Carrollton High School

Performance Learning Center

Teacher: Russell A. Smith
Course: Advanced Algebra
Room: A117
Email: russell.smith@carrolltoncityschools.net (this is the best way to contact me)
Phone: 770-834-7726 (leave a message and I will call back)
Availability: I am available for online and in-person meetings Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 4 PM
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Intro: Welcome to Advanced Algebra. This course is fully online and will be completed using the online
Edgenuity software.

Expected Student Audience: Students who complete this course will be 10th-12th grade students.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Analytic Geometry or an equivalent.

Course Description: This is the third course in a sequence of courses designed to provide students with a
rigorous program of study in mathematics. It includes quadratics, exponential and logarithmic functions,
polynomial functions of higher degree, rational and radical functions, and mathematical modeling.

Textbook: None is required but one is available upon request.

Objectives: The objective of this course is to give students the knowledge and support to continue to
succeed in their high school math career and beyond. It will also provide adequate preparation for post
secondary mathematics. The course will cover content listed in the GSE (Georgia Standards of
Excellence) and Carrollton City Schools Curriculum. Covering the curriculum is important, but learning
and applying the material is our number one objective.

Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to solve quadratic functions, exponential and logarithmic
functions, polynomial functions of higher degree, rational and radical functions, and various forms of
mathematical modeling.

Unit1:
• Students will revisit solving quadratic equations in this unit.
• Students will know that when quadratic equations do not have real solutions the number system must be
extended so that solutions exist, analogous to the way in which extending the whole numbers to the
negative numbers allows x+1 = 0 to have a solution.
• Students explore relationships between number systems: whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, real
numbers, and complex numbers.
• Students will perform operations with complex numbers and solve quadratic equations with complex
solutions.

Unit 2:
• Students will draw on analogies between polynomial arithmetic and base-ten computation, focusing on
properties of operations, particularly the distributive property.
• Students will connect multiplication of polynomials with multiplication of multi-digit integers, and
division of polynomials with long division of integers.

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• Students will find inverse functions and verify by composition that one function is the inverse of
another function.

Unit 3:
• Students will identify zeros and make connections between zeros of a polynomial and solutions of a
polynomial equation.
• Students will see how the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra can be used to determine the number of
solutions of a polynomial equation and will find all the roots of those equations.
• Students will graph polynomial functions and interpret the key characteristics of the function.

Unit 4:
• Students will see that rational numbers extend the arithmetic of integers by allowing division by all
numbers except 0.
• Students will see that rational expressions extend the arithmetic of polynomials by allowing division by
all polynomials except the zero polynomial.
• Students will see that the arithmetic of rational expressions is governed by the same rules as the
arithmetic of rational numbers. Similarly, radical expressions follow the rules governed by irrational
numbers.

Unit 5:
• Students will extend their work with exponential functions to include solving exponential equations with
logarithms.
• Students will analyze the relationship between exponential functions and logarithms.

Grading Procedures: Your final course grade will consist of daily work, performance tasks, quizzes, tests, a
midterm, and a final. The weight of each grade category breaks down into the following percentages:

Assignment Percentage
Daily Work (Classwork, Homework, Warm-ups, etc.) 15%
Performance Tasks 15%
Quizzes 15%
Tests 35%
Fall Final/SLO 20%

Grading Scale
A 100-90
B 89-80
C 79-70
F Below a 70

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Suggested Materials:
1. 3-ring notebook with loose-leaf paper
2. Dividers for notebook
3. Pencils with erasers
4. Calculator - I suggest the TI-30SX Multiview or the TI-36X Pro scientific calculator. We will have a
class set of calculators, but they will have to stay in the classroom. Students who own a scientific
calculator will receive a homework pass.

Academic Dishonesty: A student who is caught cheating will be given a zero for the assignment involved.
Cheating includes but is not limited to copying someone else’s work, allowing someone else to
copy your work, completing work for someone else, or allowing someone else to complete work for
you. A parent will be contacted and the student will be disqualified from the class.

Late Work: Late work will be counted off 20 points for the first day and 10 pts each day afterwards. The
deadline to turn in missing work for each unit will be the culminating unit test.

