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UPDATED 2013-09-19 2:31 PM 16 intro to year and unit & set up notebooks /binders groups and seating (interdependence groups for the unit) concept 1 - integer operations - review rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with negatives hw - KA “adding and subtracting negative numbers” and “multiplying and dividing negative numbers” 17 Warm up - integer arithmetic concept 2 - Simplify expressions using combining like terms HW - KA “combining like terms” and “combining like terms with distribution” 19 Warmup - simplifying expressions plugging in; function machines... concept 3 - Evaluating Expressions - plugging in and doing PEMDAS hw - KA “Evaluating expressions in one variable” 23 warmup - evaluating expressions, plugging into function machines QUIZ - concepts 1 & 2 hw - KA “Evaluating expressions in 2 variables” 24 warmup - two-step equations & simplifying QUIZ concepts 1, 2, 3 ...

September 16 intro to year and unit set up notebooks/binders (notes, returned work, blank paper) groups and seating (interdependence groups for the unit) functions vs relations functions in table form hw - KA “recognizing functions” (concept 1) 17 warmup - from a table - is it a function? function notation notes. What is a function? Function machines. how to plug into a function - what is input, output. hw - KA understanding function notation (need to “add to dashboard” now) (concept 2) 19 warmup - is it a function? & evaluating some functions QUIZ - concepts 1 & 2 graphing functions - points as (x, f(x)), tables. hw - KA Evaluating expressions with function notation. (concept 3 - graphs of functions) 23 Warm up - find f(x) from graph + evaluate one Set-builder notation as it applies to domain and range - lecture, examples, work problems from sullivan (need to make copies). Mainly, classwork shoul...

Journal - Where do rights come from? Discuss answers Activity - Rights and the People Speak Activity - Debate about rights; students take various positions; positions and debaters are rotated through by teacher, following this guide.

Have a good spring break! For homework, spend a little time thinking about who you are and who you want to be. Practical philosophy, if you will.

In class, we reviewed for the evaluation at the end of the Buddhism unit. We played Jeopardy, then filled out THIS WORKSHEET in pairs. It is due next week. Also next week, March 12, there will be an evaluation on the material from the Buddhism unit (everything we have learned this semester).

Fill out this sheet throughout the course of class. Mudras: Hand signs that people make in Buddhist art to show various attributes they have. Explained here. Presentation on Buddhist art. Homework is to read this and also this , then type a paragraph response with thoughts, ideas, and questions. Bring that typed paragraph to class next Tuesday, March 5.

Presentation  from class (in case you missed it due to absence or deficient attention). For homework, students are to watch this video: Watch Teachings, part 3 on PBS. See more from The Buddha.  and also this video:  Together the videos are around 5 minutes, so please, no whining!