Good luck this week!

Just wanted to say best of luck to all of you this week as you study for final exams. Also, if this is your daily quiz then let me know so I can mark down your points 🙂

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Friday 12/9 – Last day logistics

// Announcements

  • All quiz and test keys are now posted (see links in the right sidebar menu)

// Before class

  • Keep studying for the final

// During class

  • The Daily Quiz is worth FIVE POINTS today!
  • Last quiz papers handed back
  • Confirmation on any exam time swaps
  • Departmental course evaluation forms
  • A Math 231 Survey worth ANOTHER FIVE POINTS and you can do it right now if you want to

// After class

  • Keep studying for the final, you can do this!

Wednesday 12/7 – Review

// Before class

  • Think of questions to ask during class today

// During class

  • Information about the Final Exam, including any petitions to swap exam times
  • Question time

// After class

  • Keep going with your Final Exam study plan!

Monday 12/5 – Rational Functions

// Announcements

  • Today is our last section of new material!
  • Wednesday we’ll have review, and Friday we’ll do course evaluations and talk about the final exam.

// Before class

  • Read and take notes on Section 4.4

// During class

  • Daily Quiz on Section 4.4
  • Group work and discussion on Section 4.4

// After class

  • Finish all necessary homework to master Section 4.4
  • Continue with your study plan to prepare for the Final Exam!

// From the board

  • In Section 03 we didn’t get all the way through the last problem today, and also there is a correction for the polynomial long division part of the calculation. Here’s the whole solution:

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Friday 12/2 – Quiz & Questions

// Before class

  • Prepare for Quiz 11 on Sections 4.2 and 4.3

// During class

  • First 20 minutes: Quiz 11
  • Group work and discussion to achieve mastery of Quiz 11 problems

// After class

  • Continue with your Final Exam study plan, reviewing and making sure that you have done at least the minimum amount of homework and notes in your Notebook for each section we have covered this semester.
  • Read and take notes on Section 4.4 (the last one this semester!)

Wednesday 11/29 – Polynomial Functions

// Before class

  • Finish all homework for Section 4.2
  • Read and take notes on Section 4.3

// During class

  • Daily Quiz on Section 4.3
  • Discussion and group work on Section 4.3

// After class

  • Complete all necessary homework to master Section 4.3
  • Study for the last Friday Quiz, on Section 4.2 and 4.3

Monday 11/28 – Power Functions

// Before class

  • Finish having a great Thanksgiving break! (And hopefully catching up or studying for the final exam, if you needed to)
  • The usual drill: Read and take notes on Section 4.2 before class

// During class

  • Daily Quiz on Section 4.2
  • Group work and discussion about Section 4.2

// After class

  • Complete all necessary homework to master Section 4.2
  • Read and take notes on Section 4.3 to prepare for Wednesday’s Daily Quiz

Friday 11/18 – Quiz & Questions

// Before class

  • Study Sections 3.5 and 4.1 for Friday Quiz 10

// During class

  • Friday Quiz 10
  • Group work to get mastery of Quiz 10 to 100%
  • Question time!

// After class

  • It’s Thanksgiving Break! Use this time wisely to start studying for the final exam, especially if you need to improve your grade. If you didn’t do all the necessary homework for any previous sections, this is your chance to go back and catch up.
  • Have a great break and see you in a week 🙂

Wednesday 11/16 – Advanced Algebra

// Before class

  • Finish all homework for Section 3.5
  • Read and take notes on Section 4.1 to prepare for today’s Daily Quiz

// During class

  • Daily Quiz on Section 4.1
  • Discussion and group work on Section 4.1

// After class

  • Complete all homework needed to master Section 4.1
  • Study for Friday Quiz 9 on Sections 3.5 and 4.1

Monday 11/13 – Related Rates

// Announcements

  • Do we have a Friday Quiz this week, right before break? Yes, we do. You may drop one Friday Quiz, so this might be the quiz that you decide to drop. However, please note that your midterm grade estimates were calculated based on dropping your previous lowest quiz, so be careful; you may not want to switch your drop!

// Before class

  • You know the drill but I’ll say it anyway — Read and take notes on Section 3.5

// During class

  • Daily Quiz on Section 3.5
  • Group work and discussion of Section 3.5

// After class

  • Do all homework for Section 3.5 before Wednesday. Section 4.1 is a bit of a doozy with lots of algebra, so you’ll want to get Section 3.5 out of the way as soon as possible in order to have time to work on Section 4.1 in time for the Friday Quiz
  • Read and take notes on Section 4.1 for Wednesday’s Daily Quiz.

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