LESSONPLAN(day1)Precalculus

Topic:InverseTrigonometricFunctions
CentralFocus
(CF):

Studentswilllearnhowtoapplytheinversetrigonometricfunctionofsineto
triangles,simpleangles,andwordproblems.

AIM:

Definetheinverseofsine.

NewYorkState
Standard:

FTF.B.6:Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainonwhich
itisalwaysincreasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobeconstructed.

CommonCore
Standard&
Mathematical
Practice
Standard:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.A.3
Usespecialtrianglestodeterminegeometricallythevaluesofsinefor/3,/4and/6,
andusetheunitcircletoexpressthevaluesofsineforxand2xintermsoftheirvalues
forx,wherexisanyrealnumber.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.B.6
Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainonwhichitisalways
increasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobeconstructed.

Content
Objectives:

Studentswillrecognizerelationshipsandpropertiesbetweenfunctionandinverse
functionofsine.
Studentswillbeabletographinversesinefunction.
Studentswilldeterminethelimitationsonthedomainandrangeofinversesine
function.
Studentswillbecapableofsolvingequationsinvolvinginversesinefunctions.

Length:

43minutes

Materials:

Smartboard,transparentpaper,ruler,andonlinegraphingcalculator.

Prerequisite
Skills:

Usingthereferenceangle
Findingthedomainandrangeofthegraph
SolvinganinverseFunction
Horizontaltestforaonetoonefunction

Vocabulary:

InverseFunction
OnetooneFunction
Domain
Range
Theta
Angle
ReferenceAngle
Arcsine
IntervalNotation

Procedure:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

StudentswillworkontheDoNowpromptlyaftertheclassbegins.
ReviewofthehomeworkandDoNowquestions.
Selectedstudentswillsharetheirworkwiththeclass.
Introduceandgivealessonabouttheonetoonefunctionofy=sinx
Distributetransparencypapersandrulersafterthedonowiscompleted.
Studentsworkontherotationandflipofthegraphonthetransparentpaperby
usingthedefinitionofonetoonefunctionandthettableofrestricteddomainand

rangeofthesinefunction.Theteacherguidesstudentswithquestions.
7. Showthegraphoftheinversefunctionofsinebyusingtheonlinegraphing
calculator.
8. Showthestepsoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversesinefunction.
9. Modeloneexampleoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversesinefunctionwhenxisa
positiveandnegativevalue.
10. Providepracticeproblems.
11. Giveoutexitticketastheassessment.

TeacherDoes

StudentsDo

Gettinginto
groups
(5min)

Directstudentstotheirassignedseats
Informthemthattheywillworkingroupstoreviewtheir
homeworkproblems.
Directstudentstocomparetheiranswerswiththeir
group.
Guidestudentstocomeupwithmultiplewaysof
solutionsontheboard.

Sitintheirassignedseats.
Takeouttheirhomeworkand
getreadytodiscussit.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosharetheirhomework
solutions.

Warmup
question
(5min)

ProvidethefollowingquestiononaSMARTboard.
1. Graphy=sinx,x
2. Howwouldyourestrictthedomaininorderto
makey=sinxaoneononefunction?
Circulatearoundtheclassroomtocheckifallthe
studentsareontask.
Helpgroupsthatneedadditionalsupport.
Reviewthedefinitionoftheonetoonefunctionand
inversefunction
Graphrestricteddomainofy=sinx,/2x/2onthe
SMARTboardbyusingaTcharttohavecoordinate
pointsfory=sinx,/2x/2anditsinversefunction,
y = sin1x ory=arcsinx
Askforthedomainandrangeofy=sinx,/2x/2
Askforthedomainandrangeof y = sin1x ory=arcsinx

Allstudentsshoulddiscuss
theirassignedproblems.
Helpeachothertoclarify
ideasandsolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.
Writedownnotes.

