Algebra II Assignments:

Check here for both classwork and homework assignments.  Students are responsible for all missed work regardless of the type of absence.  That's right -- the assignment is still to be done when you are sick or for an excused absence. The absence is excused, not the work!  If a student has a planned absence (field trip or sports related) you must obtain the assignment in advance.  It will be due on your first returned day to class. Make sure you complete any missed quiz or test within the required 5 days before school.  You will not make up quizzes or tests during class time!

Additionally - if you are looking for additional practice problems, google: glencoe alg II workbook.  They have a lot of good problems that may help you over a hump.

Assignments:

9-8:  worksheet why do girls like...  and 15/13,14,23-25,35-40,57 and 17/78-83

9-10: Cover book. Pg 15/20,32,71 and 22/10,16-17; also 22/11-12,18-19,36-38,40-42; 25/6-9,12,16-17

9-14: CW:30/23,29,33-34 and 38/15-23 (odd),29-35 (odd);  HW: 30/28,30-32,38-39,47-48,53-54 AND 38/14-22 (EVEN),28-34 (EVEN)

9/16: cw: 38/37-43 (odd).  HW: 39/47-50,59-61 and examples from absolute value in section 1-6.

9/18.  CW: 46/11-23 odd and 25-35 odd.  hw: pg 46/43,46-47,57-59 and Chap 1 Test Review!!  I will collect the review!

9/22.  Students tested today Chapter 1 after a review.  They should preview Chapter 2 for homework on their own.

9/24. CW: 65/11-17 & 78/23-29 (odd).  HW: 65/18-22,29-30,45 & 78/8,15,17-18,26,32,47-49

9/28.  CW/HW: Do the activity predicting heart rate based on breaths/min. And the graphs from the chart.  Quiz on Wed.

​9/30.  cw:104/10,19,26,29.  hw: 104/31,41,45,55,56,58 and 111/9-15 (odd),18

10/2/15. Only Green 1 & 2 were in class today. 3rd and 4th blocks did not meet today due to a early dismissal (weather).  HW for classes: 111/25-26,39 and 118/8-11,18-20,31,35.  Also the Chap 2 review.  Test will not be on Tuesday, but will be slipped to Thursday.

10/7/15.  Green 3 should make sure assignment given out on 10/2 above is completed.  Test is Friday for all classes.  Progress reports were also given out to students today.  Come in early before school on Friday for help, or see a teacher on the blue hall Thursday afternoon.  IN ADDITION, we will take the 4.5 week cumulative test on Tuesday, next week.  Start reviewing this weekend.

10/9/15.  Chap 2 test was given today.  Quite a few students were out on a field trip.  If you missed the test, you need to get it made up next week.  I'll be in on Monday morning for review help, as well as Tuesday and Thursday.  Cumulative 4.5 week test is Tuesday!  A 4.5 week review is assigned for homework.

10/13/15.  Students took their 4.5 week cumulative test today.  Copied notes from section 4-1.  They are to try one example for homework.

10/15/15.  Completed sections 4-1 & 4-2 today.  CW: 199/8,19,20,27,29,36 and 206/10,18,26.  HW: finish any undone classwork and also 199/31,37,41,49-50 and 206/8,9,23,25,26,30.  Quiz will be Wed.

10/19/15. Reviewed the Chap 2 Test and 4.5 wk cumulative test.  Began sect 4-4 on Factoring.  HW: was some board problems.  Optional now (but MANDATORY later) pg 221/14-37.

10/21/15.  Finished Sect 4-4 today and took a quiz on 4-1 & 4-2.  Homework: 221/14-37 and 221/38-44,50-58, and 61-64.  Optional (but mandatory on Friday) is the mid-chap review, pg 224/1,3,6,9-16,20-21.

*** Conference Day is coming up on Tue, Nov 3.  Parents are invited to contact me and set up a time to discuss your son/daughter's progress.  Please email me [email protected] to set up an appointment.  

10/23/15. Finished a review on radical and section 4-5 today.  We also had a homework check on factoring.  HW: 224/1,3,6,9-16,20-21; 225 (even radical problems); 229/9,11,15,18,27-28; and 237/12,14,16

10/27/15.  Finished section 4-8 (imaginary unit).  Assignment: 253/8,11-12,18-19,21-26,33-35.  Also, two examples on division.

10/29/15.  Finished quad formula today with sect 4-7.  CW: 245/12,16,20; 253/40; & 254/55
Homework is to help get ready for big quiz on Monday and Benchmark on Thursday.  Pg 253/27-31 (odd); 245/11-17 (odd); 253/39; Chap 4 Review handout problems 4-9; and the Benchmark Review.  Students should study and prepare this weekend to the greatest extent possible and come in with their questions early next week.  Have a good weekend!

