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AMS Unit Overview | |

|Unit 3 |Summary |Projects, Essays, Assessments, Portfolio |

| | |Piece(s), Whole-class text |

|Grade: 10 |In this unit, students will learn how to write and graph piecewise functions. They will learn the| |

|Subject: Math – Algebra 2/Trig |significance of a piecewise function in the real-world, specifically in the context of cost |Purchasing Manager project |

|Title of Unit: Piecewise Functions |breaks and product-ordering. |Homework set #3 |

| | |Unit quiz |

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|Day # |Aim/Topic |Activity Summary |Content Objectives |Process Objectives |

| | | |(Student will be able to…) |(Students will be encouraged to…) |

|1 |How do we graph a function with a |Opening activity matching between word problems |…Graph a function with a restricted domain. |…Draw connections between different |

| |restricted domain? |and graphs. (individual; pair-share) | |representations. |

| | | |…Define a sensible domain for a giving problem | |

| | |Mini lesson Discuss what a restricted domain is.|context. |...Analyze the reasonableness of a source of |

| | |“Why doesn’t it make sense to talk about | |info. |

| | |negative quantities in this scenario?” “How can |Key Terms: | |

| | |we write an appropriate description of function |Restricted domain | |

| | |using just algebra?” (whole-class) | | |

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| | |Practice converting between word problem, | | |

| | |algebra, and graph for restricted domain. (pair)| | |

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| | |Exit Quiz (individual) | | |

|2 |What are piecewise functions, and |Opening activity matching between word problems |...Graph a piecewise function. |...Draw reasonable conclusions. |

| |how do we graph them? |and graphs. (individual; pair-share; whole-class| | |

| | |share out) |Key Terms: |…Practice precision. |

| | | |Piecewise function | |

| | |Mini lesson on notation and graphing. | | |

| | |(whole-class) | | |

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| | |Practice making piecewise graphs, and using | | |

| | |them to make predictions. (pairs) | | |

|3 |How do we go from words to piecewise|Opening Activity filling in missing parts of a |…Write a piecewise function given a word |...Draw connections between different |

| |functions? |piecewise function or graph, given word |problem. |representations. |

| | |descriptions. (individual/pair-share) | | |

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| | |Activity rotating stations of word problems. | | |

| | |(groups) | | |

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| | |Homework Set #3 | | |

|4 – 5 |Purchasing manager project |Activity given various cost breaks from |…Apply their knowledge of piecewise graphs to a |…Apply learned knowledge. |

| | |different vendors, students will create a |complex real-world scenario. | |

| | |piecewise purchasing graph. | | |

|6 |Unit Review / Quiz | | | |

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