SharonBurnsAlgebra


 * Lesson Topic and Description:** Factoring

**__Focus on Concepts__** Understanding of the solutions - What does it mean?
Relation between products/sums Connection between differences of squares and quadratics Difference between factoring and solving

**__Provision for Acceleration and Compression of Content__**
Taught at the 7th and 8th grade level teach 'long way' of solving quadratics and shortcut in same day? teach multiplying (a+b)(a-b) and factoring differences of squares on the same day to merge with the polynomials unit?

**__Enrichment__**
Apply to real world (x+3)^2 + 6(x+3) + 8 "Pull It All Together" at the end of the chapter (p. 522) ---relates factoring to geometry

**__More Advanced Reading and Vocabulary__**
Focus on the proper terminology Popular Science related articles

**__Interdisciplinary Connections__**
Connect with Science

‍ **__Exploration of Areas of Choice__**
Knowledge- What are the factors of 12? Comprehension - Explain how those factors affect to sum/difference? Application - Use your factoring skills to solve this word problem. Analysis - Compare factoring trinomials to prime factorization. Synthesis- Draw a conclusion about factoring binomials vs. trinomials Evaluation - Given a geometric shape, develop an expression that can be used to solve area or surface area. How would doubling each dimension affect the area?