GEOMETRY 1A CURRICULUM CALENDAR FIRST SEMESTER

September Unit 1 Basic Building Blocks of Geometry

9/4-9/7 Lesson 1 Basics: points, rays, lines, segments, planes
9/10-9/14 Lesson 2 Describing Types of Angles
9/17-9/21 Lesson 3 Working With Lines: describe perpendicular,transversal,parallel,skew lines
9/24-9/28 Lesson 3 Solve problems involving angles formed by parallel and transversal lines

October
10/1-10/5 Lesson 4 Measuring Angles: draw and measure angles using a protractor
10/15-10/19 Lesson 5 Pairs of Angles: complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles
10/22-10/26 Unit #1 review and Test 11/2
Unit 2 Triangles
10/29-11/2 Lesson 6 Types of Triangles: identifying various triangles

November
11/5-11/8 Lesson 7 Congruent Triangles: define and prove congruent triangles
11/13-11/16 Lesson 8 Triangles and Pythagorean Theorem: solve problems involving right triangles
11/19-11/21 Unit #2 review and Test 11/30
Unit 3 Polygons
11/26-11/30 Lesson 9 Properties of Polygons: describe and measure the interior and exterior angles

December
12/3-12/7 Lesson 10 Quadrilaterals: discuss properties and definition of various quadrilaterals
12/10-12/14 Lesson 11 Ratio, Proportion, and Similarity: use to find similar triangles
12/17-12/20 Lesson 12 Perimeter of Polygons: find for convex and concave polygons

January
1/7-1/11 Lesson 13 Area of Polygons
1/14-1/18 Lesson 14 Surface Area of prisms
1/22-1/25 Unit #3 review and test 1/24 END OF QUARTER 1/25/08
Grading Policy
Your grade is based on the following percentages

25%
Lectue Journal
40%
10% Tests 25%
25%
Quizzes 25%

Homework/Works
40% heets 10%

The lecture journal: contains all class assignments, class notes, and warm ups. It is graded at the end of
each week. 10 points is assigned if complete. You have 1 day to make up work for each excused
absence. It is your responsibility to make up work on time.

Quizzes: are given weekly based on the material covered that week

Tests: There will be a final exam for each quarter given at the end of the quarter

Homework: There will be at least one homework assignment per week. It is absolutely necessary to do
homework to be successful in Math

Grading Scale:
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
56-69% D
0-55% F
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