NOTE: On Monday we will have a major quiz and Thursday the Benchmark 9 weeks test.

11-2-15.  Quiz today.  HW:  prepare for Thursday's Benchmark.  I'll be in tomorrow for anyone who wants help getting ready.  Also, students should finish the Chap 4 review as we will test next Monday on Chap 4.

11/5/15.  Students took their 1st qtr benchmark test today which will close out the 1st qtr grades.  On Monday we will test Chap 4.  This will be the first grade of the 2nd quarter.  A review has been provided and is due Monday.

​11/9/15.  Students tested Chap 4 today.  For homework, they should look over Chap 5.

11/11/15.  We discussed high miss questions from the Critical Skills Assessment today and also covered material from Sections 5-1/2.  CW: 285/12-13,32-33 and HW: 285/17-19,34-36,44-46 and also 293/7-35 (odd), but do not graph problems 13,15,17.  We will cover 'Division' section 5-4 on Friday.  Its important that you be there.  Tough section.  Look for a quiz next Tuesday and a homework check this Friday!!

11/13/15.  Homework check today on Sections 5-1/2.  We then covered Long and Synthetic Division of polynomials.  HW: 308/9-15 and 21-27 (all odd problems).  Please check your work.

11/17/15. Remainder Theorem: 309/33-39 (odd) Extra Practice on Long and Synthetic Div: 308/10-20 (even) and 22-28 (even).  Began 5-3 solving quadratics.  Work the first 3 examples from the board: Solve:  x cube = 1; x cube = 8x-2x squared and x to the fourth = 16.

Note to parents:  Students have an opportunity to pull up their chap 4 test grade.  But they first must do an in-depth analysis of their Chap 4 test returned today.  They must finish their analysis and see me to discuss before Thanksgiving break.  Re-take will be after Thanksgiving. 

11/19/15.  Finished 5-3 today and had a quiz on 5-1/2/4.  CW/HW: 301/11-23 (odd) & 25-35 (odd) and Review sheet for the chapter test.  Test is next Wed.

11/23/15.  Finished the chapter today.  HW: Finish/study the review!!  Also, 311/5,7,9,14; 322/16; and 348/15,18,25,32(long & Synthetic).  There will be no time to review prior to the test.  Students should come in ready to test.  I will come in on Tue and Wed morning by 7:00 to help students.

11-25-15.  Students tested Chap 5 today.  Some did not quite finish their test.  When we come back from break, I will give students another 10-15 minutes to work on their tests.  I suggest no one do a memory-dump over the break.  Homework over break:  360/1-19. Study old work from Chap 4 (upcoming retest) and Chap 5 (for the extra time to work on test when we return).  I also would encourage all to outline Chap 6 to get a head start on new material.  Finally - enjoy your family over Thanksgiving!

11-28-15.  I hope all had a nice Thanksgiving.  Plans for the upcoming week are posted on the "syllabus" - see tab at top of page:  NOTE:  -- Chap 4 Retakes will take place on Thursday, Dec 3 (before school from 7:00 - 8:10 and after school 3:15 - 4:25) for those students who fixed their old test.  Also, on Thursday -  Students will receive some extra time to look over their Chap 5 test in class and work on it for another 15 minutes.

12-1-15.  Please see note above from the 28th.  We finished 6-1 today.  Assignment: 364/10,12-14,16, 18-19,21,26-29,31-34 (also 366/62 for Green-2).  Finish any work left undone from page 360 and study Chap 5 review in preparation for extra 15 min of test time this coming Thursday!

​12-3-15.  Finished 6-2 today.  Assignment: 371/11-35, and then 37-45 (all odd).  Students need to also complete the 13.5 week review.  That test is next Wednesday!

12-7-15.  Section 6-3 finished today.  CW: 378/10,17,21,23 & 29,33.  HW: 378/11-14,18-20,24-26 and 34-35,41,45.  Also, the mid chap quiz/389/1,3,24,27,32.  Study for 13.5 week test - Wednesday!!  Progress Reports come out Friday.

12-9-15.  Students checked their homework from yesterday and took the 13.5 week cumulative assessment.  HW is in preparation for a quiz Friday on sections 6-1 thru 6-3.  Pg 380/69,74,76-81 and 389/5-15.  Note to students: these problems may be different than what you copied in class.  Do the problems you wrote down.

