Geometry Honors 07-08 1st Semester

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Final Exam tomorrow!
  • You will want EVERY single second of your exam time tomorrow.
  • This means you will want to come in BEFORE the bell and get yourself ready for the exam.
  • Because I want to be fair and give both Geo Hon classes the same amount of time to take the Final Exam, 4th period students will be allowed to begin the exam at 9:35 a.m. if any so choose. This will give both classes an hour and 50 minutes to take the exam. (3rd per. exam: 7:35-9:25; 4th per. exam: 9:35-11:25)
  • Don't forget to bring in the following items tomorrow:
  • #2 pencils
  • calculator
  • one-page reference sheet
  • scrap paper packet
  • SAT Practice Problems (stapled together)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Final Exam is Thursday!

Bring in the folowing materials on Thursday:
  • #2 pencils
  • calculator
  • one page reference sheet of notes (your name MUST be HIGHLIGHTED in the upper right hand corner of the paper!)
  • scrap paer packet (staple at LEAST 5 sheets of paper together to use as scrap paper on Thursday! Write your name and period in the upper right hand corner of the packet!)

those of you who forgot to bring your books back today may only return them BEFORE school or in betwen exams. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, interrupt any of my exams!

Exam Schedule on Thursday:

1st exam: 7:35-9:30

2nd exam: 9:45-11:35

Lunch: 11:35-12:05

Buses leave at 12:25

Monday, January 14, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS!!
to our Geometry Competition Team!

  • they placed 6th out of 32 schools! good job guys and gals!

Practice Final Exam!!!


  • finish whatever we did not go over in class today!

One-page reference sheet!


  • eight and half by eleven inches
  • front and back

Textbooks

  • bring them back tomorrow!
  • if they are not turned in by tomorrow, you will be not be allowed to use your one-page reference sheet on the exam

Friday, January 11, 2008

Competition Team!!!!
please go to http://msichan.com and download the practice geo competition tests and practice if you get bored. perhaps you might want to print them up and take them with you on the bus ride up to Naples. :o)

Practice Final Exam

  • practice AGAIN!
  • we will be discussing 24-70 on Monday
  • begin making your one page reference sheet
  • 8 and a hlaf inches by 11 inches
  • front and back
  • name MUST be highlighted in green or blue in the upper right hand corner if you want extra credit for it

Logic Quiz

  • on Monday!
  • review your HW problems!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

#14.7 Direct Proofs

Aim: to prove a statement is true by writing a direct proof
  • (1-13) all

#14.8 Conditional Proofs

Aim: to prove a conditional statement is true by writing a conditional proof

  • (1-11) all

Practice Final Exam

  • (1-32) should be done by tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

#14.4 The Symbols of Logic

Aim: to determine valid conclusions using accepted forms of valid reasoning
  • (16-24) all

#14.5 The Law of Syllogism

Aim: to determine valid conclusions using accepted forms of valid reasoning

  • (1-17) all

#14.6 The Law of Contrapositive

Aim: to determine valid conclusions using accepted forms of valid reasoning

  • (1-24) all

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

#14.3 Deductive Reasoning

Aim 1: to use MP or MT to determine a valid conclusion
Aim 2: to translate an English argument into symbolic form and vice-versa


  • (1-10) all
  • (17-33) all

You might want to type this homework out as there is alot of writing.

For example, #17 should look like the following below:

English argument:

If Sherlock Holmes gathers all the clues, then he will be victorious. Sherlock Holmes gathers all the clues.

Symbolic argument:

Let P: Sherlock Holmes gathers all the clues.

Let Q: He will be victorious.

P----->Q

P

Conclusion?

Therefore Q by MP.

He will be victorious.

__________________________________________

#18 should look like:

English argument:

If Golum is carnivorous, then Golum is dangerous. Golum is dangerous.

Symbolic translation:

Let P: Golum is carnivorous.

Let Q: Golum is dangerous.

P------>Q

Q

Conclusion?

no valid conclusion because the symbolic argument does not look like either one of our vald forms of reasoning: MP or MT

Remember, you only know 2 forms of valid reasoning! They are:

MP

P---->Q

P

Conclusion?

Therefore, Q.

___________________

MT

P---->Q

~Q

Conclusion?

Therefore, ~P.