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AP CALCULUS AB, Lenox Memorial High School

There are  178 + 2(0.5) = 179  class meetings in the school year:

QUARTER AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
first 2 21 21.5                 44.5
second       15 14 14           43
third           5 15 21.5 3     44.5
fourth                 13 20 14 47

This schedule offers an approximate syllabus that will complete the course objectives by the AP Calculus AB exam (Wednesday, May 6, 2009).

ALL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ON INDEX CARDS
ARE AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNED AS THE CARDS ARE COVERED.
The assignments are NOT repeated here.


FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM

FIRST TERM

WEEK #1
  1. Thursday, August 28
    - pass out COURSE OVERVIEW and POLICIES sheet
    - Sign the CHOOSE YOUR NUMBER sheet while I'm introducing myself!
    - talk about "lazy caterer" numbers
    - optional: practice "coming into class" routine
       (pick up Quick Quiz paper, check folder for returned papers, write homework questions on side board, update your Grade Sheet)
    - Quick Quiz: What is YOUR NUMBER for this class?
    - quickly go over COURSE OVERVIEW and POLICIES sheet
    - move to computers to practice course policies
    - Dr. Fisher takes photos
    HOMEWORK:
    - read and study course policies sheet
    - remember: 3-ring notebook, dividers, and index cards are due NEXT TUESDAY (10 pts)

  2. Friday, August 29
    - Intro to Fisher web site worksheet
    HOMEWORK:
    - study the Intro to Fisher web site material
    - prepare Sample Prereq problem #1
    - get your supplies for Tuesday

WEEK #2
  1. Tuesday, September 2
    - SUPPLIES DUE (10 pts)
    - organize all papers in your notebook (tabs: SYLLABUS, GRADE SHEET, INDEX CARDS, QUIZZES/TESTS)
    - first gradesheet entries (see side board)
    - finish talking about algebra review web exercises
    - Go over Greek Letter sheet (hand-write on board; take notes; quiz next class)
    - questions over Sample Prereq problems
    HOMEWORK:
    - study for Greek letter quiz
    - prepare Sample Prereq problems #2 and #3

  2. Wednesday, September 3
    - GREEK LETTER QUIZ
    - go over Sample Prereq problems
    HOMEWORK:
    - prepare Sample Prereq problems, #4 through #9
  3. Thursday, September 4
    - go over Sample Prereq problems
    HOMEWORK:
    - prepare Sample Prereq problems, #10 through #15
  4. Friday, September 5
    - finish going over Sample Prereq Problems (quiz Monday)
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ (move to computers to practice web exercises if you finish early)

WEEK #3
  1. Monday, September 8
    - MAJOR QUIZ (Sample Prereq Problems)
  2. Tuesday, September 9
    - INDEX CARD #1 (functions; reading info from a graph)
    HOMEWORK:
    - Hand-write each index card as it is covered in class.
    - As each index card is completed, the homework on the top of the card is automatically assigned;
       these assignments are NOT repeated in this daily schedule.
  3. Wednesday, September 10
    - INDEX CARD #2 (creating a graph from a story; piecewise-defined functions)
  4. Thursday, September 11
    - INDEX CARD #3 (even and odd functions)
  5. Friday, September 12
    - INDEX CARD #4ab (basic function models; composition of functions)
    - INDEX CARD #4cd (allowable calculator operation: plotting the graph of a function in a specified viewing window)
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #4
  1. Monday, September 15
    - INDEX CARD #4ef (allowable calculator operation: finding the zeros of a function; solving equations numerically)
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, September 16
    - INDEX CARD #5 (transformations involving x and y)
    - Geometric Transformations sheet
    - transformation exercises (two in-class; four for homework)
  3. Wednesday, September 17
    - information about the AP Calculus AB Test (quiz on Friday, along with Algebra Review quiz)
    - multiple-choice questions on functions (in-class; finish throughout week; questions on next Monday's Major Quiz)
  4. Thursday, September 18
    - INDEX CARD #6 (exponential functions; rewriting exponential functions)
  5. Friday, September 19
    - INDEX CARD #7 (exponential growth/decay problems; comparing exponential and power functions)
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #5
  1. Monday, September 22
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, September 23
    - INDEX CARD #8 (comparing linear and exponential functions; recognizing functions from tables of data)
    - worksheet to accompany card #8 (identifying functions from tables of data)
  3. Wednesday, September 24
    - INDEX CARD #9 (one-to-one functions; inverse functions)
  4. Thursday, September 25
    - INDEX CARD #10 (finding inverse functions; graph of the inverse function)
  5. Friday, September 26
    - catch-up day
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #6
  1. Monday, September 29
    - MAJOR QUIZ