12-11-15.  Students quizzed today on 6-1/6-3.  6-4 was taught.  CW: 386/10,11,21,22,27,28,39,55.  HW: 386/12-15,23,24,29,30,40-42.  And work on Chap 6 Review.  Progress Reports went home today.  We will test Chap 6 next Thursday.

12-15-15.  Finished the Chapter today with section 6-5 and discussed the review.  CW: 395/9-23 (odd).  HW: Finish the Chap review handout given out last Friday and also work 423/7,13-15,19,21,23,26,31-33,44-46.  The test is this Thursday. Green -2 requested additional hw: 396/85-90

12-17-15.  Students took their Chap 6 test today.  No homework over the break.  However, we will be working on Section 6-6 and 6-7 on return.  It might be good to look ahead.  Have a wonderful holiday.

1-4-16.  Welcome  back.  We completed 7-1 and began 7-3 today.  Students finished their classwork in class.  439/1-9.

1-6-16:  CW: 456/1-8 and 401/1,2,4,5,6.  HW: 456/13-31 (odd), 40-43,46-49

1-8-16: Finished 6-6 and 6-7 today.  CW: 401/3 and 409/1-3.  hw: 401/9-20,27-28,32,35,36; 404/90; 410/8,12,15,18 & 412/79,81-82.  Quiz next Thursday on Logs, function operations, composites and Inverses.

1-15-16.  Quizzed today.  Homework is a handout on 1st semester exam review.  Students should also finish their "factoring" worksheet. 

1-19-16.  Discussed the first review and a 2nd review was assigned for homework.  Green 1 & 2 take their exam this Friday.  Green 3's exam is a week from today.

1-21-16. Discussed the last review in class today.  Also, worked additional practice problems from the board.  Exam (Green 1 & 2) is tomorrow.  Green -3's exam is Tuesday.  Homework is to STUDY old tests and reviews.

2-1-16. Began 2nd Semester today with Direct, Inverse, and Combined Variation.  (Chap 8).  CW: 71/7-9,11,19,23 and 503/6,10-11.  HW: 71/10,12,1,22,24-26 and 503/14-15,19.

2-3-16.  Discussed homework and reviewed "function operations"  CW and HW on Combined Variations problems:  CW: 504/20; and HW: 504/23,26-28,41.  Students also began working on a graphing problem.

2-5-16. Finished Graphing and began working with simplifying Rational Functions today.  We will have a detailed homework check on Tuesday as well as a quiz.  CW today 521/1,3,5-6,9-10.  Homework: 425/53-55,57,59,62 and 554/6,9-10.  You will need to be able to work any type of variation problem, perform the directed function operation, and graph a rational function. Finally, the students were to copy 5 problems from the board (or take a picture) from section 8-4 and work for homework.

2-9-16. Finished 8-4 today and had a quiz.  CW was some board problems and 531/27 & 49.  HW: 531/9-25 (odd).  We also introduced section 8-5.

2-11-16.  Com;leted 8-5 today.  Assignment: 539/11-21 (odd); 531/8,10,12,18,20; 533/56.  Detailed homework check on Tuesday.  Quiz next Thursday.  Test the following Monday!

2-16-16. Completed 8-6 today.  HW: 539/12,14,18,20 (8-5).  CW: 545/1-3.  HW: 546/9-19 (odd); and the Chap 8 Review 1-11 (odd).  Quiz Thursday on 8-4/8-5.  Test Monday Chao 8.

2-18-16.  Quizzed today and reviewed.  Classwork and Homework is the chapter review handout.  Test on Chap 8 is Monday.

2-22-16.  Chap 8 test. No homework

2-24-16.  Solve systems by graphing.  hw: 138/8-10 and 262/14

​2-26-15. Solve Algebraically.  hw:146/10-12 & a board problem.  We  began 11-1 Combinations & Permutations.  4 problems from the board for homework.

3-1-16.  cw: 678/1,3,5,9,13
hw: 678/2,10-11,15,16,39,41 also 146/14 and 262/10 Do both 14 & 10 by substitution and graphing.  Memorize the Standard normal curve and percentages.  On Thur we will review and Test the following Friday.  On Monday next week students will take the 22.5 week test.

3-7-16. 22.5 wk test today.  Test Friday.  Green-2 will not meet Wed.  Students need to come in early if they need help with the review.

3-15-16.  Began Chap 9 today. This is the last chapter prior to SOLs in May.  Classwork was on the board.  HW: 575/7-9,13-15,19,20,22,25-27.  Also one example from section 9-4.  Anticipate the 3rd qtr Benchmark on Friday a week out, and the Chapter test the following Thursday (right before Spring Break).

