Objectives:: Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Elementary Algebra

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Elementary Algebra
(Date of Teaching: February 26, 2018)

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, pupils are expected to:
1) describe the Cartesian plane and correctly label its parts;
2) explain the source of the name "Cartesian”;
3) describe the naming convention for coordinates in the form (x, y);
4) plot a set of data points.
II. SUBJECT MATTER: Cartesian Coordinate System

Reference: Elementary Algebra by Ferdinand C. Pascual
Materials: Graphing paper, videos
Value Focus: accuracy
III. PROCEDURE
A. Introduction/Motivation
Have you ever liked two things so much that you wanted to combine them to make one
amazing thing? (Listen to student comments.) For example, think about peanuts and
chocolate chips. Combined together, they can make peanut butter cookies with
chocolate chips on top! Or what about the game of Slamball? It combines the fun of
jumping on a trampoline with the rules of basketball. Both great ideas, and there are
many more.
One interesting combination has to do with a French man who really liked math back in
the 1600s. His name was Rene Descartes, and he liked both algebra and geometry, but
back then people did not think those two topics were very much related. Decartes
started looking for ways to combine them so that they could be used together for
important applications. He came up with this neat way of taking numbers that belong in
the realm of algebra and plotting them visually onto a geometric coordinate plane to
show how they are related. This coordinate plane became known as the "Cartesian
plane," named after him.
B. Developmental Activities
1. Presentation
After the students know about the number line,

introduce having vertical and horizontal lines
which are put together.
Since students have already an idea of having

negative signs when number are to going to left,
let them analyze which direction will take the
negative and positive sign when meter stick will be
place vertically.
Point out which directions are positive (right on the x-axis and up on the y-axis) and
which directions are negative (left on the x-axis and down on the y-axis), and have
students mark out scales on each axis.
Point out the origin, the point (0,0)
Take students through labeling the axes with "x" and "y," as well as adding arrows to
the ends of each axis to show it goes on forever.
Talk about the Cartesian plane quadrants, having students label them "I, II, III and IV."
2. Generating Ideas
Begin talking about coordinates: What does

(0,0) mean? Students may say moving to 0
units to the left or right on the x-axis and
moving 0 units up or down on the y-axis. Pupils
may then say that (0, 0) is the intersection of
the 2 lines.
Prompt them further to tell you which is x and

which is y. For this example it can be written
as (3, 4). Let your pupils analyze that numbers
in x-axis are written first before the number in
y-axis.
Then tell them that we can generally write the format as (x, y).
3. Discovery of Concept
Let your students describes each of the quadrant. What they can say about the
numbers in quadrant I, II, III, and IV. They might say:
In Quadrant I you can plot both positive number for x

and y.
In Quadrant II you can plot both negative number for x

and positive for y
In Quadrant III you can plot both negative number for x
and y
In Quadrant IV you can plot positive numbers for x and

negative numbers for y
When they understand the concept, have them practice

plotting the coordinates. Then review the answers as a class and clarify any
misconceptions.
4. Application
Draw the triangles whose vertices are the following:

1. (-1, 1), (3, -4), (2, 4)
2. (11, 0), (-8, -5), (3, -3)
IV. Evaluation
Answer what is asked:
I. What are the coordinates of the origin?
What is the abscissa of (-6, 4)? The ordinate?
II. Name the following:
a. the yellow color
b. the green color
c. the smiley
d. the flower
f. write the quadrant I, II, III and IV

V. Assignment
Checked By:
ROMAR M. GARRIDO
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cooperating Teacher

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Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Elementary Algebra

(Date of Teaching: February 26, 2018)

II. SUBJECT MATTER: Cartesian Coordinate System

After the students know about the number line,

Since students have already an idea of having

Point out the origin, the point (0,0)

Begin talking about coordinates: What does

Prompt them further to tell you which is x and

In Quadrant I you can plot both positive number for x

In Quadrant II you can plot both negative number for x

In Quadrant IV you can plot positive numbers for x and

When they understand the concept, have them practice

Draw the triangles whose vertices are the following:

Answer what is asked:

I. What are the coordinates of the origin?

What is the abscissa of (-6, 4)? The ordinate?

II. Name the following:

a. the yellow color

b. the green color

f. write the quadrant I, II, III and IV

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