  2. Tuesday, September 30
    - INDEX CARD #11 (inverse function pairs: exponential and logarithmic functions; two views of logarithms)
    - INDEX CARD #12 (comparing power and logarithmic functions)
    - REVIEW INDEX CARD (properties of logarithms)

  3. Wednesday, October 1
    - INDEX CARD #13b (interpolation versus extrapolation)
    - INDEX CARD #14ab (tangent and velocity problems; intro to differential calculus)

  4. Thursday, October 2
    - worksheet (creating graphs from stories)
    - INDEX CARD #14cd (greatest integer/floor function)
  5. Friday, October 3
    - INDEX CARD #15 (intro to limit of a function; three cases where the limit of  f(x) , as  x  approaches  a , equals  l )
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ

WEEK #7
  1. Monday, October 6
    - INDEX CARD #16 (one-sided limits; describing a two-sided limit using one-sided limits)
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, October 7
    - INDEX CARD #17 (limit laws; renaming before investigating a limit)
    - INDEX CARD #18 (the squeeze/pinching theorem; using the squeeze theorem)
  3. Wednesday, October 8
    - INDEX CARD #19ab (continuity at a point; three ways a function can fail to be continuous at a point)
    - INDEX CARD #19cd (key idea: when a function is continuous at a point, evaluating a limit is as easy as direct substitution)
  4. Thursday, October 9
    - INDEX CARD #20 (one-sided continuity; continuity on an interval)
    - INDEX CARD #21 (What functions are continuous? Intermediate Value Theorem; assign worksheet)
  5. Friday, October 10
    - INDEX CARD #22 (classifying discontinuities; classic use of the Intermediate Value Theorem)
    - go over Intermediate Value Theorem worksheet
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #8
  1. Monday, October 13
    - COLUMBUS DAY: NO SCHOOL
  2. Tuesday, October 14
    - Professional Development day; half-day; no class
  3. Wednesday, October 15
    - INDEX CARD #23 (precise statements of limits involving infinity; we'll be spending several days on these)
    - INDEX CARD #24 (punctured neighborhoods; how many types of limit statements are there?)
  4. Thursday, October 16
    - (continue working on precise limit statements; one-sided statements involving infinity)
    - INDEX CARD #25 (epsilon-delta limit definition)
  5. Friday, October 17
    - INDEX CARD #26 (sheet on precise limit statements)
    - continue working on INDEX CARDS #23, #24, #25, #26 (precise limit statements)
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #9
  1. Monday, October 20
    - MAJOR QUIZ

  2. Tuesday, October 21
    - finish all precise limit statements

  3. Wednesday, October 22
    - INDEX CARD #27 (worksheet for next few index cards: equivalent statements of differentiability at a point)
    - INDEX CARD #28 (average rate of change versus instantaneous rate of change)
  4. Thursday, October 23
    - INDEX CARD #29 (tangent lines; equivalent statements for "  f  has a tangent line at  (x, f(x))  with slope  m ")
    - worksheet (equivalent statements involving derivative information; memory device "Carol Likes To Ice-skate Past Dark")

  5. Friday, October 24
    - INDEX CARD #30 (graphing calculator skill: using the TI-83 to find slopes of tangent lines; worksheet)
    - begin INDEX CARD #31 (the derivative of  f  at  a ; interpreting the number  f '(a))
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #10
  1. Monday, October 27
    -- LIMIT QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, October 28
    - finish INDEX CARD #31 (the derivative of  f  at  a ; interpreting the number  f '(a))
    - Worksheets to accompany #31b (verbally translating derivative info in ways that are meaningful to non-calculus students)
    - INDEX CARD #32 (recognizing derivatives from the limit definition; finding equations of tangent lines)

