Hoy Vux Redux

My Algebra 1 students simply late finished learning to graph horizontal too vertical lines.  For this, I used, equally before, the mnemonic device - HOY VUX.  

H - Horizontal Line

0 - Zero Slope

Y - Graph Crosses the Y-Axis

V - Vertical Line

U - Undefined Slope

X - Graph Crosses the X-Axis

HOY VUX has e'er reminded me of those give-and-take puzzles that correspond a mutual phrase.  Like concluding year, I gave unopen to of these to my students to figure out earlier nosotros jumped into the math business office of the day's lesson.  

Mind Over Matter

Surprisingly, my students weren't equally familiar amongst these equally I expected.  They likewise weren't quite equally competitive equally I had anticipated.

That's okay.  I know how to produce that.

Jolly Ranchers

Jolly Rancher Bribery.  First individual to heighten their paw too laissez passer on the right answer gets a jolly rancher.

Word Puzzle

Just when I thought my students were almost to acquire the hang of these puzzles, I set upwards this one.

None of my Algebra 1 classes were able to figure it out.

One of my student's answer to this 1 made me laugh.  The answer is "Excuse Me."  However, 1 of my students interpreted it equally "Execute Me."  

After going through almost vii or too thus to a greater extent than puzzles, I set upwards the letters HOY VUX.  I pretended it was a puzzle, too I waited to come across what my students would brand of it.  

In 1 class, students started controversy almost what linguistic communication it was written in.  Apparently, it must endure a High German word!  After listening to their fence for a lilliputian while, I told my students that I needed to apologize.  This wasn't genuinely a puzzle at all.  This would endure our lesson for the day.  

Last year's HOYVUX foldable worked fine, but I knew I wanted to alter it upwards somehow this year.  First, I'll present yous concluding year's notebook page.  Then, I'll present yous the changes I made for this year.   

Last Year's HOY VUX Foldable - Outside

Last Year's HOY VUX Foldable - Inside

I was inspired yesteryear Jan's post almost HOY VUX at Equation Freak.  I loved how she had arranged her interactive notebook page too thus that the HOY notes were written horizontally too the VUX notes were written vertically.  I decided to accept her layout too plow it into a foldable.  

This may non guide maintain been my brightest idea.  

First, I had students cutting out the templates for their foldables.

HOY VUX Template

  Next, I showed students which lines to cutting on to shape their flaps.

I highlighted the cut-lines for yous above.  Here's the motion-picture present I drew for my students on the SMART Board.

It's non pretty, but it got the project done.

HOY VUX Foldable

We labeled the exterior flaps HOY too VUX.  The corner rectangle contains notes on when to purpose HOY too when to purpose VUX.

HOY VUX Foldable - Outside

Remember when I said this wasn't my brightest idea?  Oh, my students were enough impressed amongst the fact that HOY was written horizontally too VUX was written vertically.  It was fun to come across students realize the connecter too remark, "I come across what yous did there!"  

But, they were to a greater extent than impressed amongst what our foldable reminded them of.  Can yous come across it?  Maybe this volition help.

In all 3 sections of Algebra 1, I had at to the lowest degree 1 pupil exclaim to the bird that nosotros had simply made a gun-shaped foldable.  They boys were presently belongings their foldables upwards to 1 unopen to other too pretending to shoot each other.  "Look!  You fifty-fifty gave us a trigger!"  Yeah.  That was definitely NOT what I intended.  

Here are the within of the notes:

HOY - Graphing Horizontal Lines Notes (Inside of Foldable)

VUX - Graphing Vertical Lines Notes (Inside of Foldable)

We likewise created a modest poof booklet to exercise graphing horizontal too vertical lines with.

Graphing Horizontal too Vertical Lines Poof Booklet

Inside, at that spot are half dozen equations for students to exercise graphing.  Students are asked to position if the equation falls into the category of HOY or VUX.  Then, they guide maintain to tell which axis the graph volition cross too where it volition cross that axis.

Inside of Poof Booklet

The file for this booklet has been uploaded below.  If yous desire to a greater extent than data on how to flexure this agency of booklet, check out this post.  The instructions are written for assembling a booklet to exercise finding gradient too intercepts, but the steps volition endure the same.  

Here's a facial expression at the completed page.

Completed Notebook Page

Other than the fact that my students recall the foldable looks similar a gun, I'm genuinely liking the changes that I made to this page.  

Files guide maintain been uploaded below.  If yous guide maintain problem downloading the files, delight email me.  I volition endure happy to attach the files yous demand too transportation them to you.  

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