Department of Mathematics
St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
MEL3E1 Course Outline
Primary Textbook:
Workbook:
Mathematics for Everyday Life, Irwin Publishing
Mathematics 11, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Evaluation Structure:
Knowledge/Understanding
Application
Communication
Thinking
Unit 1:
30%
30%
20%
20%
Earning Money
(10 days)
(all timelines are approximate)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
“Know Thy Self”
Activity 1.1
2
“Get a Job!”
3
“Job Search”
Textbook p. 2
Workbook p. 8
Activity 1.2
Activity 1.2a
4
“Job Advertisements”
Activity 1.2b
5
Review Percents
Definitions of Terms
6
“Way to Pay”
7
“Way to Pay”
PK 1.3, 1.4
WS 1.1
Skills Practice 1
Workbook p. 14
Activity 1.3
Activity 1.3
8
Remuneration Methods and Schedules
9
Components of Total Earnings
Textbook p. 4—8
Workbook p. 14, 26
Workbook p. 20
10
Unit Summative
A 1.2, 1.3
Unit 2:
Purchasing Power
(5 days)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
Government Payroll Deductions
Review Fractions and Percents
2
“How Gross Is Your Net Pay?”
Reading EI Tables
3
“Play It Again!”
4
Purchasing Power Using Technology
5
Unit Summative
Textbook p. 24-27
Workbook p. 36
Skills Practice 2
Workbook p. 42
Activity 1.4
Skills Practice 3
Textbook p. 32
Workbook p. 46, 50
Activity 1.5
Textbook p. 38-40
Computer Lab
A 2.1, 2.2
Unit 3:
Purchasing
(15 days)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
2
Incentives to Buy
Parts of a Whole Using Fractions and
Percents
Incentives to Buy
3
Sale Price
4
Sales Tax
“How Taxing!”
Sales Tax
“How Taxing!”
Giving Change
“Critical Change!”
7
Giving Change
“Critical Change!”
8
10
Unit Prices
“Take Your Pick!”
Unit Prices
“Take Your Pick!”
“Give a Little, Take a Little”
Textbook p. 85
Workbook p. 64, 72
Skills Practice 4
Textbook p. 85
Workbook p. 64, 72
Textbook p. 69
Workbook p. 76
WS 4.3
Textbook p. 66, 75
Activity 1.6
Textbook p. 66, 75
Activity 1.6
Textbook p. 62, 64
Workbook p. 80
Activity 1.8
Textbook p. 62, 64
Workbook p. 80
Activity 1.8
Workbook p. 86
Activity 1.9
Workbook p. 86
Activity 1.9
Activity 1.10
11
“Give a Little, Take a Little”
Activity 1.10
12
Making Purchases from Other
Countries
Workbook p. 96
5
6
9
13
Decisions and Purchasing
Textbook p. 92
14
Decisions and Purchasing
Textbook p. 92
15
Unit Summative
A 4.5, 4.6
A 5.1, 5.2
Unit 4:
Day
Financial Services
(5 days)
Topic
Practice
1
Banking Transactions
“Breaking the Code”
2
Bank Statements
“Breaking the Code”
3
Saving Alternatives
4
Credit cards
Textbook p. 104
Workbook p. 108
Activity 2.7
Textbook p. 108
Workbook p. 124
Activity 2.7
Textbook p. 110
Activity 2.5
Textbook p. 166
5
Unit Summative
A 6.3, 6.4
Unit 5:
Saving and Investing
(10 days)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
Simple Interest
“Simply Put”
2
Simple Interest
“Simply Put”
3
Simple to Compound
“Compounded Confounded”
4
Simple to Compound
“Compounded Confounded”
5
Effect on Future Value
Textbook p. 112
Workbook p. 132
Activity 2.1
Textbook p. 112
Workbook p. 132
Activity 2.1
Textbook p. 115
Workbook p. 136
Activity 2.2
Computer Lab
Textbook p. 115
Workbook p. 136
Activity 2.2
Computer Lab
Workbook p. 142
6
Savings Strategies
7
Savings Strategies
8
“To Change is to Grow”
Textbook p. 118
Workbook p. 146
Textbook p. 118
Workbook p. 146
Activity 2.4
9
“To Change is to Grow”
Activity 2.4
10
Unit Summative
Unit 6:
Day
Borrowing
(10 days)
Topic
Practice
1
Delaying Credit Card Payments
Textbook p. 169
2
Delaying Credit Card Payments
Textbook p. 169
3
Personal Loans
Workbook p. 154
4
Personal Loans
Workbook p. 154
5
Personal Loans
Workbook p. 154
6
Paying Back Borrowed Money
7
Paying Back Borrowed Money
8
Repaying Loans
9
Credit Rating
Textbook p. 174
Workbook p. 158
Textbook p. 174
Workbook p. 158
Textbook p. 174
Workbook p. 162
Workbook p. 166
10
Unit Summative
Unit 7:
Cost of Operating and Owning a Vehicle
(10 days)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
Ontario Driver’s License
“Proceed With Caution”
2
Buying a Used Car
Textbook p. 184
Workbook p. 178
Activity 3.1
Workbook p. 182
3
Buying a New Car
“Buyer Beware!”
4
Buying versus Leasing
“More or Lease”
5
Insuring a Car
“Crash and Claim”
6
Insuring a Car
“Crash and Claim”
7
Costs of Operating a Vehicle
“Auto Medic”
8
Responsible Driving
Textbook p. 186
Workbook p. 186
Activity 3.3
Textbook p. 191
Workbook p. 190
Activity 3.2
Textbook p. 195
Workbook p. 198
Activity 3.4
Computer Lab
Textbook p. 195
Workbook p. 198
Activity 3.4
Computer Lab
Textbook p. 197
Workbook p. 204
Activity 3.5
Textbook p. 199
Workbook p. 202
9
Using a Vehicle for Business
Workbook p. 194
10
Unit Summative
A 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Unit 8:
Comparing Travel Costs
(5 days)
Day
Topic
Practice
1
Travelling by Automobile
2
Daily Travel
“From Here to There”
3
Routes and Schedules
“From Here to There”
4
Renting a Vehicle
Textbook p. 148
Workbook p. 212-224
Textbook p. 151
Workbook p. 232
Activity 3.9
Textbook p. 154
Workbook p. 236
Activity 3.9
Textbook p. 240
5
Unit Summative
A. 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Unit 9: Summative Activities
Day
Topic
(5 days)
Practice
1
2
3
4
5
Review Activities or Back-up Days
(10 days)