Graphing Points on the Coordinate Plane Performance Task

Graphing Points on the Coordinate Plane Performance Task 2016-2017 Name: ______Date: ______

You love math so much that you have programmed your computer so that your password requires you to graph points on a coordinate plane in a specific order in order to access the computer. Your challenge is to create a picture of a familiar shape or figure on the coordinate plane using coordinate points that will be the password d to your computer. Like any password, there are rules! Your password must consist of a minimum of 10 different points, but no more than 25 points! You must include at least one point in each of the four quadrants. You will submit a copy of the ordered pairs graphed and connected on the coordinate plane.

On a separate sheet of notebook paper, you will make a list of these points, in the order in which they are to be connected on the coordinate plane. If you need to break the connection of the points (i.e. lift your pencil to start somewhere else), write STOP where this break occurs in your list of ordered pairs. Keep in mind that if you need to connect your last point to the first point, you will need to list the first point again.

Then, write a well-written e-mail to your best friend giving instructions on what he/she must do to get into your computer. Your e-mail must include the words ordered pair, quadrant, and coordinate plane, and these terms must be used correctly. Your e-mail should be a minimum of five sentences in length and must either be typed or handwritten neatly on lined paper.

Paper clip your list of ordered pairs, graph paper with your ordered pairs graphed and connected, and your e-mail to the scoring rubric. Graphing Points on the Coordinate Plane Performance Task 2016-2017 Name: ______

Planning Question:

What picture are you going to make? ______

Scoring Rubric:

Task Number of Possible Points Number of Points Received Ordered Pairs At least one ordered pair in each 2 points ______quadrant Ordered pairs are in appropriate 5 points ______order to create a picture Ordered pairs are named correctly 10 points ______Creativity 4 points ______

______/ 21

E-mail to best friend Content 5 points ______Appropriate use of key terms 6 points ______Spelling and grammar 3 points ______Neatness and creativity 2 points ______

______/ 16

Total: / 37

Percentage:

BEFORE you turn in your performance task:

______Have you stapled your graph paper, list of ordered pairs, and e-mail to this sheet?

______Does your list of ordered pairs contain at least 10 different points, but no more than 25?

______Is your e-mail at least 5 sentences long and contain the words ordered pair, quadrant, and coordinate plane?

______Does your picture contain an ordered pair in each of the four quadrants?

______Have you checked your ordered pairs to be sure they form a picture?

Instructions for Checking Ordered Pairs: Graphing Points on the Coordinate Plane Performance Task 2016-2017 1) Go to the following web site: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/OrderedSimplePlot/

2) Underneath “Show,” click “Light Grid Lines.”

3) Type your list of ordered pairs in the box titled, “Data.” Separate each ordered pair by a comma.

4) If you need to lift your pencil to start a new, unconnected section of the picture, type “newgraph” on a separate line in the data box. Keep in mind that if you need to connect your last point to the first point, you will need to list the first point again.

5) Once completed listing your points, click “Plot/Update.” If your picture does not look like what you want it to look like, edit your points so that they make the correct picture.

Reflection on Checking Ordered Pairs Activity:

1) Did your picture look like what you wanted it to? YES NO

If you answered “YES” above, STOP HERE. If you answered “NO,” continue with the questions below.

2) If your picture did not look like it was supposed to, why didn’t it?

3) What did you need to change with your ordered pairs so that your picture did look like you wanted it to?