Lesson Plan

Objectives (Morning)

• Review compiling & running

• Review of comments, class names

• Variables

• Arithmetic

Objectives (Afternoon)

• Methods with no arguments

• Methods that require a single argument

• Methods that require multiple arguments

• Methods that return values

Exercises (Morning) [Not For Hand In]

• Exercises (Chapter 2, pg 43) - Q 4, 5, 6

Exercises (Afternoon) [Not For Hand In]

• Exercises 3, 7, & 8 from chapter 2, section A (pg 63-64)

Demo (Morning)

• Class names (pg 9)

• Comments (pg 14)

• Primative types (pg 25)

• Declaring variables

• Integer types (pg 27)

• print / println

• arithmetic statements (pg 30)

• boolean (pg 33)

• floating point (pg 34 - 35)

• numeric type conversion (pg 35 - 36)

• char data type (pg 37)

• escape sequences (pg 37)

Demo (Afternoon)

• Basic elements of a method (pg 48)

• Access modifiers (pg 48)

• Create a basic output method - no args, no return - sample is output (pg 48-50)

• Create a basic method with one argument (pg 53-55)

• Create a basic method with multiple arguments (pg 56)

• Create a method that returns values (pg 57-58)

EXAMPLES:

• Weight converter - 2.2 lbs/kg

• Length converter - 2.54 cm/inch

• Currency converter - pass in ratio

• Area calculator - pass in length/width