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Semester Plan
Class: Calculus Grade: 12
th
Teacher: Carlos Ordez Mondragn
Class Description: The course ill !e de"eloped according a detailed s#lla!us$ in e"er# unit there ill !e a arm up period that aims to re"ie the prior
learning needed to de"elop ade%uatel# the ne content$ and e"er# topic ill ha"e$ teacher and student centered$ educati"e acti"ities that ill !e assessed
ith &ormati"e and summati"e assessment'
The &irst to units ill introduce the students to the stud# o& limits and the conditions &or continuit#$ theorems o& limits and limits in"ol"ing in&init#:
"ertical and horizontal as#mptotes o& rational &unctions' Then$ the students ill use the di&&erentiation rules and techni%ues to sol"e applied pro!lems'
General O!(ecti"es:
To use the concept o& limits to calculate limits o& &unctions &rom their graphs and e%uations'
Determine the t#pe o& discontinuit# o& a &unction in a gi"en point'
To use the de&inition and rules o& deri"ati"e o& a &unction in order to calculate them'
)se the deri"ati"es properties to sol"e applied pro!lems'
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)nit 1: LIMITS AND CONTINUITY )nit Dates: *ugust 12
th
to Septem!er +,th$ 2,1-
Speci&ic O!(ecti"es Contents . Themes /um!er o& Da#s 0"aluation Speci&ic
O!(ecti"es
Chec1 the prior learning s1ills
ac%uired and strengthen the
principal 1noledge to !e used
in the unit'
Diagnostic Tests and Prior 2earning Practice
+
*lge!ra: /umeric 3alue
o& an *lge!raic
04pression'
5unctions: De&initions$
Graphs$ Properties and
Trans&ormations' 6ational
5unctions'
)nderstand the meaning o& the
term limit o& a &unction and its
mathematical notation'
2imits o& a 5unction: 7ntuiti"e Concept and
De&inition
+
5ind the limit o& a
&unction in a gi"en "alue
o& the domain$
numericall# and
alge!raicall#'
)se correctl# the
mathematical notation o&
limits'
)se the theorems o& limits to
e"aluate more comple4
&unctions limits in a gi"en point'
Theorems o& 2imits +
0"aluate a comple4 limit
o& a &unction using the
theorems o& limits'
7denti&# and e"aluate
numericall# one sided limits'
One Sided 2imits +
5ind the "alue o& a one
sided limit numericall#'
7denti&# and e"aluate in&inite
limits'
7n&inite 2imits +
5ind the "alue o& a
in&inite limit'
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Speci&ic O!(ecti"es Contents . Themes /um!er o& Da#s
0"aluation Speci&ic
O!(ecti"es
)nderstand the concept o&
continuit# o& a &unction'
Continuit# o& a 5unction on a /um!er +
Determine the inter"als o&
num!ers here a &unction
is continuous'
)se the theorems o& continuit#
to simpli&# the process to
determine the numerical "alues
here a &unction is continuous'
Theorems o& Continuit# +
)se the theorems o&
limits to &ind the
continuit# o& a &unction'
Determine the "alue o& a limit to
the in&init# i& e4ist'
2imits at 7n&init# -
)se the correct
techni%ues to &ind the
"alue o& a limit at in&init#'
S1etch the graph o& rational
&unctions using its properties'
8orizontal and 3ertical *s#mptotes o& 6ational
5unctions
9
5ind the horizontal and
"ertical as#mptotes to
s1etch the graph o& a
rational &unction'
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)nit 2: THE DERIVATIVE )nit Dates: Octo!er 1
st
to /o"em!er 2,th $ 2,1-
Speci&ic O!(ecti"es Contents . Themes /um!er o& Da#s 0"aluation Speci&ic
O!(ecti"es
Chec1 the prior learning s1ills
ac%uired and strengthen the
principal 1noledge to !e used
in the unit'
Prior 2earning Practice +
Coordinate Geometr#:
2inear 5unctions and its
Components: Slopes$
0%uations and Graphs'

5unctions: Trigonometric$
04ponential and
2ogarithmic 5unctions'
Composition o&
5unctions'
De&ine the secant and tangent
line in gi"en points o& di&&erent
&unctions'
The Tangent 2ine in a Gi"en Point o& a Cur"e +
)se the de&inition o&
secant to &ind the tangent
li ne in a gi"en point'
)se the de&inition o&
instantaneous "elocit# to
interpret the rectilinear motion
o& a particle'
7nstantaneous 3elocit# in 6ectilinear Motion +
)se the de&inition o&
tangent line in a gi"en
point to &ind the
instantaneous "elocit# o&
a particle in a rectilinear
motion'
De&ine the deri"ati"e o& a
&unction'
The Deri"ati"e o& a 5unction -
5ind the deri"ati"e o& a
&unction and understand
its meaning'
)se the theorems o&
di&&erentiation to &ind the
deri"ati"e o& composite
alge!raic &unctions'
Theorems o& Di&&erentiation o& *lge!raic
5unctions
+
5ind the deri"ati"e o&
comple4 alge!raic
&unctions'
5ind the higher order deri"ati"es
e4pressions and its meaning'
8igher Order Deri"ati"es and *pplications +
Determine the higher
order deri"ati"es &rom a
gi"en &unction and its
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Speci&ic O!(ecti"es Contents . Themes /um!er o& Da#s
0"aluation Speci&ic
O!(ecti"es
applications'
)se the chain rule to determine
deri"ati"es o& composite
&unctions'
The Chain 6ule 9
)se the chain rule to
o!tain the deri"ati"e o&
composite &unctions'
5ind the deri"ati"e o&
transcendental &unctions using
gi"en &ormulas'
Trigonometric 5unctions and 7n"erse
Trigonometric 5unctions Deri"ati"es
+
)se the &ormulas o&
deri"ati"es o&
trigonometric and in"erse
trigonometric &unctions'
5ind the deri"ati"e o&
transcendental &unctions using
gi"en &ormulas'
2ogarithmic and 04ponential 5unctions
Deri"ati"es
+
)se the &ormulas o&
deri"ati"es o& e4ponential
and logarithmic
&unctions'