Week of 9/28/15 - 10/2/15

- Health Projects are due this week! Remember that project must be complete by the time that you walk into class on Tuesday 9/29/15!


- Email papers to coachrogers.health@Hotmail.com  before your class block on Tuesday!


Monday - Finish chapter 22 illegal drugs. Students will work in small groups and discuss the two questions from the PowerPoint. The two questions are Discuss: Do you think teens should be responsible for preventing drug use by their friends? Consider how far a friend should go in preventing drug use.  


Debate: Should pregnant women be prosecuted for child abuse or something harsher for using illegal drugs while pregnant. Students will appoint a spokesperson in each group to summarize the group’s conclusion. 


Groups will write out their response and we will have open discussion covering the two questions.


Tuesday - Students will present their health projects to the class. Students must have a 4 page paper emailed to the teacher before class on Tuesday and they must have their presentation ready that covers what was written in their papers.


Wednesday - Students and teacher will cover chapter 24 STDs and HIV/AIDS.  Students will start Active Learning: Students will be divided into small groups and each group assigned a STD that was discussed in the lesson. Groups will prepare a 1 minute public service announcement (PSA) to educate the public about the STD. Students are advised to write the PSA in their own words. They will present their PSAs to the class.


Thursday - Students will complete Active Learning assignment and turn it in to the teacher.


Friday - Final exam study guide. Final exam is next Friday, October 9th. Health will end on the 9th. Personal Fitness will start Oct. 12th. Students will meet the teacher in the Morgan Gym and will bring a change of clothes so students can work out.

Week of 9/14/15 - 9/18/15

Monday - Students will start chapter 22 active notes. Chapter 22 covers Illegal Drugs.



Tuesday - students will take chapter 21 unit assessment. Students will start work on health projects. Groups for their health projects will be developed. Students will be given a rubric and expectations for their projects. Projects will consist of a 4 page paper and a presentations that outlines their paper. Each group will turn in a paper and present their presentation to their peers. Once groups are developed students will create an outline for their papers, each group member will understand his/her responsibilities, and the group will decide on the kind of presentation that the group will like to develop. All of this should be complete before going to the computer lab for the next two days so students can maximize their time in the computer lab. 



Wednesday - Students will work on health project for the entire class block in the computer lab. Students will work on their 4 page paper and the presentation that goes along with their paper. Students will have rubrics to guide them through the project.



Thursday- Students will work on health project for the entire class block in the computer lab. Students will work on their 4 page paper and the presentation that goes along with their paper. Students will have rubrics to guide them through the project.


Friday - Students will work on health project for the entire class block in the computer lab. Students will work on their 4 page paper and the presentation that goes along with their paper. Students will have rubrics to guide them through the project.

Week of 9/8/15 - 9/11/15 - Alcohol

Monday - No School

Tuesday - Students will take chapter 20 assessment. Students will complete vocabulary for chapter 21. Students will complete cooperative learning assignment.

Wednesday - Students and teacher will cover chapter 21 lesson 1 and 2 using PowerPoint and active notes. Students will draw out the effects of using alcohol. This will be part of their notebook check.


Thursday - Students and teacher will complete chapter 20 notes. Students will start project  based assignment.


Friday - Students will reteach the material from chapter 21 to a partner. Each pair of students will develop a 20 question assessment to help them study for the unit assessment.

Week of 8/31/15 - 9/4/15

Monday - Students will start chapter 20 active notes. Chapter 20 covers tobacco. Following notes students will write a letter to a friend or family member encouraging him/her to stop smoking. Students must include information from notes and researched information on tobacco.

Tuesday - Students will continue with chapter 20 lesson 2 active notes. After notes students will start a small in-class project that will include them making posters to educate their peers on the dangers of using tobacco.


Wednesday - Students will work on chapter 20 lesson 3 active notes. Students will complete their tobacco posters. If time permits students will create their own "Truth Commercials".


Thursday- Students will complete notes for chapter 20. Cooperative Learning: Students will start working on Bulletin Boards about Smoking. Students will be given cooperative learning cards. They will be paired with a partner who can help them complete the assignment. Students will be given a card and they will complete side A of the card. They will develop bulletin boards. 


Friday - Students will complete their Cooperative learning assignment: Students must be sure to include reasons a person should quit, images to encourage people to quit and to encourage a healthy environment, health risks of smoking. They should be creative, use color and list strategies to help someone quit smoking and resources that can help.   

Week of 8/17/15 - 8/21/15

Monday - Students will complete the video "Sybil". Once the video is complete students will complete worksheet and writing assignment.

Tuesday - Students will take chapter 5 unit assessment. Students will complete vocabulary for chapter 16 and 17. The next unit will be Reproduction. Students will be given handouts of the reproduction system to label then students and the teacher will cover chapter16 lessons 1 and 2. As the teacher covers the lesson students will be able to check their labeling and make corrections.

Wednesday - The teacher and students will complete the notes of chapter 16 using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will start their group assignment, which is to develop a learning pamphlet for middle school students using visuals and facts about the reproduction system.

Thursday - Students will complete chapter 17 lesson 1 notes using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will complete their group assignment.

Friday - Students will review chapter 16 and lesson 1 of chapter 17 to get ready for their test. Students will watch "The Miracle of Life" video. Follow the video students will have their 2nd writing prompt.

Welcome to Health!

Welcome to Health!

Week of August 10 - 14 Mental and Emotional Health

Monday - Students start vocabulary for chapter 5 Mental and Emotional Health

Tuesday - The teachers will cover chapter 5 lesson 1 and 2 using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will complete a Cooperative Learning assignment. This will be group work.

Wednesday - Teacher and students will complete chapter 5 lesson 3 using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will watch short videos describing different mental disabilities. Students will develop Anti-Suicide material. They will make a flyer, brochure, or poster that delivers a positive message and provide accurate information for students who may be thinking about suicide.

Thursday - The class will complete chapter 5 notes using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will start their Eye on the Media assignment. Students will develop a brochure, billboard, a newspaper add, and a slogan encouraging people to see help for mental and emotional problems. The will be a group assignment that will take two days to complete.

Friday - Students will complete their Eye on the Media assignment. Students will watch short film covering Mental and Emotional Health. Students will have a writing assignment once the film is over.

Week of 4/20 - 4/24

Monday - Students will complete chapter 3 notes using PowerPoint and open discussion. Students will start working on student projects, which will be a class workout that they will develop with a partner.

Tuesday - Students will work on school wide fitness challenge using information from chapter 1 and 3. Students will participate in class workout the 2nd half of class. Workout will consist of a light jog around the track, jog two times around stadium and stairs, then jog around track again. This is one set. Students will complete 3 sets.

Wednesday - Students will complete school fitness challenge. They will participate in class workout that will be a short campus run. The run will be around the track, up the hill to the softball field, around baseball field, around practice field, ending around track.

Thursday - Students will complete their student workouts and turn it in. Students will participate in a workout developed by a peer as a practice run. Students will use this time and workout to make any needed changes.

Friday - Students will take chapter 3 test. They will complete a peer workout for the 2nd half of class.