Class: Health
Teacher: Heather Jefferson
Lesson Plan
Week: 3/23-3/27
Monday:
Standards/TEKS: 5A, 5B, 5K, 5L, 6A, 8A
Title: Avoiding and Preventing Violence
Objectives:
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Identify factors that contribute to teen violence
Identify policies to prevent violence in schools
Describe ways to protect themselves from violence
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 7, Lesson 3
-Read/discuss chapter 7, lesson 3
-Warm-up: Write a short paragraph explaining why you think some young people resort to violence to
settle differences. Read paragraphs aloud and list reasons on board. Ask class to add to the list.
Chapter 7, Lesson 3 of text book
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PowerPoint/ student take notes
Activity: Discussing: Help students identify specific unsafe situations that might arise in their school or
community. What are the early warning signs of these unsafe situations? What are the best ways to
avoid or leave these situations?
Assessment/Assignment: Chapter 7, Lesson 3 Quiz, review chapter 7, lesson 4
Review: ask each student to identify one new idea they learned from this lesson. Encourage a variety of
answers to avoid repetition.
Other:
Tuesday:
Standards/TEKS: 5A, 5C
Title: Preventing Abuse
Objectives:
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Define abuse and describe the different forms of abuse that can occur
Explain the cycle of abuse
List ways to avoid abuse
Identify where to go for help if they are abused
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 7, Lesson 4
-Read/discuss chapter 7, lesson 4
-Warm-up: What does the term abuse mean to you? Who would you talk to if you thought a friend was
being abused? Would you first get approval from your friend before talking with someone about the
abuse? Why or why not?
Chapter 7, Lesson 4 of text book
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PowerPoint/ student take notes
Activity: Find/Read Article on someone being abused. What kind of abuse is this? How could this abuse
been avoided? Where could this person get help?
Assessment/Assignment: review chapter 6 and 7 for test review game on Wednesday
Review: Ask each student to identify the most important concept he or she learned about abuse?
Other:
Wednesday:
Standards/TEKS:
Title: Exam 3 Review
Objectives:
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Prepare for exam 3
Materials/Resources: text book and notes
Procedure:
-Warm-up: open book and read Chapter 7, Lesson 4/Discuss
-divide class into two teams
-Chapters 6 and 7
Activity: Review Game/ Trash Can Basketball (winning team gets +5 on test)
Assessment/Assignment: study for exam 3
Review: tell students about the test details, procedures, and what they will need
Other: none
Thursday:
Standards/TEKS:
Title: Exam 3, Relationships and Conflict Resolution
Objectives:
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Exam 3
Chapters 6 and 7
Discuss Nutrition Log/Project
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook
Procedure: Take Exam 3, 44 questions
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After student complete exam they will read AR Book
Activity: None
Assessment/Assignment: Review Chapter 8, Lesson 1
Review:
Other:
Friday:
Standards/TEKS: 8A
Title: The Importance of Nutrition
Objectives:
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Explain why the body needs nutritious food
Discuss what influences their food choices
Differentiate between hunger and appetite
Define nutrient deficiency
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 8, Lesson 1
-Read/ discuss chapter 8, Lesson 1
-PowerPoint/students take notes
- Give Exam 3 back/discuss
-Warm-up: Discuss Nutrition Project. Write down six items that you have eaten recently. What factors
influenced your decision to eat each food?
Activity: Comparing: What is the difference between appetite and hunger? How are they related? Why is
it importance to recognize the difference between your appetite and your hunger? Why do you think
that even after you eat a meal and are full, you still want dessert?
Assessment/Assignment: Bring healthy snack Monday (HW grade), Nutrition Log, Review Chapter 8,
Lesson 2
Review: What is one new fact you learned about factors that influence your food choices?
Other: