Somersworth High School – Algebra II Curriculum Map       2003-2004

September/February

 

·        Expressions and Formulas

·        Real Number Properties

·        Stem and Leaf Plots, Measures of Central Tendencies, Line Plots

·        Solving Equations

·        Solve Absolute Value Equations

·        Solving Inequalities

·        Absolute Value Inequalities

 

·        Relations and Functions

·        Linear Equations

·        Slope

·        Determine the Equation of the Line

·        Scatter Plots

·        Special Functions

·        Graphing Linear Inequalities

 

·        Graphing Systems of Equations

·        Substitution and Elimination

·        Cramer’s Rule

 

Proficiencies

· Solving Equations and Inequalities

·        Graphing Special Functions

October/March

 

·        Solving Systems of Inequalities

·        Linear Programming

·        Systems with Three Variables

 

·        Properties of Matrices

·        Matrix Multiplication

·        Matrices and their Determinants

 

·        Monomials

·        Polynomials

·        Dividing Polynomials

·        Factoring

·        Roots of Real Numbers

 

Mid-semester Exam

 

Proficiencies

·        Solving Systems of Equations and Inequalities

·        Matrices

 

November/April

 

·        Radical Expressions

·        Radical Exponents

·        Solving Radical Equations and Inequalities

·        Complex Numbers

 

·        Quadratic Equations

·        Solving Quadratic Equations by factoring

·        Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

·        The Quadratic Formula

·        The Quadratic discriminant

·        Sum and Product of the Roots

 

 

Proficiencies

·        Polynomials

·        Radicals and Complex Numbers

December/May

 

·        Analyze Graphs of Quadratic Functions

·        Graphing and Solving Quadratic Inequalities

 

·        Distance and Midpoint Formulas

·        Parabolas

·        Circles

·        Ellipses

·        Hyperbolas

·        Conic Sections

 

·        Polynomial Functions

·        The Remainder and Factor Theorem

·        Graphing Polynomial Functions and Approximating the Zeros

·        Roots and Zeros

·        Composition of Functions

 

Proficiencies

·        Solving Quadratics Equations and Graphing

 

January/June

 

·        Real Exponents and Exponential Functions

·        Logarithms and Logarithmic Functions

·        Properties of Logarithms

·        Simplifying Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

 

Proficiencies

·        Conics

 

Final Exam