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Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program | Session Plan Template

SI Leader: Caitlin Foster Session Date: 9/7/17

Course: Math 122 Instructor: Ms. Brandy Barnette

Attendance Goal: 5
How many students do you anticipate having in this session?

Session Objective:
What does the group most need to accomplish in this session?
This session, the group needs to accomplish a further understanding of exponential functions and
how to turn a word problem into a formula. They also need to be able to read graphs and
interpret concavity.
SESSION PLAN
ESTIMATED Why will this
CONTENT/SKILL STRATEGY/PROCESS
TIME strategy/process be
TO BE COVERED TO BE USED
NEEDED effective for this content?
OPENING ACTIVITY/INTRODUCTION
This allows students to
list the topics they are
Exponential A Running List of confused about so that
10
Functions Questions we can make sure we
cover them throughout
the session
MAIN ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
This will allow students
to break up the problems
Exponential
15 Summarize the Steps and see each individual
functions
step when they are
solving the problem
This will let them test
themselves with all the
Exponential material in preparation
Functions, ARoC, 20 Practice Quiz for their quiz that is
C/R/P coming up and see if they
can do it with limited
help

CLOSING ACTIVITY - CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

Here the students can go
around and state one
Exponential
5 One Thing thing they learned from
functions
the session so they can
reflect on the session

Be sure to submit worksheet(s), sample problems used,

or other preparation materials with this session plan.
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Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program | Session Plan Template

Practice Quiz
1. Consider the function given by f(x) = x2 + 1. Find the average rate of change between x =
1 and x = 4

2. Consider the graph of the function g(x) given below. Determine the intervals on which g
is (a)Increasing (b)Decreasing (c)Concave Up (d)Concave Down

3. In February of 2013, the cost to mail a letter in the US was raised from 45 cents to 46
cents. Find the relative change in cost.

4. A car wash operator pays $35, 000 for a franchise, then to run each car wash it costs $10
per car. The customer must pay $15 per car wash. Find the profit function for the car
wash operation. (Find the cost and revenue functions first)

5. For a certain good, the supply curve is given by q = 100 – 2p and the demand curve is
given by q = 3p – 50. Find the equilibrium price and quantity.

Be sure to submit worksheet(s), sample problems used,

or other preparation materials with this session plan.