  3. Wednesday, October 29
    - worksheets (identifying limits as derivatives; identifying limits from graphs; finding slopes using definition, shortcut)

  4. Thursday, October 30
    - INDEX CARD #33 (sketching the graph of  f ' ; Leibnitz notation for the derivative)
    - worksheet (sketching graphs of derivatives)
  5. Friday, October 31
    - INDEX CARDS DUE
    - FIRST QUARTER EXAM

SECOND TERM

WEEK #11
  1. Monday, November 3
    - finish #33b
    - INDEX CARD #34 (the d/dx operator; relationship between differentiability and continuity)
    - ALGEBRA REVIEW QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, November 4
    - INDEX CARD #35 (implications and equivalent sentences; relationship between an implication and its contrapositive)
    - INDEX CARD #36 (how a function can fail to be differentiable; higher order derivatives)
  3. Wednesday, November 5
    - INDEX CARD 37 (the linearization of  f  at  a ; intuition for the linearization)
    - INDEX CARD 38 (slopes increasing/decreasing at  a ; concave up/down)
  4. Thursday, November 6
    - INDEX CARD #39 (increasing/decreasing functions, precise definitions; monotonic functions; getting increasing/decreasing behavior from the derivative)
    - worksheet for card #39
    - INDEX CARD #40 (local max/min precise definitions; concavity)
  5. Friday, November 7
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #41 (getting concavity information from the second derivative; interpreting common phrases in terms of derivative info)
    - two worksheets for card #41 (sketching different combinations of function, first and second derivative behavior)
WEEK #12
  1. Wednesday, November 12
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #42 (the simple power rule for differentiation; practice using the power rule)
  2. Thursday, November 13
    - INDEX CARD #43 (derivative of a constant times a function; finding the derivative of kx^n)
    - worksheet for card #43 (practice with the simple power rule)
  3. Friday, November 14
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #44 (derivatives of sums and differences; the derivative of e^x)
WEEK #13
  1. Monday, November 17
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #45 (the product rule for differentiation; proof of the product rule)
  2. Tuesday, November 18
    - INDEX CARD #46 (When is the limit, as h approaches 0, of  f(x+h) , equal to  f(x) ?)
    - worksheet for card #46 (practice with derivative and continuity statements)
  3. Wednesday, November 19
    - INDEX CARD #47 (the Quotient Rule for differentiation; proof of the quotient rule)
  4. Thursday, November 20
    - differentiation practice
  5. Friday, November 21
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - begin INDEX CARD #48 (particle motion in a straight line; speeding up/slowing down versus positive/negative acceleration)
WEEK #14
  1. Monday, November 24
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - finish INDEX CARD #48 (particle motion in a straight line; speeding up/slowing down versus positive/negative acceleration)
  2. Tuesday, November 25
    - INDEX CARD #49 (what is the limit, as h goes to 0, of sin(h)/h ; derivatives of sine and cosine)
    - INDEX CARD #50 (derivatives of tan x, cot x, sec x, and csc x)
WEEK #15
  1. Monday, December 1
    - INDEX CARD #51 (differentiating composite functions, motivation)
  2. Tuesday, December 2
    - INDEX CARD #52 (the Chain Rule, prime and Leibnitz notation)
    - INDEX CARD #53 (Why is it called the Chain Rule? Using the Chain Rule to differentiate (f(x))^n )