Topics By Week:

Week 1 Complex Numbers/ Operations with Complex Numbers

Week 2 Solving Quadratic Equations: Quadratic Formula/
Week 3 Solving Quadratic Equations: Factoring
Week 4 Solving Quadratic Equations: Completing the Square
Week 5 Unit Review/Test

Expectations of Student Participation: I’m a very simple guy. I expect you to:

1. Keep up with the schedule.

2. Communicate early and often. Email is best.
3. Do your own work.

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Carrollton Acceptable Use Policy
TECHNOLOGY USE Carrollton High School provides computers with Internet access for student use in
each classroom as well as in the media center and career center. Our goal in providing this technology is to
promote educational excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication. Students
will be required to log onto the network using only their own logins and passwords. Students are not
allowed to install or download software, play games (except those games that are part of the course
curriculum), use outside accounts, outside email, social media, messenger apps, or visit chat rooms. Any
student who misuses computers will face disciplinary action at the discretion of the administration. Such
action may include restriction from any use of computers at CHS. Internet access is available to students,
faculty, and staff, in the Carrollton City School District. We are very pleased to bring this access to our
students and believe the Internet offers vast, diverse, and unique resources to its users. Use of the Internet is
an integral part of almost every subject at CHS. It is used to research various topics, to access college
information, to view the card catalog for our media center, and to use many databases provided by our
media center. Guidelines for Internet use are detailed in the “Carrollton City Schools District Internet Use
Agreement.” This document was included in the packet of information received by each student at the
beginning of school. After reading this document, if you do not want your child to have Internet access, the
refusal form is to be signed and returned. The website for Carrollton City Schools with links to school
pages, research sites, teacher’s e-mail addresses, etc. may be reached through the URL:
www.carrolltoncityschools.net.

Student Right To Privacy

Notification of Rights under FERPA for Elementary and Secondary Schools The Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over 18 years of age (“eligible students”) certain
rights with respect to the student’s education records. These rights are:

(1)The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the Carrollton
City School District (“the School District”) receives a request for access. Parents or eligible students should
submit to the School Superintendent a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. The
School Superintendent will make arrangements for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the
time and place where the records may be inspected.

(2)The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent or eligible student
believes are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the privacy rights of students. Parents or
eligible students may ask the School District to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading.
They should write the School Superintendent, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and
specify why it is inaccurate, or misleading. If the School District decides not to amend the record as
requested by the parent or eligible student, the School District will notify the parent or eligible student of
the decision and advise them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional
information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the parent or eligible student when
notified of the right to a hearing.

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(3)The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s
education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent. One exception,
which permits disclosure without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational
interests. A school official is a person employed by the School District as an administrator, supervisor,
instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel);
a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the School District has contracted
to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); or a parent or
student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance, committee, or assisting another
school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the
official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Upon
request, the School District discloses education records without consent to officials of school districts and
to officials of private schools in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.

(4)The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the
School District to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA are:
22 Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605

Further rights can be found in the Carrollton High School Handbook on pages 21-25.
https://www.carrolltoncityschools.net/uploaded/PDF's_for_Pages/Handbooks/CHS_Handbook_18-
19r.pdf

Minimum Technology Requirements:

You need regular access to a computer (either PC or Mac) with an internet connection. High speed
broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) is highly recommended for the optimal learning experience. Some
courses have more advanced system requirements.

Although some work maybe completed on mobile devices, such as a smartphones or tablets, we recommend that students do not
attempt quizzes when using a mobile device,, due to compatibility issues.

Copyright Statement
This is course is taught by Russell Smith. All the course content is owned by Carrollton City Schools District
and Edgenuity. All text, images, graphics, animation, videos, music, sound, coding, trademarks, textbook
and other materials are subject to the copyright. For further clarification about the materials in the course,
you may request by emailing me at Russell.smith@carrolltoncityschools.net

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ADA and 504 Statement

If you have a documented disability as described by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, you may be eligible to receive accommodations to assist in
programmatic and/or physical accessibility. We recommend that you contact the Office of Disability
Services located in Schuster Student Success Center, room 221, 706-507-8755 as soon as possible. The
Center for Accommodation and Access can assist you in formulating a reasonable accommodation plan and
in providing support. Course requirements will not be waived but accommodations may be able to assist
you to meet the requirements. Technical support may also be available to meet your specific need.

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