Week of 9/29/14 - 10/3/14

Monday - Students will complete project presentations. Students will have their test over tobacco. Students will complete vocabulary for chapter 21 which is alcohol.

Tuesday - Students and teacher will cover lessons 1 and 2 of chapter 21 using guided notes and open discussion. Students will start an in-class assignment called "A drink from home'

Wednesday - students will complete chapter 21 notes over alcohol. Students will also complete their "A drink from home assignment."

Thursday - Students will copy vocabulary for illegal drugs and start their notes covering chapter 22 Illegal Drugs.

Friday - Students and teacher will continue their notes and look to complete the chapter over illegal drugs.

Week of 9/22/14 - 9/26/14

Monday - Students will create their own "Truth" commercials concerning tobacco. Students will be shown examples of existing commercials and their task will be to create their own. They will perform their commercials in front of their peers.

Tuesday - Students and teacher will review chapter 20 which covered tobacco. Students will have a few minutes to talk with their groups concerning health projects that are due Thursday. The class will start chapter 21 covering alcohol. They will take active notes and participate in open discussion.

Wednesday - Students will continue their active notes over alcohol. Students and teacher will participate in open discussion over the chapter. If students need time with their group members they will have some class time to finish project work. Projects are due Thursday.

Thursday - Students will present their health projects to their peers.

Friday - Students will complete their health project presentations. If time permits the class will also complete chapter 21 notes over alcohol.

Week of 9/8/14 - 9/12/14

Monday - 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. 

Tuesday - 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. 

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 - Chapter 19 notes through PowerPoint. Role Playing: Students will make up skits that show examples of drug use, drug misuse, and drug abuse. The class should judge which category is being presented by the skit. Caution them to make a distinction between misuse and abuse so that both categories are not included in the same skit.

Friday - Students will complete chapter 19 notes through PowerPoint. Role Playing: The 2nd half of the class  will perform their skits that show examples of drug use, drug misuse, and drug abuse. The class should judge which category is being presented by the skit. Caution them to make a distinction between misuse and

abuse so that both categories are not included in the same skit.