  3. Wednesday, December 3
    - INDEX CARD #54 (Generalizing all the basic differentiation formulas; differentiating exponential functions, y = a^x)
  4. Thursday, December 4
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #55 (explicit versus implicit; implicit differentiation)
  5. Friday, December 5
    - PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES; NO CLASSES
WEEK #16
  1. Monday, December 8
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, December 9
    - finish CARD #55 (implicit differentiation)
    - INDEX CARD #56 (derivatives of the inverse trigonometric functions; a typical derivation)
  3. Wednesday, December 10
    - INDEX CARD #57 (derivatives of logarithms; typical proof)
    - worksheet (differentiation practice)
    - INDEX CARD #58 (generalizing the formula for the derivative of  ln x ; logarithmic differentiation for complicated products/quotients)
  4. Thursday, December 11
    - INDEX CARD #59 (logarithmic differentiation for variable expressions to variable powers)
  5. Friday, December 12
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #17
  1. Monday, December 15
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #59.5abc (finding the derivative of an inverse function; practice using the formula)
  2. Tuesday, December 16
    - INDEX CARD #60 (related rate problems; classic falling ladder problem)
  3. Wednesday, December 17
    - INDEX CARD #61abcd (optimization problems, introduction; open and closed intervals; absolute/global maximum/minimum)
    - worksheet (absolute max/min)
  4. Thursday, December 18
    - INDEX CARD #61def (relative/local maximum/minimum)
    - worksheet on local/global max/min
  5. Friday, December 19
    - SNOW DAY---no school
    - HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY BREAK!
WEEK #18
  1. Monday, January 5
    - Welcome Back!
    - INDEX CARD #62 (Where can a function have a local max/min?)
    - INDEX CARD #63 (Careful! Just because the derivative is zero does NOT mean there's a max/min; critical numbers as candidates for places where local max/min occur)
    - MAJOR QUIZ (all differentiation formulas)
  2. Tuesday, January 6
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ (make-up from snow day)
    - INDEX CARD #64ab (finding local max/min; the Extreme Value Theorem)
    - INDEX CARD #64cd (finding absolute max/min for a continuous function on a closed interval; example)
  3. Wednesday, January 7
    - INDEX CARD #65 (the Mean Value Theorem)
  4. Thursday, January 8
    - INDEX CARD #66abcd (the First and Second Derivative Tests)
    - Handout: "On the Role of Sign Charts in AP Calculus Exams for Justifying Local or Absolute Extrema"
  5. Friday, January 9
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #67 (producing graphs by hand versus calculator; a sign analysis of a rational function)
    - worksheet for card #67b (efficiently finding the sign of a rational function)
WEEK #19
  1. Monday, January 12
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #68 (indeterminate forms; deciding if you do or don't have an indeterminate form)
    - worksheet for card #68 (indeterminate forms)
  2. Tuesday, January 13
    - INDEX CARD #69 (l'Hospital's Rule; motivation for the "0/0" case)
    - INDEX CARD #70 (using l'Hospital's Rule)
  3. Wednesday, January 14
    - INDEX CARD #71 (optimization problems)
  4. Thursday, January 15
    - more optimization problems
  5. Friday, January 16
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - more optimization problems
WEEK #20
  1. Tuesday, January 20
    - last MAJOR QUIZ of second term
    - (if we don't have class due to the Inauguration, then this quiz will move to Wednesday)
  2. Wednesday, January 21
    - INDEX CARD #72 ("undoing" differentiation; antidifferentiation; definition of antiderivative)