Kinesthetic
Giveouttransparencypaperstostudents
ActivityinGroups Givedirections:
(10minutes)
1. Graphy=sinx,/2x/2onalooseleaf
paper,andlabelyourxaxisas/2and/2and
yaxis1and1.
2. Circleitsyvalue,/2,andtriangleitsxvalue,1

i.e.
3. UsethetransparencypapertotraceyourStep1

Listentotheinstructions.
Followtheinstructions.
Discusstheirrolesinagroup.
Graphy=sinx,/2x/2
onalooseleafpaperandtrace
itonatransparentpaper.
Labelanddrawacircleanda
trianglearound1and/2
respectively.
Flipandrotatetheir
transparentpapertolocatethe
circleintheEastandthe
triangleintheNorthwhile
discussingtheactivitywiththeir
group.

graphandcircleyourpositiveyvalue,/2,and
drawatrianglearoundyourpositivexvalue.

4. Guidestudentswhatwecandowiththecircleand
trianglebylookingatthedefinitionofonetoone,
whereitsaysifthepoint(a,b)isonthegraphof
f(x),thenthepoint(b,a)isonthegraphofthe
inversefunction.
5. Drawthefollowingpictureandaskwhatwe
shoulddowiththetransparencypaperwetraced.
NamethelocationofthecircleasNorthandthe
triangleasEast.
6. Ifthestudentscomeupwiththematchby,
1.Rotate90
2.Fliphorizontally
askifwecanrotateclockwise,90,andableto
switchthelocationsofthecircleandtriangle.
7. Showtherotationandflipontheoverhead
projectorwithstudentshelp.Alsoshowitagain
ontheSMARTboardwiththerestrictedgraph
thattheteacherputupontheSmartnotebook
slide.
Circulatearoundtheclassroomtocheckifallthe
studentsareontask.
Helpgroupsthatneedadditionalsupport.
Visuallearning
(2min)

Finishthedefinitionofonetoonefunction,whereitsays
y=x,byusinganonlinecalculator.
Graphy=sinx
Graphy=x
Graph y = sin1x
Guidestudentstocomeupwithmathtermssuchas
mirrorimageandreflection.
Drawslopesofafewequidistancepoints

Connection
(1min)

Guidestudentstocomeupwiththeanswerandask
why.

Llistenandlookatthefront
andseeeachgraphthatthe
teacherplot.
Somestudentsvolunteerto
discussthegraphofy=sinx,
y=x,and y = sin1x .
Drawgraphsintheirnotebook.
Thinkaboutthequestionand
trytojustifytheiranswer.They
willnoticethatthetwo
functionsarenotthesameby
theirgraphs.

Introducethelist
ofthestepsto
findtheexact
valueofthe
inversesine
function.
(1min)

Writedownsteps.
Understandtheprocessofthe
stepstofindtheexactvalueof
theinversesinefunction.

Explainstep13,andexplainstep2whywecanrewrite
= sin1x assin=x.

GuidedPractice
(10min)

Findtheexactvalueofthefollowingquestionwith
studentshelp.
Example1:Findtheexactvalueof sin122
Example2:Findtheexactvalueof sin1( 12)
CheckPoint1:Findtheexactvalueof sin123
CheckPoint2:Findtheexactvalueof sin1 22

Writedowntheexampleand
stepsofthesolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.

Independent
Practice(5min)

Circulatearoundtheclassroomwhenstudentsare
solvingproblemsontheirown.
Checkifstudentsareworkingontheirtask.
Helpstudentswhoarestruggling.
Clarifyorshowmoreexamplesifmostofstudentsare
havingadifficultyinsolvingproblems.

Answerguidingquestions
CheckPoint1and2intheir
notes.
Askquestionsiftheystilldo
notunderstandwhattheyhave
todo.

Informal
Assessment

Duringthelearningtask,theteachermonitorsstudents
learningbyusingguidingquestions.
Whatisthefirststep?Secondstep?
Whatisthedomainandrange?
Whatisaonetoonefunction?
Whatisaninversefunction?
Whatistheangle?

Answerthosequestions.

Formal
Assessment

ExitTicket:
Providetheexittickets.
Collectthecompletedexittickets.

Completetheexitticketand
submittotheteacherbefore
theyleavetheclassroom.