3-17-16.  Should finish sect 9-4 and 9-3 today. CW will be from the board.  HW: is also board problems plus 593/65-67 and 584/7-9,19-20,26-27,38-40,44,71-74.  Looks like a quiz for Monday.  Benchmark date has slipped to Tuesday, March 29.  And our Chap test will still be on Thursday, March 31.

3-21-16 We took a quiz today.  Students should finish the board problems from today and page 584 problems from above.

3-23-16.  Finished the chapter today.  Assignments were from the board.  All reviews are do Friday in preparation for the Benchmark on Tuesday and Chapter test on Friday.

3-25-16.  We reviewed all block.  Benchmark Review is to be completed and turned in on Tuesday next week.  The Chap 9 review will be collected on Thursday.  ALSO - a take home quiz was given.  It is due on Thursday.

3-29-16.  Students took their Critical Skills Assessment (benchmark) today.  Many also submitted their take home quiz.  If I did not get their quiz, please make sure it is done by Thursday.  On Thursday, we take the Chap 9 test.  Also, scores given out today for the benchmark did not include the 15 point curve.  Please note if you see a score on parent portal for the benchmark, understand 15 additional points have been added.  Finally, make sure the Chap 9 review is finished and ready to turn in on Thursday!

3-31-16.  Take home quiz collected today and Chap 9 test taken by the students.  No homework.  Enjoy your break.  We begin SOL practice in earnest when we return.

4-11-16.  Welcome back from Spring break.  We reviewed some topics in class today.  Students were given 3 worksheets to complete by Wednesday.  Also, students should work daily 5 questions from the website:  education.jlab.org/solquiz.  That will be 10 questions each green day that I may check to see if work at home is being done.

4-13-16.  Students need to finish handouts provided last class and do 10 problems from the jlab site.  We began today reviewing strand-1 in Alg II curriculum.     

4-15-16.  We worked Strand-2 today in class and discussed.  Students have also been given a copy of the 2009 released SOL test.  Instead of working at the jlab web site this weekend, I would like for them to work the problems in this booklet (except problems: 37, 41, 43,44, & 46).  Students should show their work as this will become a good study aide.

4-19-16. Worked in-class Strand 3 of York County handout.  Students were to work jlab problems for homework.

4-21-16.  Finished Strand 3 in class.  And discussed.  Also discussed their Sequence and Series test from before break. Richmond Simulation test given to each student as homework packet.  Weekend homework from this packet are the EVEN problems from Strand-3: Reporting Category: Functions & Statistics. 28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,&50.

4-25-16.  Took a 10 question quiz in class today.  Homework are the odd problems from the 3rd Strand which students had for homework the last class.  They will take another quiz on Wed.

4-27-16.  Took 15 question quiz in class.  Homework is to work Strand 2 from the packet handed out.  Strand 1 will be due on Tuesday. The following is our plan to get students ready for SOL testing:
    On 4-29. Assessment #3.  20 question quiz. On computers.
    On 5-3.  50 question evaluation.  On the computer.  Simulate testing conditions.  Will count as a quiz or test grade.  Some students will want extra time due to the length of the test.  Students can work both before and after school on this and subsequent evaluations!
    On 5-5.  Discuss 50 question eval taken on the 3rd.
    On 5-9.  Paper copy SOL.  Counts as a test grade.  Paper copy for students to study from for actual SOL.
    On 5-11.  Discuss the test taken on the 9th.
    On 5-13.  Final practice test taken on computer. Counts as a test grade.
    On 5-17. Discuss Test taken on the 13th.
    On 5-19.  ACTUAL SOL.  Green 1 tests!
    On 5-23.  Green 2 tests!
    On 5-25.  Green 3 tests.
KEEP WORKING PRACTICE QUIZZES ON JLAB!!!!

4-29-16.  20 Q assessment today in class.  Finish packet before test on Tuesday.  50 questions. Be prepared to come in early or stay late if you need extra time.  Work on JLAB quizzes!

5-3-16.  Took a 50 q assessment in class today.  Homework.  work on Jlab problems.

​5-9-16.  Students took a 2nd 50 question assessment today.  We will discuss it on Wed.  Homework is to continue taking JLAB quizzes on line.  Final practice test is Friday.

5-11-16.  Discussed the last test.  HW.  Stay in the JLAB 10 questions!

5-13-16.  Took last practice test today.  I'll be in early Monday, Tue, and Thur next week to discuss any problems.  Green 1 tests on Thursday next week.  Green 2 & 3 test the following week.