Lesson 1: I was again on course on my precious 2-period lesson on Tuesday. I merely assigned students to do a quadratic inequalities test and some revision questions on the previous topics.
Lesson 2: It's good to be back to see them again. I missed many many Math lessons. We finished the wordy questions on quadratic inequalities where students have to bring in the discriminant. Thankfully, most seem to find this topic manageable.
Lesson 3: I introduced students to intersection of a line and a curve. Students again have to know exactly the 3 cases where D can be >, = or < to zero and that they can only start bringing in the discriminant after they have substituted and simplified the questions.
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From my experience with my current 5N1 A Math pupils, I was always recalling with them the 3 cases on nature of roots and the intersection of a line & a curve. They used to forget when they were in Sec 3. This year however as I was doing revision with them, I was glad that they know these cases right at their finger tips. I felt great sense of achievement with them :)
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Some strategies I used in my group are constant reminders and revision. Of course, I have to give them small sucesses and lots & lots of encouragement.
Have faith in your pupils and you will definitely see the results later :)