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Grade: 8-9

Class: Algebra I

Time Span: 3-4 wks

Unit:

Factoring Trinomials

 

Students will be assessed in this unit by two quizzes, homework completion, a group activity, and a final test. Students overall grade will be based on 15% for each quiz, 20% for homework, 20% for group activity and 30% for the test, overall equaling 100%.

 

Quiz 1- based on products of polynomials, difference of two squares, perfect square trinomials, Factoring Trinomials, Combined types of Factoring: Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Worth 15 points

Quiz 2- Factoring by grouping, Solving Equations by Factoring, Standard Quadratic Equation, And Consecutive Integers: Section 7, 8, 9, and 10: Worth 15 points

Homework Completion- completion on all homework assigned in unit: Includes Section 1 thru 10: Worth total of 20 points

 

Group Activity- based on all material in unit along with cooperation of students, to be implemented in the class before the day of the test: Worth 20 points

 

Test- final evaluation, based on material in all sections, information covered on both quizzes: Section 1 thru 10: Worth 30 points

 

Each quiz will be a set of ten short answer items worth 9 points each, and two multiple choice items on vocabulary terms worth 5 points each; knowledgeable attempt is awarded 4 points for each short answer problem provided that the student showed his/her work.

 

Homework will be evaluated based on completion and will be assessed with a checklist, unless excusable reason: homework will loose 2 points every day not passed in, overall worth of 20 points

 

Group Activity will include a rubric evaluating collaboration among students and each math objective in this unit¸ overall worth of 20 points

 

One Test will have 20 short answer items, 1 matching item and 2 multiple choice items. Multiple choice items will be worth 5 points each. Matching item will be worth total of 10 points, 2 points per correct match. Short Answer items will be worth 4 points each with two points awarded to knowledgeable attempt provided that the student showed his/her work.