors Geometry

                                                 OR minimum grade of 90 in Academic Algebra 1 and Academic Geometry

                                                 OR minimum RIT score of 250 on MAP

Textbooks:  Algebra 2:  by Larson, Kanold & Stiff; McDougall-Littell (2008)

Additional Recommended Materials: a TI-83 Plus (or higher) graphing calculator

Course Objectives (based on Common Core State Standards for Mathematics)

Students will be able to:

• See structure in algebraic expressions and write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems
   
• Perform arithmetic with polynomials and rational expressions
   
• Understand the relationship between zeroes and factors of polynomials
   
• Create equations that describe numbers or relationships
   
• Solve equations & inequalities in one variable and solve systems of equations
   
• Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically
   
• Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and be able to explain the reasoning
   
• Understand the concept of a function and be able to use function notation
   
• Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context
   
• Analyze functions using different representations
   
• Build functions that model a relationship between two quantities
   
• Construct and compare linear, quadratic and exponential models and solve problems
   
• Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model

Course content and structure (based on Connecticut Department of Education recommendations):

• Algebra 1, Unit 6 - Review of Linear Systems – August - September (2 weeks)
  
  • Algebra 1, Unit 7 - Quadratic Functions – September – October (4 weeks)
     
  • Algebra 2, Unit 1 - Functions & Inverse Functions – October - November (5 weeks)
     
  • Algebra 2, Unit 2 - Polynomial Functions – December - January (5 weeks)
     
  • Algebra 2, Unit 3 - Rational Functions – January - February (5 weeks)
     
  • Algebra2, Unit 4 - Trigonometric Functions – March - April (5 weeks)
     
  • Algebra 2, Unit 5 - Logarithmic & Exponential Functions – April - May (5 weeks)
     
  • Algebra 2, Unit 6 - Inferential Statistics – May - June (5 weeks)

Assessments:

• Summative Classwork – (3 to 4 days a week)
  
  • Ex: Textbook- & Worksheet-based Exercises & Word Problems, Labs, Projects, Performance Tasks
     
• Summative Assessments (about once every 6 -10 class periods)
   
• Ex: Quizzes on Individual Standards, Unit Tests on Multiple Standards