SAMPLE DAILY LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher: Mr. Kifle Yilma Name of the school:_________________________

Subject: Mathematics Grade and Section: 8A Date: 18/04/07

Unit: Two Sub-topic: The concept of function

Rationale of the topic: This topic can be used to solve real-life problems: for instance, to estimate values
and discover relationships. Also in your higher grade math courses, you will use this concept very
frequently. In addition to these, many other subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Geography
use the idea of function to solve practical problems.

Specific objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

Define a function
Identify functions from relations

Prerequisite knowledge: It is assumed that the students have some knowledge about a relation, domain
and range of a relation.

Teaching and learning materials: Grade 8 Student text, syllabus, Algebra and Trigonometry by Larson,

8th edition ( page 162) and charts

Stages Contents Teacher’s act. Student’s Assessment

activities
Class activity .Questionin  Try the -observation
Introduction

1. Write the ff relation using set of ordered pairs g the students activity
 Introducing individually

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the topic of Discuss the
the day. solutions
( 7 min)

with their
pairs
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2. Write the domain and the range of the relation

3. What do you observe from the above relation?

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 Stages Contents Teacher’s act. Student’s Assessment
activities
Questions:  -Questioning Try the  Questioning
1.Let R= {(x,y)/x is a student in your class and Y is his the students activity the students
Lesson development ( 30

height). Is it possible for x to have more one height?  Writing the individually ( both oral and
Justify your answer. definition. Discuss the written)
2.Let R= {(x,y): x is a friend of y}. Is it possible for x to  Guiding the solutions  -
have more than one friend? students with their
3.LetR={(Ethiopia,Birr),(Kenya,Shilling),  Encouraging pairs
(Uganda,Shilling),(USA, Dollar), ( Canada, Dollar)}. the students to Report their
A) Which countries use the same currency? participate in answer to
B) Describe the above relation using diagrams the discussion the class
Definition: A function is a relation in which each  Marking class
element of the domain is paired exactly with a work activities
unique element of the range. 
Question: Which of the above relations is a function?
Justify your answer.
Class work
1.Identify whether each relation is a Function or not
a) R= {(-1,7),(-2,-2),(-3,3),(9,4)}
minutes)

Domain Range Domain Range

b) c)

-3 6 -
-2 -1 3
-1 0 - 6
0 3 2
1 5 -
1

d) Domain Range 0

1
-3 6
-2 -1
-1 0
0 3
1 5

Summary The teacher Giving -Questioning the

/5 min/ Function ( two or more students summarize the main harmonizes summary students (Define
points of the lesson) the summary function in your
own words)