Grade 9 Advanced Geometry Algebra 1

Syllabus Plan 2014-15

It is assumed that, when appropriate, graphing
display calculators and other forms of technology
will be used throughout this course.
In the Geometry section, a GSP5 activity from
Exploring Geometry was studied almost every day;
often being completed for homework.
Week 1: Introduction to School and course/Introduction to
Geometry No Chapter in the book
1.DefineGeometry

Mathematical Practices
1. Make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and
quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments
and critique the reasoning of
others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools
strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of

2.UnderstandthedifferencebetweenaTheoremandaPostulate
3.DiscussEuclidandhiscontributiontoGeometry
4.DiscussEuclids5Postulates

Weeks 2-4: Unit 1: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 3

1.Defineparallelandskewlines
2.Understandtheparallelandperpendicularpostulate
3.Identifyatransversal
4.Identifycorresponding,alternateexterior,alternateinteriorandconsecutiveinteriorangles
5.Usethepropertiesofcorresponding,alternateexterior,alternateinteriorandconsecutiveinteriorangles
6.Understandthepropertiesofperpendicularlines
7.Understandthepropertiesofparallellines
8.Usethepropertiesofparallelandperpendicularlines
9.Usethepropertiesofparallellinesinthecoordinateplane
10.Writeequationsofparallelandperpendicularlines

Excludes 3.2 (proof and perpendicular lines)

Weeks 5-7: Unit 2: Triangles Mostly Chapter 4 and 5.1 (Perpendiuclars and Bisectors)
1.Classifyatrianglebasedonitssides
2.Classifyatrianglebasedonitsangles
3.Identifyinteriorandexteriorpartsofatriangle
4.UsetheTriangleSumTheorem
5.UsetheExteriorAngleTheorem
6.Understandtheconceptofcongruenceinfigures
7.Namecongruentpartsofcongruentfigures
8.ProvethattwotrianglesarecongruentusingtheSide,Side,SideMethod
9.ProvethattwotrianglesarecongruentusingtheSide,Angle,SideMethod
10.ProvethattwotrianglesarecongruentusingtheAngle,Side,AngleMethod
11.ProvethattwotrianglesarecongruentusingtheAngle,Angle,SideMethod
12.Solveproblemsusingthepropertiesofisoscelesandequilateralandrighttriangles
13.Understandtheconceptofanglebisectorsandperpendicularbisectors

Excludes 4.7 (Triangles and Coordinate Proof)

Weeks 8-10: Unit 3: Quadrilaterals Chapter 6
(Completed sections 6.1 and 6.7 thoroughly. Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 done, but less
questions practiced.)
1.Describeapolygon
2.Understandandidentifyaregularpolygon
3.Knowthesumoftheinterioranglesofaquadrilateral
4.Knowthepropertiesofaparallelogram
5.Usethepropertiesofaparallelogramtofindanglemeasuresandsidelengths
6.Proveanglemeasuresandsidelengthsusingthepropertiesofparallelograms
7.Provethatcertainquadrilateralsareparallelograms
8.Understandandrecognizethatsquares,rectanglesandrhombusesarespecialparallelograms
9.Defineasquare,rhombusandrectangle
10.Usethediagonalsofspecialparallelogramstosolveproblems
11.Defineatrapezoidandkite
12.Understandthepropertiesofanisoscelestrapezoid
13.Knowthemidsegmenttheoremofatrapezoid
14.Usethepropertiesofkitestosolveproblems
15.Identifythespecialquadrilaterals
16.Findtheareasoftriangles
17.Findtheareasofquadrilaterals

Weeks 11-14: Unit 4: Transformations Chapter 7

1.Understandtheconceptofatransformation,theimageandpreimage
2.Identifyisometries
3.Understandandapplyareflection
4.Findthemirrorimageandlineofreflection
5.Findthedistanceandmidpointbetweenapointanditsimageunderareflection
6.Understandandapplyarotation
7.Findthecenterandangleofrotation
8.Identifyrotationalsymmetry
9.Understandandapplyatranslation
10.Translatepointsinthecoordinateplane
11.Translatepointsusingvectors
12.Identifythecomponentsofavector
13.Understandandapplyaglidereflection
14.Findthecompositionoftransformations
15.Describeacompositionoftransformations
16.Describeafriezepatternleftoutbecauseoftime;
17.Identifyafriezepatternleftoutbecauseoftime.

Weeks 15-17: Unit 5: Similarity Chapter 8

1.Computetheratiooftwounits
2.Simplifyratios
3.Useratiosinproblems
4.Findaproportion
5.Understandpropertiesofproportions
6.Solveequationsusingproportions
7.SolveGeometricproblemsusingproportions
8.Identifysimilarpolygons

9.Compareratiosofperimetersofpolygonstotheratiosofthesidesofpolygons
10.Identifysimilartriangles
11.Provethattwotrianglesaresimilar
12.Useproportionsinsimilartriangles
13.Identifydilationsaseitherareductionoranenlargement

Week 18: Geometry Project

Weeks 19-20: Exams
Weeks 21-23: Unit 6: Circles Chapter 10
(Completed Sections 10.1-10.3 completed thoroughly.)
1.Defineacircleanditsvariouspartsincludingaradius,diameter,chord,secantandtangent
2.Usethepropertiesoftangentsincircles
3.Defineamajorandminorarcofacircle
4.Findthemeasureofanarcofacircle
5.Usethepropertiesofchordsincircles
6.Findthemeasureofaninscribedangle
7.Usethetheoremsofinscribedpolygonsinacircle
8.Findthemeasureofanglesoftangentsandchordsinacircledidnotdo,time.
9.Findthelengthsofsegmentsinacircledidnotdo,time.