LESSONPLAN(day2)Precalculus
Topic:InverseTrigonometricFunctions
CentralFocus
(CF):

Studentswilllearnhowtoapplytheinversetrigonometricfunctionofcosineto
triangles,simpleangles,andwordproblems.

AIM:

Definetheinverseofcosine?

NewYorkState
Standard:

FTF.B.6:Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainon
whichitisalwaysincreasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobe
constructed.

CommonCore
Standard&
Mathematical
Practice
Standard:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.A.3
Usespecialtrianglestodeterminegeometricallythevaluesofcosinefor/3,/4and
/6,andusetheunitcircletoexpressthevaluesofcosineforxandxintermsoftheir
valuesforx,wherexisanyrealnumber.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.B.6
Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainonwhichitisalways
increasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobeconstructed.

Content
Objectives:

Studentswillrecognizerelationshipsandpropertiesbetweenfunctionandinverse
functionofcosine.
Studentswillbeabletographinversecosinefunction.
Studentswilldeterminethelimitationsonthedomainandrangeofinversecosine
function.
Studentswillbecapableofsolvingequationsinvolvinginversecosinefunctions.

Length:

43minutes

Materials:

Smartboard

Prerequisite
Skills:

Usingthereferenceangle
Findingthedomainandrangeofthegraph
SolvingforaninverseFunction
Horizontaltestforaonetoonefunction

Vocabulary:

InverseFunction
OnetooneFunction
Domain
Range
Theta
Angle
ReferenceAngle
Arccosine
IntervalNotation

Procedure:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

StudentswillworkontheDoNowpromptlyaftertheclassbegins.
ReviewofthehomeworkandDoNowquestions.
Selectedstudentswillsharetheirworkwiththeclass.
Introduceandgivealessonabouttheonetoonefunctionofy=cosx
Showthegraphofinversefunctionofcosinebyusingtherotationandflipkeyson
SMARTboardandplottingonthesamegraphofy=cosx,0xbyrounding

yvaluesoftheinversecosinefunction.
6. Showthestepsoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversecosinefunction.
7. Modeltwoexamplesoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversecosinefunction
whenxisapositiveandanegativevalue.
8. Providepracticeproblems.
9. Giveoutaquizastheassessment.

TeacherDoes

StudentsDo

Gettinginto
groups
(5min)

Directstudentstotheirassignedseats
Informthemthattheywillworkingroupstoreviewtheir
homeworkproblems.
Directstudentstocomparetheiranswerswiththeir
group.
Guidestudentstocomeupwithmultiplewaysof
solutionsontheboard.

Sitintheirassignedseats.
Theyneedtotakeouttheir
homeworkandgetreadyto
discussit.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosharetheirhomework
solutions.

Warmup
question
(15min)

ProvidethefollowingquestiononaSMARTboard.
1. Graphy=cosx,0x2
2. Howwouldyourestrictthedomaininorderto
makey=cosxaoneononefunction?
Circulatearoundtheclassroomtocheckifallthe
studentsareontask.
Helpgroupsthatneedadditionalsupport.
Reviewthedefinitionoftheonetoonefunctionand
inversefunction
Graphrestricteddomainofy=cosx,0xonthe
SMARTboardbyusingaTcharttohavecoordinate
pointsfory=cosx,0xanditsinversefunction,
y = cos1x ory=arcosx
Askstudentstoroundtheirradianstothetenthsso
theywouldbeabletoplotonthegrapheasilyandcolor
codetheinversecosinefunctiontogreentographin
greencolor.

Allstudentsshoulddiscuss
theirassignedproblems.
Helpeachothertoclarify
ideasandsolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.
Writedownnotes.

Guidestudentstoconcludewhytherestricteddomain
needsfory=cosxandhavetobe0x.
Guidestudentstoconcludewhytherestricteddomain
needsfory=sinxandhavetobe/2x/2.
Askforthedomainandrangeofy=cosx,0x
Askforthedomainandrangeof y = cos1x or
y=arccosx

Introducethelist
ofthestepsto
findtheexact
valueofthe
inversecosine
function.
(1min)

Writedownsteps.
Understandtheprocessof
thestepstofindtheexact
valueoftheinversecosine
function.

