Revised Summer 2008
Geometry A Pacing Chart
Text: Geometry
Publisher: McDougal Littell
FIRST SEMESTER
MEET/GREET/BOOKS/ICEBREAKER
1 day
CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING POINTS, LINES, PLANES, AND ANGLES
Recommended pacing: 8 days
1.1 (GEO 28/29/33)
Identify Points, Lines and Planes
1.2 (GEO 31)
Use Segments and Congruence
1.3 (GEO 1/2/3/4/5/6)
Use Midpoint and Distance Formulas
1.4 (GEO 32)
Measure and Classify Angles
1.4 Construction (GEO 42/43)
Copy and Bisect Segments and Angles
1.5 (GEO 34/35/36/37)
Describe Angle Pair Relationships
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 2: REASONING AND PROOF
Recommended pacing: 8 days
2.2 (GEO 44/45/46/47)
2.4 (GEO 41)
2.5 (GEO 41)
2.6 (GEO 41)
2.7 (GEO 41)
Analyze Conditional Statements
Use Postulates and Diagrams
Reason Using Properties from Algebra
Prove Statements about Segments and Angles
Prove Angle Pair Relationships
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 3: PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES
Recommended pacing: 10 days
3.1 (GEO 38/39)
Algebra Review
3.2 (GEO 40)
3.3 (GEO 40/97)
3.4 (GEO 97)
3.5 (GEO 96/98/99/101)
3.6 (GEO 99)
Identify Pairs of Lines and Angles
Systems of Linear Equations
Use Parallel Lines and Transversals
Prove Lines are Parallel
Find and Use Slopes of Lines
Write and Graph Equations of Lines
Prove Theorems about Perpendicular Lines
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1.5 days
1.5 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
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CHAPTER 4: CONGRUENT TRIANGLES RIGHT TRIANGLES
Recommended pacing: 13 days
4.1 (GEO 56/57/58)
4.2 (GEO 59)
4.3 (GEO 60)
4.4 (GEO 60/61)
4.5 (GEO 60/61)
4.6 (GEO 63)
4.7 (GEO 62)
Apply Triangle Sum Properties
Apply Congruence and Triangles
Prove Triangles by SSS
Prove Triangles by SAS and HL
Prove Triangles by ASA and AAS
Use Congruent Triangles
Use Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
2 days
1 day
2 days
2 days
2 days
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 6: SIMILARITY
Recommended pacing: 9 days
6.1 (GEO 7/8)
6.2 (GEO 8)
6.3 (GEO 9/11/13)
6.4 (GEO 12/14)
6.5 (GEO 14)
7.3 (GEO 81)
6.6 (GEO 10/15/16)
Ratios, Proportions and the Geometric Mean
Use Proportions to Solve Geometry Problems
Use Similar Polygons
Prove Triangles Similar by AA
Prove Triangles Similar by SSS and SAS
Use Similar Right Triangles
Use Proportionality Theorems
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 7: RIGHT TRIANGLES AND TRIGONOMETRY
Recommended pacing: 7 days
Algebra Review
7.1 (GEO 77/78/80)
7.2 (GEO 78)
7.4 (GEO 79)
Simplify & Operations on Simple Radicals
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem
Use the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
Special Right Triangles
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
2 days
1 day
1 day
MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
Recommended pacing: 4 days
Total: 60 days
A few extra days have been allotted for teachers to individualize their instruction,
enrichment and the use of technology, as well as allow time for extra assessments and
CAPT review.
Revised Summer 2008
SECOND SEMESTER
CHAPTER 11: MEASURING LENGTH AND AREA
Recommended pacing: 11 days
Algebra Review
11.1 (GEO 20/22)
11.2 (GEO 20/22)
11.3 (GEO 9/22)
10.2 (GEO 87/88)
11.4 (GEO 23/88/90)
11.5 (GEO 22/89)
11.7 (GEO 17/18)
GCF, UnFOIL a=1 & a ≠ 1,
Difference of Squares
Area of Triangles and Parallelograms
Area of Trapezoids, Rhombuses and Kites
** Kites Optional**
Perimeter and Area of Similar Figures
Find Arc Measures
Circumference and Arc Length
Areas of Circles and Sectors
Use Geometric Probability
Review
Assessment
Factoring:
1 day
1 day
1 day
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 12: SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME OF SOLIDS**
**NOTE: Omit problems with Regular Polygons (Triangles, Squares and Hexagons)
Recommended pacing: 10 days
12.1 (GEO 23/24)
12.2 (GEO 26)
12.3 (GEO 26)
12.4 (GEO 26)
12.5 (GEO 26)
12.6 (GEO 25/27)
Explore Solids
Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
Volume of Pyramids and Cones
Surface Area and Volume of Spheres
Review
Assessment
1 day
2 days
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 7: RIGHT TRIANGLES AND TRIGONOMETRY
Recommended pacing: 6 days
7.5 (GEO 82)
7.6 (GEO 82/84)
7.7 (GEO 83/84)
11.6 (GEO 21/22)
Apply Tangent Ratio
Apply Sine and Cosine Ratio
Solve Right Triangles
Area of Regular Polygons
(Triangles, Squares and Hexagons)
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
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CHAPTER 5: RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN TRIANGLES
Recommended pacing: 10 days
5.1 (GEO 48/52)
5.2 (GEO 53/55)
5.3 (GEO 55)
5.4 (GEO 54/55)
5.5 (GEO 49/50)
5.6 (GEO 51)
Midsegment Theorem and Coordinate Proof
Use Perpendicular Bisectors
Use Angle Bisectors of Triangles
Use Medians and Altitudes
Use Inequalities in a Triangle
Inequalities in Two Triangles and Indirect Proof
**Omit Indirect Proof**
Review
Assessment
1 day
2 days
1 day
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 8: QUADRILATERALS
Recommended pacing: 9 days
1.6 (GEO 72/73/74)
8.1 (GEO 64/75/76)
8.2 (GEO 65/71)
8.3 (GEO 65/71)
8.4 (GEO 66/67/71)
8.5 (GEO 68/69/70/71)
8.6 (GEO 71)
Classify Polygons
Find Angle Measures in Polygons
Use Properties of Parallelograms
Show that a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram
Properties of Rhombuses, Rectangles and Squares
Use Properties of Trapezoids and Kites
**Kites Optional**
Identify Special Quadrilaterals
Review
Assessment
½ day
1.5 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
1 day
CHAPTER 10: PROPERTIES OF CIRCLES
Recommended pacing: 8 days
10.1 (GEO 86/91/92/93)
10.3 (GEO 91/95)
10.4 (GEO 95)
10.5 (GEO 95)
10.7 (GEO 85)
FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Recommended pacing: 4 days
Total: 58days
Use Properties of Tangents
Apply Properties of Chords
Use Inscribed Angles and Polygons
Apply Other Angle Relationships in Circles
Write and Graph Equations of Circles
Review
Assessment
1 day
1 day
1 day
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
Revised Summer 2008
A few extra days have been allotted for teachers to individualize their instruction,
enrichment and the use of technology, as well as allow time for extra assessments,
projects and CAPT review.