SUBJECT PLANNER

Term 2, 2016/17

SUBJECT Mathematics
Teacher Elaine Goh
Subject Algebra (1)
Time Frame 3rd January 2017 7th April 2017
Structure 5 periods x 40 minutes a week

Term 2 Lesson Plans

Sets, Vectors Functions
Graphs
Statistics and Probabilities

Subtopics:
Week 1: 8.1 Sets
8.2 Logical Problems
Week 2 : 8.3 Vectors
8.4 Column Vectors
Week 3: 8.5 Vector geometry
8.6 Functions
Week 4: 7.1 Drawing accurate graphs
7.2 Gradients
7.3 The form y=mx +c
Week 5: 7.4 Plotting curves
7.5 Interpreting graphs
Week 6: Mid Term Break
Week 7: 7.6 Graphical solution of equations
7.7 Distance-time graphs
7.8 Speed-time graphs
Week 8: Revision
Week 9: Term 2 Exam
Week 10: 10.1 Data display
10.2 Mean, Median and Mode
Week 11: 10.3 Cumulative frequency
10.4 Simple probability
10.5 Exclusive and independent events
Week 12: 10.6 Tree diagram
Teaching Strategies

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Lesson Objectives
3D Problems( Pythagoras Theorem) To ensure students are able to find
the missing angle and sides using Sine, Cos, Tangent.
Week 1: Lesson 1 Week 1 : Lesson 1
- Teacher to recap formulae for Teacher to ensure students are able
Sine, Cos and Tangent and to apply their prior knowledge in
assess students prior unfamiliar situation. (Questions
knowledge by integrating involving word problem)
questions involving angle of Teacher to relate the angle of
elevation and angle of elevation and depression to the
depression into starters. concept of Sine, Cos and Tangent.
- 3 questions given that
involving the use of 3D Teacher to ensure students are able
Pythagoras and SOH CAH TOA to relate the concept of Sin, Cos and
- Students to try worksheet Tangent in 3D situation.
given. Resources:
Powerpoint
Textbook
Worksheet

Lesson Objectives
Angle of Elevation and Depression
Bearings and Scale Drawing
Week 1: Lesson 2 Week 1: Lesson 2
- Bearings: Teacher to explain the -Method of using the protractor is
method of measuring angles using a explained.
protractor.
- Teacher to relate scale drawing to
Resources:
bearings.
-Students to try worksheet given Worksheet
and discussed before the class Powerpoint
ends. Textbook
Lesson Objectives
Sine, Cos, Tangent for Any Angle
Week 1: Lesson 3 Week 13 : Lesson 3
Teacher to explain the graph of Sine, Teacher to ensure students are able
Cos and Tangent to use both graphical method and
-Teacher to demonstrate the usage quadrant method to find the angle

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of 4 quadrants given. (eg: Quadrant needed.
1- all angles are of positive value) Resources:
- Teacher to try 3 questions with Worksheet
students Powerpoint
-Students to try worksheet given. Textbook

Lesson Objectives
Area of Non-Right Angle Triangle, Sine Rule and Cosine Rule.

Week 2: Lesson 1 Week 2: Lesson 1

-Teacher to explain that different Teacher to explain the difference
formulae are applied to non-right between Sine Rule and Cosine Rule
angle triangle. and the criteria required for each
- Teacher to introduce all 3 formulae rule.
and to discuss questions involving Resources:
them Worksheet
-Students to try worksheet given. Powerpoint
Textbook
Lesson Objectives
8.1 Sets (Notations and Shading Venn Diagrams)
Week 2 : Lesson 2 Week 2 : Lesson 2
- Teacher to explain the use and Teacher to ensure students are
meaning of sets by giving an able to shade Venn Diagrams
example. ( Teacher to survey from notation given
students hobbies and present it
Resources
in a venn diagram)
- Teacher to explain the notations - Powerpoint presentation
used in sets and venn diagram. - Notes
(eg: union, intersection etc) - Worksheet
- Students to try worksheet given - Textbook
Lesson Objectives
- Revision (1 period)
Week 2 : Lesson 3 Week 2 : Lesson 3
- File Checking/Homework File Checking/Homework Checking
Checking
-
Lesson Objectives

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- 8.1 Sets (Logical Problems)
Week 3 : Lesson 1 Week 3 : Lesson 1
- Plenary: Students to form group - Main objective: To find the
of 5 to conduct a survey and intersection based on
place the data in a Venn Diagram information given (Word
to display their understanding problem)
- Teacher to relate this to logical
problems in a Venn Diagram. Resources
- Teacher to show 2 examples - Powerpoint and worksheet.
- Students to try worksheet given.

Lesson Objectives
8.2 Vectors
Week 3 : Lesson 2 Week 3 : Lesson 2
- Introduction to Vectors Teachers to ensure that students
(consisting of magnitude and know that vectors can be
direction) represented by columns
Topics covered
Resources
- Vectors notation
- Addtion and Subtraction - Powerpoint presentation
- Multiplication by scalar - Textbook
- Parallel Vectors - Worksheets
- Magnitude
- Teacher to ensure students
understand the effect of positive
and negative value in vectors.
- Activity: students to dance to
column vectors.

