AP CALCULUS BC MR.

BROWN
FALL 2019 ROOM 140
CALCULUS BC IS A COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSE. YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO BE ENGAGED, CHALLENGED, AND
SUCCESSFUL AS WE TACKLE EXCITING AND IMPORTANT CALCULUS CONCEPTS TOGETHER. IT IS MY
EXPECTATION THAT IF YOU ARE TAKING THIS CLASS IT IS BECAUSE YOU PLAN ON TAKING THE AP EXAM AT
THE END OF THE YEAR. AS A RESULT, THE STRUCTURE AND DIRECTION OF THIS COURSE WILL BE DESIGNED TO
PREPARE YOU TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS TEST.
THIS YEAR, THE DATE OF OUR AP EXAM IS TUESDAY MAY 5, 2020. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

A. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
1. If you are not in the room when the bell rings, you will be considered tardy.
2. Feel free to ask questions at any time!
3. When the teacher or a student has the floor, be quiet and listen.
4. YOU are responsible for the lesson notes and assignments even when you are not in class.
5. Work for pre-planned absences (INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS) must be completed ahead of time.
6. No electronics should be used in class WITHOUT instructor’s permission.

B. TESTS/QUIZZES—85% OF YOUR GRADE

7. All formal assessments are on semester calendar. Make a study plan several days out.
8. There are NO quiz retakes; however, higher test scores may replace quiz scores
(pending quiz-replacement requirements are met)
9. Quarter/cumulative exams can replace a low test score each quarter.
10. If you are absent the day before a quiz/test, you will still be expected to take the assessment on the
date assigned. If two or more days are missed (or if you are absent the day of an exam),
arrangements must be made with me via email or upon return the next morning when possible.

C. HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK—15% OF YOUR GRADE

11. Daily HW is the single most important learning method in this class. Make it a priority to keep up
with the work. ASK questions often.
12. HW solutions are posted on canvas. Use them responsibly. I expect you to check and make
corrections to your HW outside of class.
13. HW must be completed on time in order to earn the opportunity to replace low quiz scores.
HW will be checked for completion and accuracy with a one-week delay. This check is always
unannounced and there are NO late grades for HW.
14. In-class group assignments (PGAs) are un-announced and cannot be made up. These activities are
always group and sometimes open-notes; they are designed to practice topics and reinforce recently
learned material prior to formal assessments. STUDY these as you prepare for chapter tests.
15. ASMA/ILML after school contest—at least one per semester.

D. EXTRA HELP
16. Before school (most mornings) at 7:10am in MOBILE #5; after school once XC ends.
17. Lit center/Math resource center during lunch hours
18. By appointment when necessary.

E. AP CLASS CODE:
https://myap.collegeboard.org Period 8 BC Calculus Mr. Brown 7G99EZ
 ACADEMIC HONESTY

It is expected that all the materials submitted for this course are the actual work of the individual
whose name appears on the materials. Violations of academic honesty include but are not limited to
cheating, plagiarism, copying answers and passing it as your own work, storing notes on a
calculator, and receiving or giving help on assessments.

We all will learn as a cooperative group. I want you to help each other with homework problems
and present difficult problems to the class. Most students develop a small study group to provide
each other help. Such support is great. However, help ceases when you hand someone your paper
to copy. He/she may copy your paper without your knowledge, but this does not excuse you from
the same penalty as the copier.

I consider it cheating to tell someone which problem types to study for the test
or what information to be sure to know. Notes and formulas in a graphing
calculator are cheat-sheets just as if you had written on the back of your hand.
Getting out of your seat during a quiz or exam to just get a glance to see how to
start the problem means you are no longer doing your own work. I consider it
wrong whether you give or receive help in inappropriate situations. Please
conduct yourself accordingly and err on the side of the morally correct action.
That will be of far greater consequence and satisfaction.

I would expect all students, much less those enrolled in an AP mathematics course, to live by the
above guidelines. You are competing with yourself in my class. In the end, no one will remember
what grade you earned here. What will be remembered will be your deeds and actions and the way
you handle yourself in various situations, and these will become the defining moments by which you
will be known. No one can steal good character and integrity from you.

Character and integrity are yours to build and yours to lose and
will follow you long after the mathematics is gone.
If you need proof, check your college application recommendation forms. Most no longer just ask
me what grade was earned in my class, but now also ask me if I have been given any reason to
suspect the applicant’s character or integrity. Please do not give any other person or me a reason to
suspect your integrity.

My hope for you is that you have a good year and learn great things, including
a little mathematics along the way.