Gooverthestepsandmakeacorrelationshipbetween
theinversesineandcosinefunctionsthatwedidin
yesterdaysclassandforhomework.

GuidedPractice
(10min)

Findtheexactvalueofthefollowingquestionwith
studentshelp.
Example1:Findtheexactvalueof cos112
Example2:Findtheexactvalueof cos1( 23 )
CheckPoint1:Findtheexactvalueof cos122
CheckPoint2:Findtheexactvalueof cos1 12

Writedowntheexampleand
stepsofthesolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.

Independent
Practice(5min)

Circulatearoundtheclassroomwhenstudentsare
solvingproblemsontheirown.
Checkifstudentsareworkingontheirtask.
Helpstudentswhoarestruggling.
Clarifyorshowmoreexamplesifmostofstudentsare
havingadifficultyinsolvingproblems.

Answerguidingquestions
CheckPoint1and2intheir
notes.
Askquestionsiftheystilldo
notunderstandwhatthey
havetodo.

Informal
Assessment

Duringthelearningtask,theteachermonitors
studentslearningbyusingguidingquestions.
Whatisthefirststep?Secondstep?
Whatisthedomainandrange?
Whichtwoadjacentquadrantsiscosinepositive
andnegativestartingattheinitialpoint,0.
Whatisaonetoonefunction?
Whatisaninversefunction?
Whatistheangle?
Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferences
betweentheinversesineandcosinefunctions?

Answerthosequestions.

Formal
Assessment

Quiz:
Completethequizandsubmit
1. Issecnatthesameasinverseofcosine?True
totheteacherbeforethey
orFalse
leavetheclassroom.
2. Graphtheinversecosinefunction:(roughsketch
isok).
Provideaquiz.
Collectthecompletedquizzes.


LESSONPLAN(day3)Precalculus
Topic:InverseTrigonometricFunctions
CentralFocus
(CF):

Studentswilllearnhowtoapplytheinversetrigonometricfunctionoftangentto
triangles,simpleangles,andwordproblems.

AIM:

Whatisaninverseoftangent?

NewYorkState
Standard:

FTF.B.6:Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainon
whichitisalwaysincreasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobe
constructed.

CommonCore
Standard&
Mathematical
Practice
Standard:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.A.3
Usespecialtrianglestodeterminegeometricallythevaluesoftangentfor/3,/4and
/6,andusetheunitcircletoexpressthevaluesofsineforxand2xintermsoftheir
valuesforx,wherexisanyrealnumber.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.TF.B.6
Understandthatrestrictingatrigonometricfunctiontoadomainonwhichitisalways
increasingoralwaysdecreasingallowsitsinversetobeconstructed.

Content
Objectives:

Studentswillrecognizerelationshipsandpropertiesbetweenfunctionandinverse
tangentfunction.
Studentswillbeabletographinversetangentfunctions.
Studentswilldeterminethelimitationsonthedomainandrangeofinversetangent
functions.
Studentswillbecapableofsolvingforanequationinvolvinginversetangent
functions.

Length:

43minutes

Materials:

Smartboard,transparencypaper,ruler,andonlinegraphingcalculator.

Prerequisite
Skills:

Usingthereferenceangle
Findingthedomainandrangeofthegraph
SolvingforaninverseFunction
Horizontaltestforaonetoonefunction

Vocabulary:

InverseFunction
OnetooneFunction
Asymptote
Domain
Range
Theta
Angle
ReferenceAngle
Infinity
Arctangent
IntervalNotation

Procedure:

1. StudentswillworkontheDoNowpromptlyaftertheclassbegins.
2. ReviewofthehomeworkandDoNowquestions.
3. Selectedstudentswillsharetheirworkwiththeclass.

