GEM 8 - Geometry Honors Class – Mrs. Escobar

Course Description: Textbook: Florida Geometry Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, ©2011Online: http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/casdl/textbooks/index.asp

The purpose of this course is to give a rigorous in-depth study of geometry with emphasis on methods of proof and the formal language of mathematics. This course is designed to develop the students' powers of deductive reasoning. This course is a high school honors geometry class. The grade earned in this class affects the student’s grade point average in both middle and high school.

Students will also take the State Geometry End-of-Course Exam – a student must pass the EOC in order to earn high school credit for the course.

Course Outline

SEMESTER 1

*Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles*Inductive/Deductive Reasoning/Logic/Proofs*Parallel and Perpendicular Lines/Transversals*Equations of Lines/Perpendiculars/Distance*Congruent Triangles/Relationships with Triangles*Quadrilaterals

SEMESTER 2

*Proportions/Similarity*Scale Drawings/Models*Right Triangles/Trigonometry*Transformations/Symmetry*Circles/Constructions*Areas of Polygons/Circles *Surface Area and Volume*Probability and Measurement

Broward County Grading CategoriesGeometry HonorsAll quartersTests 55%Quizzes 25%Homework/Classwork 20%

*The midterm and final exams will each count for 25% of the respective semester grades.

State Geometry End-of-Course Exam – a student must pass the EOC in order to earn high school credit for the course

Grading for Grades 6, 7, and 8: Student performance will be evaluated and reported based upon mastery of standards. The symbols to be used are:

A Superior progress 90-100 B+ Outstanding progress 87-89 B Commendable progress 80-86 C+ Above average progress 77-79 C Average progress 70-76 D+ Below average progress 67-69 D Lowest acceptable progress 60-66 F Failure 0-59

Calculator Students will use for Geometry EOC.