  3. Thursday, January 22
    - INDEX CARDS DUE
    - FINAL EXAM for second term

  4. Friday, January 23
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #73 (some basic antiderivative formulas)

THIRD TERM

WEEK #21
  1. Monday, January 26
    - Worksheet for cards 72–73
  2. Tuesday, January 27
    - INDEX CARD #74 (find a particular antiderivative; examples)
  3. Wednesdsay, January 28
    - INDEX CARD #75 (estimating areas beneath a curve; general notation for the area problem)
  4. Thursday, January 29
    - INDEX CARD #76 (summation notation; left and right estimates using summation notation)
  5. Friday, January 30
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #77 (graphing calculator skill: finding areas)
WEEK #22
  1. Monday, February 2
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, February 3
    - INDEX CARD #78 (definition of a definite integral; notation for the definite integral)
  3. Wednesday, February 4
    - INDEX CARD #79 (dummy variable in definite integrals; Riemann sums; area beneath x-axis treated as negative)
  4. Thursday, February 5
    - INDEX CARD #80 (properties of sums; a useful summation formula)
  5. Friday, February 6
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #81 (finding a definite integral by using the definition—there must be an easier way!)
WEEK #23
  1. Monday, February 9
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - graphing calculator skill (computing a definite integral; practice)
    - INDEX CARD #82 (properties of the definite integral; the linearity of the integral; integrating backwards)
  2. Tuesday, February 10
    - INDEX CARD #83 (connection between AREA and ANTIDERIVATIVES; why it's plausible; making it precise)
  3. Wednesday, February 11
    - INDEX CARD #84 (the Evaluation Theorem)
  4. Thursday, February 12
    - INDEX CARD #85 (general antiderivatives; indefinite integrals; antiderivative formulas)
  5. Friday, February 13
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #86 (the Total Change theorem; displacement versus total distance traveled)
WEEK #24
  1. Monday, February 23
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, February 24
    - INDEX CARD #87 (the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus)
    - worksheet (functions involving integrals)
  3. Wednesday, February 25
    - INDEX CARD #88 (the substitution method for integration)
  4. Thursday, February 26
    - continue the substitution method; go over Kaplan problems
  5. Friday, February 27
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #89 (substitution with definite integrals)
WEEK #25
  1. Monday, March 2
    - (SNOW DAY)
  2. Tuesday, March 3
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #90 (area between curves; vertical slices; horizontal slices)
  3. Wednesday, March 4
    - worksheet: technical aspects of areas between curves
  4. Thursday, March 5
    - INDEX CARD #91 (a technique for dealing with functions of y, as opposed to functions of x)
  5. Friday, March 6
    - INDEX CARD #92 (volumes of revolution; the disk method; volume of a cone)
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
WEEK #26
  1. Monday, March 9
    - MAJOR QUIZ
  2. Tuesday, March 10
    - worksheet (finding the volume of a cone in many different ways)
    - INDEX CARD #92.5 (disks with a hole, the "washer method")
  3. Wednesday, March 11
    - INDEX CARD #93 (volumes of revolution; the shell method; volume of a cone)
  4. Thursday, March 12
    - INDEX CARD #94 (average value of a function; derivation)
  5. Friday, March 13
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #94.5 (Careful! average rate of change versus average value)
WEEK #27
  1. Monday, March 16
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - INDEX CARD #95 (geometric interpretation of the average value)
  2. Tuesday, March 17
    - INDEX CARD #96 (differential equations; initial value problems)
  3. Wednesday, March 18
    - INDEX CARD #97 (separable differential equations)
  4. Thursday, March 19
    - INDEX CARD #98 (slope fields)
    - practice with slope fields
  5. Friday, March 20
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - "in a nutshell" pages summarizing all the important ideas in the entire course
WEEK #28
  1. Monday, March 23
    - MAJOR QUIZ
    - With all the course concepts now in place, it is time to practice, practice, practice!
    - You will continue to practice writing skills, calculator skills, estimating answers and interpreting results, expressing yourselves in complete mathematical sentences, recognizing concepts (when they're all mixed up!), and developing strategies for multiple-choice questions.
  2. Tuesday, March 24
    - read over: "Responding to Free-Response Questions: Tips for Students"
    - you will be given an actual free-response question; you'll have 20 minutes (instead of 15 minutes) to write up your solution
    - talk through the actual scoring guidelines that were used by AP graders for this question
    - go through sample student responses: excellent, good, and fair
    - grade your own responses using the AP scoring guidelines
  3. Wednesday, March 25
