Chapter 1

Chapter 1:  Introduction to Deductive Logic  (click to see old units)

COVID Era Chapter 1 Videos

Chapter 1 Proficiency Set (print this if you do not have internet access during class)

• Day 1: Themes of the Class, Class Policies and Format, The First Postulates

  • • Course Description for Students and Parents

    • Browse the above Pre-Requisites section

    • Please send me a quick email with your name and any preferred pronouns if you want me to have them

    • Write a "proof" of "If two lines intersect, then they intersect at exactly one point"

    • Read and Complete Chapter 1, Section 1 (1.1):  #1-13 odd, 14-17, 21-35, 37, AR 1-11 odd

• Day 2:  Segments and 1.1 Requests

  • • Detailed Information about Homework, Notes, and Proficiency Sets (passed out in class)

    • 1.2:  #5-9 odd, 16-19, 21-26, 33-39 odd, 40, 41, 43-45, AR 1-4

    • Seriously!  Browse the above Pre-Requisites section.  Every year students blow this off and it comes back and destroys them on tests.

    • Start working on the Chapter 1 Proficiency Set

    • Math Lab Hours

• Day 3:  Angles (45)

  • • 1.3:  #1-7 odd, 15-51 odd, 52, MR 1-6

• Day 4:  1.2 Requests, Congruency, and Triangles

  • • 1.4:  #9-21 odd, 24-28, 34-39, 48, AR 4, 6 

    • Start 1.5:  #1-23, 27-37

    • Get Caught Up

• Day 5:  Conditionals, 1.3 Requests

  • • Finish 1.5:  #1-23, 27-37

    • 1.6:  #1-35 odd, 46

    • Think up and write down a biconditional that pertains to the real world

• Day 6:  1.4 Requests (45)

  • • Get caught up

    • 1.7:  #1-25 odd, 38 (feel free to start if you want to make life easier)

• Day 7:  1.5 Requests and Truth Tables

  • • Truth Table Assignment

      • • Truth Table Answers

    • 1.7:  #1-25 odd, 38

• Day 8:  Truth Table Requests, Properties of Equality and Congruency Theorems

  • • 1.8:  #1-34, not 18 or 32

    • Make sure to go back and relook at ALL old assignments

    • Finish Proficiency Set #1.  The sooner you turn it in, the sooner you can get feedback before the test

    • Study Buddies Flyer (peer tutoring program)

    • Watch the Following Videos (ran out of time in class)

      • • Video 9: If Two Segments are Congruent to a Third Segment, Then They are Congruent

        • Video 10:  Same Thing, But With Angles

• Day 9:  1.6 Requests (45)

  • • Study for the Chapter 1 Test

    • Finish PS #1.  Your initial submission is due BEFORE the start of Day 12.  This score is worth 10% of your grade.

• Day 10:  1.7 Requests,  1.8 Requests and We Start Proofs

  • • Study for the Chapter 1 Test

    • Finish PS #1.  Your initial submission is due BEFORE the start of Day 11.  This score is worth 10% of your grade.

    • If you don't like your Chapter 1 Test score and you want to recapture points, you MUST turn in your chapter 1 homework portfolio to qualify for a Proficiency Set Recapture.  

    • 2.1:  #1, 3, 5-15, MR 1-4

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• Day 11:  Relationships Between Angles

  • • Study for the Chapter 1 Test

    • Attempt a proof of VAT and show Mr. B before Day 14 if possible

    • 2.1:  #1, 3, 5-15, MR 1-4

    • 2.2:  #1-25 odd, 26-39, AR 1-4

• Day 12:  Buffer Day, PS 1 Feedback (45)

  • • Finish PS #1.  Your initial submission is due BEFORE the start of Day 13.  This score is worth 10% of your grade.

    • 2.1:  #1, 3, 5-15, MR 1-4

    • 2.2:  #1-25 odd, 26-39, AR 1-4

• Day 13:  Chapter 1 Test (NO tests get time extensions.  Welcome to high school)

  • • 2.1:  #1, 3, 5-15, MR 1-4

    • 2.2:  #1-25 odd, 26-39, AR 1-4