Algebra Two Describing Graphs Unit

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For Made 4 Math Monday, I desire to percentage some resources I created for a recent Algebra 2 unit of measurement on describing graphs.

I introduced this unit of measurement to my Algebra 2 students past times having them play graphing pictionary.  I used the domain together with hit graphing cards from Zero-Knowledge Proofs.  I gave each educatee 2 pages of cards to cutting apart together with popular off on inward their notebook.  My students were surprisingly impressed past times the pocket-size steal nosotros created to popular off on the cards in.  

Card Pocket for Interactive Notebook

Domain / Range Pictionary Cards

I had the students interruption upwards into pairs.  One student's chore was to hold upwards the describer.  The other educatee was the drawer.  I gave students 1 infinitesimal to clitoris the graph to their partner.  It was quite enlightening to simply walk closed to the room together with head to the vocabulary my students were using.  I was hoping to listen students discussing the domain, range, x-intercepts, or y-intercepts.  I hadn't introduced these price yet, but I was hoping that they had been introduced to these concepts inward Algebra 1.  I didn't listen whatever of these specific terms, but I did larn extremely excited when I heard a educatee move the give-and-take "quadrant."    

(I actually wishing I had sentiment of letting my students play this 1 time again at the halt of the unit of measurement to demo how much they had grown!)

After letting the students produce out through the process, I attempted to refresh their memories of the concepts of domain together with range.  

On twenty-four hours 2 of the unit, nosotros created a foldable to summarize the 3 types of notation for domain/range.  You tin read to a greater extent than nearly this foldable here.

Domain / Range Notation Foldable

After creating the foldable, nosotros wrote the domain together with hit of the dorsum of each of the graphs from our gear upwards of pictionary cards.  I intended for my students to hold upwards able to move these equally flashcards, but I never saw them move them equally such inward class.

My side past times side destination was for students to hold upwards able to recognize x-intercepts, y-intercepts, maximum together with minimum values, together with vertical together with horizontal asymptotes.

I summarized these for my students inward a booklet foldable for their interactive notebooks.

Characteristics of Graphs together with Functions Foldable - Outside

Characteristics of Graphs together with Functions Foldable - Inside

My students seemed to easily grasp the concepts of intercepts, maximums, together with minimums.  The concept of an asymptote seemed to elude most of them.  I did move the HOY VUX mnemonic to handle my students hollo upwards how to write the equations of horizontal together with vertical lines.  But, I'm nonetheless non happy amongst my introduction of asymptotes.  I taught this unit of measurement earlier instruction rational expressions, together with thus I couldn't precisely explicate to my students what caused asymptotes.  This is definitely towards the plow over of my "figure out how to learn this improve side past times side year" list.  

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