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PE 7&8 Course B Syllabus

PHYSICAL EDUCATION GRADES 7&8  #9284
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 7 & 8
Instruction involves a variety of activities. Emphasis is on the student acquiring proficiency in the elementary skills, rules and strategies of team sports as well as knowledge and understanding of the components of fitness. Throughout the year, fitness is integrated into activities and units. The major areas of emphasis include:

COURSE  B
Aerobics:  learn how to evaluate heart rate after different levels of exercise, enhance cardiovascular fitness through low impact aerobics and circuit training, and compose through cooperative learning an original, group, aerobic routine to music.
Basketball:  elementary skills, rules and strategies, scoring, basic offense and defense, basketball court nomenclature, safety factors, and player positions and responsibilities.  
Flag Football:  elementary skills, rules, strategies, basic offense and defense, playing field nomenclature, safety factors, and player positions and responsibilities.  
Mass Games:  participation in various mass games and relays; safety factors are stressed.
New Games:  The New Games unit is designed around the idea of working cooperatively rather than competitively through team building.  The activities are designed to promote teamwork and enhance the social skills needed to accomplish goals.  Team building will give each student the joy of individual success, but reinforce the idea of group accomplishment of a task by helping and depending upon other students.  
Physical Fitness Tests:  Testing events are curl-ups, sit and reach, twelve minute run/walk, flexed arm hang, and shuttle run.  
Soccer:  elementary skills, rules, strategies, basic offense and defense, playing field nomenclature, safety factors, and player positions and responsibilities.  
Softball:  elementary skills, rules, player positions and basic responsibilities, basic terminology, and safety factors.  
Track:  proper starts and proper running form, rules governing sprint races and team scoring.  Events include 50 yard, 75 yard, 100 yard, 220 yard sprint, 440 yard run, 880 yard run, and the mile.  
Volleyball: elementary skills, rules, basic offensive and defensive strategies, scoring, playing court nomenclature, safety factors, and player positions.

Students will have at least six of the activities listed above.  Not all activities are offered every period or semester.

No tool(s), instrument(s) or equipment (compasses, knives, scissors, bats) used in the instructional process of this course may be removed from the classroom/lab/shop/gym without the express permission of the teacher in charge.

DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES
We seek a program in which students:
  1.  Actively participate in physical education activities.
  2.  Dress appropriately for physical activity.
  3.  Actively participate in warm-up exercises prior to participation in physical activity.
  4.  Demonstrate correct execution of warm-up and conditioning exercises.
  5.  Actively participate in drills designed to improve execution of skills
  6.  Incorporate skills in game and activity performance.
  7.  Demonstrate a knowledge of the rules governing physical activities.
  8.  Demonstrate a knowledge of the concepts inherent to physical activities.
  9.  Participate successfully in physical education activities.
10.  Exhibit acceptable, social interaction skills, such as cooperation, teamwork and sportsmanship, when participating in activities.
11.  Exhibit a positive outlook toward physical activity.
12.  Recognize the importance of cardiovascular development, physical fitness, psychomotor development and coordination.
13.  Adhere to safety rules and regulations as established by the physical education department.

    (Specific instructional objectives for each activity are available upon request.)




COURSE B

FALL and SPRING  (Marking Periods 1 & 4)
New Games or Flag Football              3 1/4 weeks
Soccer (Fall) or Softball (Spring)       3 1/4 weeks
Track                                                   2 1/2 weeks

WINTER  (Marking Periods 2 & 3)
Aerobics 4 weeks
Physical Fitness Testing 1 week
Volleyball or Basketball 4 weeks



WARREN HILLS REGIONAL MIDDLE  SCHOOL

Grading system for boys and girls in physical education

Each student starts out each marking period with 100 points.

Area I - Proper Attire - Participation - Attendance  70 points

         Each marking period, a student may earn a maximum of 70 points toward his/her physical education grade by wearing the proper gym attire, participating in all activities, and being in attendance at the time "roll" is initiated.

         2 points off  - First (1st) unprepared:  Failure to wear entire prescribed gym uniform.  A student will be considered "unprepared" and WILL NOT be permitted to participate in physical education class if he/she is (a) without sneakers, or (b) wearing inappropriate trunks or shirt, or (c) is wearing jewelry.  Sneakers must be securely fastened with all laces visible on the outside.  Hiking boots are not allowed.

         4 points off - Second (2nd) unprepared and subsequent unprepareds

         1 point off -   Missing socks

         1, 2, or 3 points off - Unsatisfactory participation

          2 or 4 points off - "cutting" class will be considered as being unprepared for class and the appropriate amount of points (1st, 2nd, or 3rd unprepared) will be deducted - in addition, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken by the school administration.

Area II - Skill ability - Knowledge of Activity - Effort, Improvement and Cooperation

         Each marking period, a student may earn a maximum of 30 points toward his/her physical education grade as indicated in the following areas.

         1.  Skill Tests for Sports  20 points
                    New Games Criteria:    a.  debriefing worksheets
                                                          b.  design a game incorporating unit skills,
                                                          c.  communication
                                                          d.  self evaluation

         2.  Effort, Improvement and Cooperation  10 points

WARREN HILLS REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
MAKE - UP PROCEDURES FOR  PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1.    Physical education instructors will be available during the time of 2:20 - 2:45 PM to provide instruction to students who desire extra help in physical education and to administer written and skill tests to students who need to make them up.
2.    It is the responsibility of the student to contact the instructor and arrange for a time to make-up any assignments missed.  A student who misses a written or skill test, due to an  absence, will be allowed two weeks from the date he/she returns to school to make up the test(s) missed.  
3.    Failure to make-up a written or skill test will result in a zero (0) being awarded for that particular test.
4.    A medical excuse is defined as an illness/injury that is verified by a nurse/doctor's note. Should students accumulate 20 or more medical excuses in a marking period, he/she will be given a medical excuse for that marking period. No grade or credit will be awarded for that marking period.  A medical excuse has no bearing on a student's final grade.
5.    Any unique situation which is not covered in the above guidelines will be resolved by the department supervisor/principal, with each situation being evaluated on its own merits.