Thursday, 26 April 2012

Fri 27th / Mon 30th Apr – Past Exam Paper

LEARNING
OBJECTIVE: Practice Exam Questions

SUCCESS
CRITERIA: You will gain grade B or A in the exam

LESSON: Hand out papers and let students work through questions with support

PLENARY: Checking Answers with mark scheme

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Mon Apr 23rd / Thurs Apr 26th – Going Over Nov 2010 Exam Papers

LEARNING OBJECTVIE: To revise Higher questions using Past Exam Paper Questions

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able improve your exam attainemtn in next past paper attempt

STARTER: Hand out any papers I still have, students to look thorugh questions to suggest topics/Questions to look at.

Nov 2010 paper 3H, Mark Scheme Paper 3H

Nov 2010 Paper 4H , Mark Scheme Paper 4h

LESSON: Working through exam paper questions, with more questions for students to practice where possible.

PLENARY: Checking student confidence

Fri Apr 20th – Using the Cosine rule to solve Triangle problems

LEARNING OBJECTVIE: TO be able to solve problems when triangles are NOT right angled

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will know when, and how to use the Cosine rule to solve problems

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY

LESSON: Cosine Rule using this lesson.
If time more problems on page 488 – Ex 22H of Higher Text Book


 

PLENARIES: Checking Answers throughout the lesson, Student feedback

 

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Thurs 19th Apr – Revision of Sine Rule and How to Use the Cosine Rule

LEARNING OBJECTVIE: TO be able to solve problems when triangles are NOT right angled

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will know when, and how to use the Sine rule to solve problems, you will know when, and how to use the Cosine rule to solve problems.

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY:
Sine Rule Problems to Have a Go At

LESSON: Use above problems to revise Sine Rule.

If Sine Rule questions are being solved fairly easily move onto Cosine Rule using this lesson.

PLENARIES: Checking Answers throughout the lesson, Student feedback

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Mon Apr 16th – Trigonometry, Sine, Rule, Cosine Rule

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: TO revise Trigonometry including Sine rule and introduce the cosine rule

SUCCESS CRITERIA: Students Will be able to solve exam problems involving triangles

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: How high is that tree?

LESSON: Collect in homework – two past papers

Get as much as possible out of students regards their knowledge and understanding of trigonometry(SOHCAHTOA and Sine Rule)

Look at some problems on IWB Pages 56 & 57 of this document.

If time introduce the cosine rule as well, using this lesson.

PLENARY: Checking answers, student feedback and confidence.