Excludes 10.6 and 10.7 (equations of circle and locus)

Weeks 24-25: Unit 7: Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9
(Sections 9.2, 9.3, 9.5 & 9.6 done thoroughly).
1.SolveproblemsusingthePythagoreanTheorem
2.FindtheareaofatriangleusingthePythagoreanTheorem
3.Determineifatriangleisright,obtuseoracute
4.FindthesixdifferentTrigonometricratios
5.FindthelengthofasideusingacalculatorandTrigonometry
6.FindthemeasureofanangleusingacalculatorandTrigonometry
7.UseTrigonometricratiosinwordproblems

Excludes9.1(SimilarRightTriangles),9.4(SpecialRightTriangles),9.7(Vectors)
The British text, Rayner, is wonderfully useful pp. 118-127.
Week 26: Discovery Week

Check-out Algebra book, begin Algebra class, though students keep Geometry book
Weeks 27-28: Unit 8: Linear Inequalities Chapter 6.1-6.3
(Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.5 done thoroughly)
1.Solveonestepinequalitiesinonevariable
2.Graphinequalitiesonanumberline
3.FindandgraphthesolutiontoMultiStepinequalitiesinonevariable
4.Findandgraphthesolutiontoconjunctioncompoundinequalities
5.Findandgraphthesolutiontodisjunctioncompoundinequalities
6.Graphlinearinequalitiesintwovariables

Excludes: 6.4 - 6.7 (statistics)

Weeks 29-31: Unit 9: Linear Systems of Equations and Inequalities Chapter 7
(Sections 7.1-7.6 done thoroughly)
1.Solvesystemsoflinearequationsbygraphing
2.SolvesystemsoflinearequationsbygraphingonGDC
3.Solvesystemsoflinearequationsbysubstitution
4.Solvesystemsoflinearequationsbyelimination
5.Graphsystemsoflinearinequalities

Weeks 32-33: Unit 10: Functions From Chapters 1, 4 and 8

1.Whatisafunction(1.7)
2.Mappingdiagrams(1.7)
3.VerticalLineTest(4.8)
4.FunctionNotation(4.8)
5.LinearFunctions
6.ScatterplotsandperforminglinearregressionsonasetofdatausingaGDCandaspreadsheetprogram
(sections5.4and5.7helpful).Also,H&HSLandMathStudiesbooksgoodforcorrelationquestions.

Weeks 34-35: Unit 11: Quadratic Equations and Functions Chapter 9

(Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 completed thoroughly).

1.Solvequadraticequationsbyfindingsquareroots(9.1)
2.Simplifyradicals(squarerootsonly)(9.2)
3.Graphquadraticsgiveninstandardform(usingb/2aandsymmetry)(9.3)
4.Solvequadraticsbygraphing(9.4)
5.Solvequadraticsusingthequadraticformulaleftforgrade10aftercompletingthesquare.
6.Graphquadraticinequalities(9.7)notdone,time.
7.Agreatamountoftimewasspentonfactoringquadratics,by:commonfactors,grouping,differenceof
twosquaresand
.Thenquadraticequationswiththeseskillsweretaught;includingword
problems.ABritishbook,Rayner,pp.3945wasusedextensively.

Week36:Unit12:ProbabilityUnfortunatelynevergotthere.

1.Understandbasicprobabilityrules
2.Solvebasicprobabilityproblems
3.UnderstandbasicprobabilityproblemsusingAndandOr

Weeks 37-38: Exams

Topics to be covered in MS:

Introduce and cover basic concepts of:
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles
Teach:
Perimeter, Area, and Volume of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles
Surface Area and Volume of three dimensional shapes
Algebra Assumptions: Students should be able to:
Perform operations on integers, fractions and decimals (+, -, x, , compare) follow order
of operations, apply the distributive property, use and manipulate variables
Check that a value is a solution to a linear equation or inequality
Solve linear equations
Solve linear inequalities

Rearrange the subject of an equation

Graph Linear Equations both by hand and using technology
Find and use the slope of a line
Determine direct variation and inverse variation equations
Write Linear Equations in point-slope form, slope intercept form amd standard form
Students are NOT assumed to be able to do statistics, have an introduction to functions
or perform regressions
Students can apply product of powers, power of powers, and division of powers and use
the properties of exponents
Factorize algebraic expressions and basic quadratic expressions
Solve basic quadratic equations
Work with simple probability and simple statistics
Understand the concept of a Venn Diagram