04 March 2024 Grade 11 Essential. Word of the day: Solve a Side
Announcements:
- Only two weeks and a bit til end of course. Final Exam is Wed 20 March. Read: Exam Policy.
Today:
- Quiz Debrief. The mean class average for the TEST was 66%, so teacher is happy; 70% is the usual target, despute that 70% is the minimum for a pass at many colleges!
- Here is a Histogram of the Class Marks
- Here is the Week 6 TEST Solutions Debrief PDF Handout
- Here is the Week 6 TEST Solution Debrief Movie
- Warmup. Solve for an Angle, similar triangles, etc.
- Lesson: Solving for a side of a Traingle
- Unit G Trig Notes p.11. Solving for a side of a right angle triangle
- Lesson Support Videos: Solving for a Side of a Right Angle Triangle
- Assgt G-5 SOLVING TRIANGLE FOR MISSING SIDE (still Grade 10 Stuff!) (Due: in class today)
- Assgt G-6 Calculate a Side – Puzzle. (Due
<07 MarOPTIONAL Extra Marks if need) - Trig Practice for Partners Puzzle (optional, lots more practice if you want a printout let teacher know, of course when I was in school we did not have printouts, we copied the question and did it on blank paper)
- Read Ahead in Trig Notes; Cosine Law pp.12 -15.
Useful Links:
- Exam Solution Basic Trigonometry. Pretty much all of the SOH CAH TOA basic Trig from Grade 10.
- Study Notes Preparation. Students are expected to have their own for the Final Exam. Start to adapt the teacher Study Notes (Cheat Sheet). Grid paper is available to make it neater.
- Daily Lessons Shared Folder. Every Daily Lesson we have done on the Interactive Whiteboard. Also printed out at front of the class.
- Quiz Solutions Video Debriefs Playlist. Every Quiz and Test Solution in a Movie Playlist, pretty much the entire course to date.
OTHER!
Have students been using the timing marks in the YouTube Debriefs? Here are a few of the first few:
- Grade 11 Essential Test Debrief Week 6 24-02-29
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:18 How is your Cheat Sheet Looking?
- 01:49 Geomerty Formulae (did I ever tell you we had to memorize them!) 02:15 Start Multiple Choice. There are some secrets !
- 02:16 Area of triangles. 20 seconds!
- 03:35 Square root, unsquare
- 04:50 Percent of a number. Estimating is really useful. Takes 10 seconds to do this!
- 06:29 Rule of 72
- 08:39 Compound Investment Formula. Multiple Choice, eliminate the silly answers first
- 09:56 Volume of a cube. Draw it! Takes 5 seconds to sketch it out! Eliminate the choices that make no sense! Can you picture the cube sitting in front of you??
- etc , lots more timing marks in the YouTube videos prapred for you!