Course Syllabus - Highland Park High School
Course Syllabus - Highland Park High School
Course Syllabus - Highland Park High School
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<strong><strong>High</strong>land</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> 2013-2014<br />
ALGEBRA 1 – Pre AP<br />
CLASSROOM POLICIES & PROCEDURES<br />
Mr. Ekstrom ekstroj@hpisd.org<br />
Coach B. John johnb@hpisd.org<br />
ALGEBRA I AND ALGEBRA 1 PAP TUTORING SCHEDULE<br />
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday<br />
7:30 to<br />
8:00 am<br />
Wheeler (G223)<br />
Cassell (B230)<br />
Wheeler (G223)<br />
John (W128)<br />
Wheeler (G223)<br />
Cassell (B230)<br />
Wheeler (G223)<br />
John (W128)<br />
Wheeler (G223)<br />
John (W128)<br />
3:30 to<br />
4:00 pm<br />
Ekstrom (B231)<br />
Ekstrom (B231)<br />
Wilbur (B238)<br />
Wilbur (B238)<br />
Ekstrom (B231)<br />
Wilbur (B238)<br />
Cassell (G223)<br />
Have a good<br />
Weekend! <br />
SUPPLIES REQUIRED<br />
Textbook (checked out from bookroom)<br />
Box of Kleenex<br />
Graphing Calculator, either TI 84+ Silver Edition, TI 84+, TI 83+ (You may not use a TI-89 or TI-Nspire CAS in this<br />
course)<br />
GRADING POLICY<br />
Homework 10%<br />
Quizzes 30%<br />
Tests 60%<br />
HOMEWORK<br />
Homework will be given a daily grade for accuracy or completion. Homework will be checked daily in class by<br />
student but occasionally taken up.<br />
Late work will not be accepted. A ZERO will be recorded in the gradebook.<br />
NO EXTRA CREDIT<br />
TEST AND QUIZZES<br />
Most quizzes and ALL tests are announced in advance. Unannounced quizzes may be given at any time.<br />
If you are absent the day of a test review but are present the day of the test, you will be required to take your test<br />
on test day.<br />
If you are absent only the day of the test or quiz, you need to make it up either in the morning or afternoon the day<br />
you return. It would be smart to email your teacher and schedule a time.<br />
If you are absent multiple days and miss a test or quiz, it is YOUR responsibility to schedule a time with your<br />
teacher to make up your assessment.<br />
One quiz may be dropped each six weeks(as long as 3 or more are given). This reward will be revoked if you<br />
have more than one zero for a homework grade.<br />
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<strong><strong>High</strong>land</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> 2013-2014<br />
Re-Take Test Policy: Guidelines for retakes are outlined in the Kiltie. More specific guidelines for this course<br />
include:<br />
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Students will not be permitted to retake a unit test if they have earned a zero on any assignment<br />
(including but not limited to homework, classwork, and quizzes) leading up to that test.<br />
The Algebra 1 PAP Re-Take Request Form must be submitted directly to the teacher by the student (in<br />
person) within 72 hours of the grade having been posted in Skyward. The Algebra 1 PAP Re-Take<br />
Request Form will be available on Moodle.<br />
Format may or may not be same as original unit test.<br />
The retake will be scheduled by the teacher to be completed within 5 school days from the time of the<br />
request.<br />
The test retake will be averaged with the original test grade, and the average of the two grades will<br />
replace the original test grade. The maximum replacement grade that can be earned is 70%.<br />
Test retakes may be reviewed by appointment with the student’s teacher, but will not be returned to the<br />
student.<br />
Students need to remember that the retake policy does not change UIL eligibility <br />
requirements. If a student is failing at the end of the 3 week or 6 week grading<br />
period, the retake will NOT change the student’s UIL eligibility.<br />
MAKE UP WORK AND INCOMPLETES<br />
**When you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to:<br />
o Get the notes and any handouts you missed.<br />
o Complete any assignments (check your syllabus).<br />
o Grade and show me homework assignments missed.<br />
o Schedule a time with me to make up assessments missed during your absence immediately.<br />
You will have the same number of days you were absent to do your make up work. For example, if you were<br />
absent 2 days, then you have 2 days from the day you get back to make up the missed work. Since you will have<br />
a copy of the syllabus for each unit in advance, I expect you to make every effort to complete the assignments<br />
that are given while you are absent.<br />
Incomplete six week averages have to be made up within 10 days, otherwise all missing grades will result in a 0.<br />
MAJOR UNITS OF STUDY<br />
Unit 1 Real Numbers<br />
Unit 2 Solving Equations<br />
Unit 3 Functions, Domain and Range<br />
Unit 4 Write and Graph Slope Intercept Form with Inequalities<br />
Unit 5 Write in point slope form<br />
Unit 6 Graph and Write in Standard Form w/ Inequalities<br />
Unit 7 Systems of Equations and Inequalities<br />
Unit 8 Systems Applications<br />
Unit 10 Laws of Exponents<br />
Unit 11 Operations of Polynomials<br />
Unit 12 Factoring<br />
Unit 13 Quadratics<br />
Unit 14 Radicals<br />
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