4. Introduceandgivealessonabouttheonetoonefunctionofy=tanx
5. Showthegraphofinversefunctionoftangentbyusingtheonlinegraphing
calculatorandapplyingx=y(mirrorimage)fromtheoriginalgraphofthetangent
function.
6. Showthestepsoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversetangentfunction.
7. Modeloneexampleoffindingtheexactvalueofaninversetangentfunction.
8. Provideapracticeproblem.
9. Giveoutexitticketastheassessment.

TeacherDoes

StudentsDo

Gettinginto
groups
(5min)

Directstudentstotheirassignedseats
Informthemthattheywillworkingroupstoreviewtheir
homeworkproblems.
Directstudentstocomparetheiranswerswiththeir
group.
Guidestudentstocomeupwithmultiplewaysof
solutionsontheboard.

Sitintheirassignedseats.
Takeouttheirhomeworkand
getreadytodiscussit.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosharetheirhomework
solutions.

Warmup
question
(10min)

ProvidethefollowingquestiononaSMARTboard.
1. Graphy=tanx.
2. Howwouldyourestrictthedomaininorderto
makey=tanxaoneononefunction?
Circulatearoundtheclassroomtocheckifallthe
studentsareontask.
Helpgroupsthatneedadditionalsupport.
Reviewthedefinitionoftheonetoonefunctionand
inversefunction
Graphrestricteddomainofy=tanx,/2<x</2on
theSMARTboardbyusingaTcharttohavecoordinate
pointsfory=tanx,/2<x</2anditsinverse
function, y = tan1x ory=arctanx
Askstudentstoroundtheirradianstothetenthsso
theywouldbeabletoplotonthegrapheasilyandcolor
codeinversetangentfunctiontogreentographin
greencolor.

Allstudentsshoulddiscuss
theirassignedproblems.
Helpeachothertoclarify
ideasandsolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.
Writedownnotes.

Askforthedomainandrangeofy=tanx,/2<x</2
Askforthedomainandrangeof y = tan1x or
y=arctanx

Introducethelist
ofthestepsto
findtheexact
valueofthe
inversetangent
function.
(1min)

Writedownsteps.
Understandtheprocessof
thestepstofindtheexact
valueoftheinversetangent
function.

Gooverthestepsandrepeatthat/2and/2are
exclusivebecauseoftheasymptotes.
GuidedPractice
(5min)

Findtheexactvalueofthefollowingquestionwith
studentshelp.
Example1:Findtheexactvalueof tan13
Findtheexactvalueofeachexpression:
13.tan133 14.tan11 15.tan10 16.tan1 (1)
17.tan1 3 18.tan1( 33 )

Independent
Circulatearoundtheclassroomwhenstudentsare
Practice(10min) solvingproblemsontheirown.
Checkifstudentsareworkingontheirtask.
Helpstudentswhoarestruggling.
Clarifyorshowmoreexamplesifmostofstudentsare
havingadifficultyinsolvingproblems.

Writedowntheexampleand
stepsofthesolutions.
Somestudentscanvolunteer
tosolvepartoftheproblem.

Answerguidingquestions
#1318intheirnotes.
Compareanswerswiththeir
group.
Askquestionsiftheystilldo
notunderstandwhatthey
havetodo.

Informal
Assessment

Duringthelearningtask,theteachermonitors
Answerthosequestions.
studentslearningbyusingguidingquestions.
Whatisthefirststep?Secondstep?
Whatisthedomainandrange?
Whydowehavetouseopenparenthesisforthe
rangeofinversetangentfunction?
Whyisthedomainnegativeinfinitytopositive
infinity?
Whatisaonetoonefunction?
Whatisaninversefunction?
Whatistheangle?
Whydowenotinclude/2and/2asthe
rangeoftheinversetangentfunction?
Whydowenotinclude/2and/2asthe
restricteddomainofthetangentfunction?

Formal
Assessment

Exitslip:
Directions:Statethedomainandrangeofeachfunction
inintervalnotation:
1.tan1x
Domain:Range:
2.cos1x
Domain:Range:
3.sin1x
Domain:Range:

Listentodirections.
Completetheexitticketand
submittotheteacherbefore
theyleavetheclassroom.


Giveoutexitticket.
Readthedirections.
Collectthecompletedexittickets.