    - you will be given an actual free-response question; you'll have 20 minutes (instead of 15 minutes) to write up your solution
    - talk through the actual scoring guidelines that were used by AP graders for this question
    - go through sample student responses: excellent, good, and fair
    - grade your own responses using the AP scoring guidelines
  4. Thursday, March 26
    - you will be given an actual free-response question; you'll have 20 minutes (instead of 15 minutes) to write up your solution
    - talk through the actual scoring guidelines that were used by AP graders for this question
    - go through sample student responses: excellent, good, and fair
    - grade your own responses using the AP scoring guidelines
  5. Friday, March 27
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - catch-up/review day
WEEK #29
  1. Monday, March 30
    - EXAM OVER ALL INDEX CARDS (this is your THIRD QUARTER EXAM)
    - I will pass out sample no-calculator multiple choice questions; you are to work on these for homework.
      There will be short quizzes over these problems at the beginning of class.
  2. Tuesday, March 31
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator multiple choice)
  3. Wednesday, April 1
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator multiple choice)
  4. Thursday, April 2
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator multiple choice)
  5. Friday, April 3
    - ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator multiple choice)
WEEK #30
  1. Monday, April 6
    - EXAM OVER "IN A NUTSHELL" SHEET
    - I will pass out sample calculator-allowed multiple choice questions; you are to work on these for homework.
      There will be short quizzes over these problems at the beginning of class.
  2. Tuesday, April 7
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed multiple choice)
  3. Wednesday, April 8
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed multiple choice)
  4. Thursday, April 9
    - LAST ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY REVIEW QUIZ
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed multiple choice)
WEEK #31
  1. Monday, April 13
    - PRACTICE TEST (AP test "shrunk" to 49 minutes)
  2. Tuesday, April 14
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed multiple choice)
    - I will pass out sample no-calculator free-response questions; you are to work on these for homework.
      There will be short quizzes over these problems at the beginning of class.
  3. Wednesday, April 15
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator free-response)
  4. Thursday, April 16
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator free-response)
  5. Friday, April 17
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator free-response)
    - OVER WEEKEND: full-length PRACTICE TEST (timed; grade; pass in)
      This test does NOT need to be done in a single four-hour session;
      you may split it up in any way that is convenient to you.
WEEK #32
  1. Monday, April 27
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (no-calculator free-response)
    - I will pass out sample calculator-allowed free-response questions; you are to work on these for homework.
      There will be short quizzes over these problems at the beginning of class.
  2. Tuesday, April 28
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed free-response)
  3. Wednesday, April 29
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed free-response)
  4. Thursday, April 30
    - SHORT QUIZ over sample problems.
    - timed/graded problems (calculator-allowed free-response)
  5. Friday, May 1
    - TEST:  INDEX CARDS/"IN A NUTSHELL" SHEET/SAMPLE PROBLEMS—everything!!
    - OVER WEEKEND: full-length PRACTICE TEST (timed; grade; pass in)
      This test does NOT need to be done in a single four-hour session;
      you may split it up in any way that is convenient to you.
WEEK #33
  1. Monday, May 4
    - PRACTICE TEST (AP test "shrunk" to 49 minutes)
  2. Tuesday, May 5
    - You're ready!!! AP test is tomorrow!!!
    - BRING IN AND SHOW ME ALL YOUR SUPPLIES FOR TOMORROW'S TEST:
    -- calculator
    -- extra batteries
    -- several sharpened no. 2 pencils
    -- a pen for signing security statement
    -- pencil sharpener
    -- eraser
    -- a watch
  3. Wednesday, May 6
    AP TEST!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
  4. Thursday, May 7
    Celebrate! (food)
  5. Friday, May 8
    Plan for remaining weeks
WEEK #34
  1. Monday, May 11
    - handout on "Test of Formal Operational Thought" (logical skills); we'll work on these for several days
  2. Tuesday, May 12
    Test of Formal Operational Thought
  3. Wednesday, May 13
    Test of Formal Operational Thought
  4. Thursday, May 14
    Test of Formal Operational Thought
  5. Friday, May 15
    Test of Formal Operational Thought
WEEK #35
  1. Monday, May 18
    Calculus Mystery Thrillers!
  2. Tuesday, May 19
    Calculus Mystery Thrillers!
  3. Wednesday, May 20
    Calculus Mystery Thrillers!
  4. Thursday, May 21
    Calculus Mystery Thrillers!
  5. Friday, May 22
    Calculus Mystery Thrillers!