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Geometry Principles (Course #222) Syllabus
Miss Miller
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is for the college bound student. It is designed to help increase the student’s knowledge
of mathematics and critical thinking skills. The course covers angles and their relationships, inductive
and deductive reasoning, perpendicular and parallel lines and planes, congruent and similar triangles,
circles, polygons, right triangle trigonometry, perimeter, area, surface area, and volume. (As stated in
the Avon Grove High School Course Selection Book 2010-11)
MATERIALS NEEDED
The following materials are needed EVERY day for participation in class:
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Pencil
Textbook - Geometry
Scientific Calculator
3-Ring binder of at least 1” thickness with 5 dividers as follows:
o Section 1: Warm-Ups/Notes
o Section 2: Writing
o Section 3: Homework
o Section 4: Returned Work
o Section 5: Syllabus and Rules
GRADING POLICY
1. Grades are based on a weighted system.
Homework: 15%
Quizzes, Notebook, Classwork & Projects: 25%
Tests: 60%
Your letter grade is then determined by the grading scale used by the AGSD:
A+ = 98-100
A = 94-97
A- = 91-93
B+ = 88-90
B = 84-87
B- = 81-83
C+ = 78-80
C = 74-77
C- = 71-73
D+ = 68-70
D = 64-67
D- = 60-63
2. Grades can be earned through the following:
Homework: daily; 5 points each
Quizzes: after every 2-3 sections
Pop Quizzes: unannounced
Notebook Quizzes: Twice a marking period
Notebook: once each marking period
Special Project(s): TBA
Test: after every Chapter
3. If you are absent from class, check the bins in the front of the room for any work. Missed
assignments must be made up within THREE school days of the absence. It is the student’s
responsibility to make the proper arrangements. If you are going to miss class for a band lesson,
guidance appointment or field trip you must receive permission (and the homework) first. If you
miss a test or a quiz, your name will appear on the front board until you complete the missed
assessment.
4. Acts of dishonorable behavior will not be tolerated. All math students are expected to follow the
Academic Honor Code for all work completed in this course. The Honor Code will therefore be
strictly enforced.
5. Notebooks will be graded near the end of each marking period. Students will be given at least 2
days notice of when they will be checked. If a notebook is not handed in by 3 p.m. on the
designated day the student will be penalized 5 points per day for every day that it is late. (This
does not include student absences.)
6. Notebook quizzes will be given to assess organization and responsibility.
HOMEWORK POLICY
Generally, homework will be assigned every night. You will receive 5 points for a complete
assignment or a 0 for an incomplete assignment. If you are absent, you have 3 days to make up your
missed assignment. Your grade will be recorded as a 0 until you turn in the missed work. If you are
absent for an extended amount of time, please speak with Miss Miller about making up your missed
assignments.
COURSE CONTENT
Ch.1 Tools of Geometry
Ch. 7 Similar Polygons
1.3 Points, Lines & Planes
1.4 Segments, Rays, Parallel Lines & Planes
1.5 Measuring Segments
1.6 Measuring Angles
7.1 Ratio and Proportion
7.2 Similar Polygons
7.3 Proving Triangles Similar
7.5 Proportions in Triangles
Ch. 2 Reasoning & Proof
2.1 Conditional Statements
2.2 Biconditionals & Definitions
2.3 Deductive Reasoning
2.4 Reasoning in Algebra
2.5 Proving Angles Congruent
Proof Mini Unit
Ch. 3 Parallel & Perpendicular Lines
3.1 Properties of Parallel Lines
3.2 Proving Lines Parallel
3.3 Parallel & Perpendicular Lines
3.4 Parallel Lines and Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem
3.5 The Polygon Angle-Sum Theorems
Ch. 4 Congruent Triangles
4.1 Congruent Figures
4.2 Triangle Congruence by SSS & SAS
4.3 Triangle Congruence by ASA & AAS
4.4 Using Congruent Triangles: CPCTC
4.5 Isosceles & Equilateral Triangles
4.6 Congruence in Right Triangles (HL)
Ch. 5 Relationships Within Triangles
5.1 Midsegments of Triangles
5.2 Bisectors in Triangles
5.3 Concurrent Lines, Medians & Altitudes
5.4 Inverses, Contrapositives & Indirect Reasoning
5.5 Inequalities in Triangles
Ch. 6 Quadrilaterals
6.2 Properties of Parallelograms
6.3 Proving that a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram
6.4 Special Parallelograms
6.1 Classify Parallelograms
6.5 Trapezoids & Kites
6.7 Proofs Using Coordinate Geometry
Radical Unit
Ch. 8 Right Triangles & Trigonometry
7.4 Similarity in Right Triangles
8.1 The Pythagorean Theorem & its Converse
1.8 The Coordinate Plane
8.2 Special Right Triangles
8.3 The Tangent Ratio
8.4 Sine & Cosine Ratios
8.5 Angle of Elevation & Depression
Ch. 10 Area
1.9 Perimeter, Circumference & Area
10.1 Areas of Parallelograms & Triangles
10.2 Area of Trapezoids, Rhombuses & Kites
10.3 Areas of Regular Polygons
10.4 Perimeters & Areas of Similar Figures
10.6 Circles & Areas
10.7 Areas of Circles & Sectors
10.8 Geometric Probability
Ch. 11 Surface Area & Volume
11.1 Space Figures & Cross Sections
11.2 Surface Areas of Prisms & Cylinders
11.3 Surface Areas of Pyramids & Cones
11.4 Volumes of Prisms & Cylinders
11.5 Volumes of Pyramids & Cones
11.6 Surface Areas & Volumes of Spheres
11.7 Areas & Volumes of Similar Solids
Ch. 12 Circles
12.1 Tangent Lines
12.2 Chords & Arcs
12.3 Inscribed Angles
12.4 Angle Measures & Segment Length