1. Lesson Topic: Drawing Polygons on the Coordinate Plane Lesson Objective: I can…  Given coordinates for the vertices, I can draw polygons in the coordinate plane, find the area enclosed by a polygon by composing or decomposing using polygons with known area formulas.  I can name coordinates that define a polygon with specific properties.

2. Preview of Exit Ticket Name 3 ordered pairs that could be used as vertices of a triangle on a coordinate plane and determine its area.

3. Let’s Review…  How can we find the distance between points on a coordinate plane? (absolute value)  How can we find area of irregular figures? Hint: there are 2 options.  What shapes do we know how to find the area of?  What does the word dimension mean?

4. Let’s Review some more…  How many dimensions does a rectangle have and what are they?  How many dimensions do line segments have and what are they?  How many dimensions do shapes have that we can calculate the area and perimeter of?

5. Graph all four examples on the same coordinate plane

9. Graph this example on the next coordinate plane

10. Exercises

11. Exercises, continued

12. Lesson Summary & Evaluate Your Learning Answer in complete sentences: 1 – What is area? 2 – What different methods could you use to determine the area of a polygon plotted on the coordinate plane? 3 – How did the shape of the polygon influence the method you used to determine the area? 4 – Write a situation of when you would need to use the skills practiced today in real life. How will you “Sharpen Your Saw”?

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