Gary Punchard
gary@punchard.com

What is PreCalculus:

It's a high school/college class wherein you learn about functions, trigonometry, advanced algebra, and many other things in preparation for Calculus.

What is Expected:
The student is expected to come to class ready to learn.  Homework is not assigned on a daily basis; instead, the student will be keeping a journal in class with notes and class work.  This journal will be used when taking quizzes and for the semester final; it will not be used for unit tests.  At the end of each quarter, the journal will be graded.

What is Needed:
The student will need a 3 ring binder (with name on binding) with loose leaf lined paper and writing utensil. The binder will be left in the classroom unless the student needs to make up work or study for a test.  The student must have journal and writing utensil ready at the beginning of each class.  Occasional quizzes will be given that require the journal.  If a student is in possession of someone else’s journal, that student will receive an automatic zero on the next quiz given; an exception will be made for copying notes as long as the owner of the journal has given permission. The student will be issued a textbook or text on computer disk to take home. These must be returned in like condition.

Grading:

• 60% Tests (Three per Quarter)
• 20% Quizzes (10-15 per Quarter)
• 20% Journal (1 per Quarter).

Overall Grading:

• 40% First (Third) Quarter
• 40% Second (Fourth) Quarter
• 20% Semester Final

1st Quarter

There will be additional quizzes other than the ones listed below.

1-1:
1-2:
Quiz
1-3:
1-4:
1-5:
Quiz
1-6:
1-7:
Test 1

2-1:
2-2:
2-3:
Quiz
2-4:
2-5:
Quiz
2-6:
2-8:
Test 2

3-1:
3-2:
3-3:
Quiz
3-4:
3-5:
3-6:
Quiz
3-7:
3-8:
Test 3