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Lesson Objectives
- 8.2 Vector Geometry
Week 3 : Lesson 3 Week 3: Lesson 3
- Teacher to recap previous topics - Teacher to ensure students
- Teacher to demonstrate 5 understand the concept of scalar
questions of Vector Geometry factor for parallel vectors and
- Students to do in pairs worksheet questions involving regular
and textbook work given. hexagons.
Resources
- Powerpoint and worksheet.

Lesson Objectives
8.3 FUNCTIONS
Week 4: Lesson 1 Week 4 : Lesson 1
- Introduction to functions Teachers to ensure that students
Topics covered know how to show the workings for
- Teacher to explain the questions involving functions.
requirement of questions such as
Resources
f (5) concept of substitution,
- Powerpoint presentation
( x)=10 : concept of solving x - Textbook
- Worksheets
and also introduce students to
composite functions.
- Teacher to demonstrate a few
questions.
- Formative assessment: teacher
to pick a few students to solve
questions given on the board.
(questions involving substituting
in composite functions) eg:
gf (5)

Lesson Objectives
- 8.2 INVERSE FUNCTIONS
Week 4: Lesson 2 Week 4 : Lesson 2
- Teacher to recap composite - Teacher to ensure students
functions. understand the concept inverse
- Teacher to demonstrate 3 functions.
questions for inverse functions. Resources

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- Students to do in pairs , - Powerpoint and worksheet.
worksheet and textbook work
given.
Lesson Objectives
- Revision (1 period)
Week 4 : Lesson 3 Week 4: Lesson 3
- File Checking/Homework - Teacher to ensure EACH student
Checking has a try in the game.
- Revision through Jeopardy
Game. Resources
- Powerpoint
- Worksheet.

Week 5: Chinese New Year Holiday

Lesson Objectives
- CA 1
Week 6 : Lesson 1 Week 6 : Lesson 1
- CA1 CA1

Lesson Objectives
- 7.1 GRAPHS- Drawing accurate graphs, Gradient, Length and
Midpoint
Week 6 : Lesson 2 Week 4 : Lesson 2
- Teacher to recap the method of - Teacher to ensure students
drawing accurate straight line understand and remember the
graph. method to find gradient, length
- Teacher to further explain that and midpoint.
the graph can be used to
determine its gradient, length Resources
and midpoint. - Powerpoint and worksheet.
- Students to try examples given
with teacher to guide them.
- Students to try worksheet given.

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 Week 6 Lesson 3: Public Holiday

Lesson Objectives
Y =mx +c (Straight Line Graphs)

Week 7: Lesson 1 Week 7 : Lesson 1

- Teacher to recap the meaning of - Teacher to ensure students
m and c in the understand the concept of
y=intercept. (When x=0 )
equation Y =mx +c
Resources
- Students to discuss how to find
the equation of a straight line if - Powerpoint and worksheet.
given - Tarsias and Cardboard.
1. two co-ordinates
2. One coordinate and a straight
line equation
- Activity: Students form a group of 5
to complete tarsias.
DIFFERENTIATION: Able students are
given a different task: Mini murder
mystery.
-Students to paste their evidence of
work at the board outside of their
class.
Lesson Objectives
- Revision (1 PERIOD)
Jeopardy Games Teacher to ensure each student has a chance to answer
questions.
Lesson Objectives
- Plotting Curve and Interpret Graphs
Week 7 : Lesson 3 Week 7 : Lesson 3
- Teacher to recap the general - Teacher to ensure that students
equation of a straight line draw their curves accurately with
Y =mx +c sharp pencils.
Resources
- Teacher to explain that there are
non linear graphs (Teacher to - Powerpoint and worksheet.
show some example)
- Students to try to draw quadratic
curve
- Students to interpret graphs

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 given.

Lesson Objectives
Graphical Solutions
Interpreting Graph
Week 8 : Lesson 1 Week 8 : Lesson 1
Students to plot Quadratic Curves Teacher to ensure that students
as a review. know how to find the equations to
Students to understand that find solutions graphically.
graphical solutions requires them to
draw an extra straight line graph to
find the intersection point as
solutions
- Students to Interpret simple
graph (Conversion Rate)

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Week 8 Lesson 2: (Medical Leave)
Lesson Objectives
- Distance-Time Graph and Speed-Time Graph

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Week 8 : Lesson 3 Week 8: Lesson 3
- Teacher to discuss with students Teacher to ensure students
the meaning of gradient for D-T understand the concept of D-T and S-
graph and S-T graph, as well as T graph.
area of S-T graph.
Resources
- Students to interpret the graphs
given. - Powerpoint and worksheet.

Week 9 : Lesson 1 Week 8 : Lesson 1

Revision for CA 2 Revision for CA 2
Lesson Objectives
CA 2
Week 9 : Lesson 2 Week 9 : Lesson 2
CA 2 CA 2
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Lesson Objectives
- Revision for Term 2 Exam
Week 9 : Lesson 3 Week 9 : Lesson 3
- Revision for Term 2 Exam. Revision for Term 2 Exam

Lesson Objectives
- TERM 2 EXAM
Week 10 : Lesson 1 Week 10 : Lesson 1
TERM 2 EXAM TERM 2 EXAM
Lesson Objectives
TERM 2 EXAM
Week 10 : Lesson 2 Week 10 : Lesson 2
- TERM 2 EXAM TERM 2 EXAM
Lesson Objectives
- TERM 2 EXAM

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Week 10 : Lesson 3 Week 10 : Lesson 3
- TERM 2 EXAM
TERM 2 EXAM

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