S+Pelletier,Ryan+Adam

**Office: 106 Education center** **Office Phone: 867-5309** **Office Hours: 11-12:30 Fri** ** E-mail: Ryan.a.pelletier@maine.edu **
 * Teacher: Mr. Pelletier**

=Summary of Unit= My students will be asked to show that they have a understanding of different health concepts, and have different methods to incorporate them into your everyday life. Students will also have an understanding of the resources in their area that can them with emotional, physical, and sexual health. They will be able to make a commercial promoting this knowledge to others. They will also be able to use Type II methods in their presentation.

=Establish Goals= Maine Learning Results: Health Education and Physical Education- A. Health Concepts A1: Healthy Behaviors and Personal Health Grade 9 - Diploma Students predict how behaviors can impact health status.

= = =Students will understand that= •personal Health has many concepts, which benefit your life. •there are many contact services and people who can help them with emotional, physical, and sexual issues. •alcohol and drugs use can hurt me now and when I'm older.

= = =Essential Questions= •Why does personal health benefit your lives? •What people in my community help me cope with my personal issues? •Why do I want to avoid contact from drugs and alcohol?

= = =Students will know= •Key factual information: Know nutritional pyramid, know physical activities to help your health. •Personal Services in Community: Know substance abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse programs in the community. •Critical Details: Poor nutrition, inactivity, drugs, and alcohol harm your body.

= = =Students will be able to=
 * predict how healthy behaviors can positively impact health status.
 * make meaning of all concepts of health.
 * create their own chart of reliable resources in the community.
 * analyze for enhancing health.
 * be able to relate with your peers.
 * recognize the dangers of drug and alcohol use.

**Performance Task Overview** Students understand that they know the importance of personal health. Students will understand that emotional, physical, and sexual health that can help themselves out.

=Expectations= Health class will hopefully help you understand how your body works, and how you can improve it. As a student you will need to participate in class and out of class. You will be expected to relate the topics to your work and yourself. I want you to think deeper about how you can help your body. You are expected to arrive to class on time and attend all classes. If their is an emergency or you are unable to attend class please let me know in advance through email. If classes get canceled due to weather, I will email you to let you know what you will need to bring for the next class.

Assignments are required to be turned in on time, unless prior arrangements have been made in advance. You may have the opportunity to redo some assignments, if they are turned in on time and will be due one week after being returned to you. You must submit the original work, rubric, checklists, the revised work and a brief statement of the improvements you made to the assignment. All assigned work must be typed on a word processor using Times font, 12 points, spelling and grammatical errors. Please keep a copy of all work submitted, until the final grade of the course has been determined.

Any work that is passed is expected to have academic integrity. If you use any outside resources they need to be credited. This means pictures, music, or videos. I will not accept any work that has plagiarism or does not have resources.

If you have an identified learning disability and need special accommodations, please let me know immediately.

=Benchmarks= Below is the point value for each assessment and your grade will be based on the percent of points earned from the **total points of 350.** • __**iMovie (50 points)**__: act out a scenario that demonstrates how to overcome the pressures of drugs and alcohol amongst their peers. They will receive a scenario from me. The scenario will cover different situations that they might come across as teenagers. The students will chose and act out the best method to deal with their situation. • __**Comic life (50 points)**__: tell a story about a hero that uses one of the 6 concepts of health to overcome a challenge. They will be given one of the concepts and they will create their own story. • __**Google Earth (25 points)**__: locate and map out local resources in the community that are meant to help you with personal health. Once they have located every resources they will make their own address book. They will be have to write out what each source is and how it can help them. • __**Glogster (50 points)**__: create a Globster that tells about a local organization that exists to help people with physical and mental health. • __**Garageband (25 points)**__: create a podcast that promotes healthy behaviors. You will create a positive podcast that promotes the importance of change towards healthy behaviors in nutrition and physical activity. •**__Wiki (50 points)__**: reflect on what you learned in class that day by relating the material to your personal life. You will create one blog per week. It is not graded on anything but being complete. I will comment on your blog individually through a quick conversation or on a paper with comments. I will use a checklist to make sure each blog is in on time.

=Grading Scale= **A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76), **C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59)
 * __Performance Task__**: **iMovie commercial, storyboard, content, presentation- (100 points)**
 * Unit Design (25 points):** the topic gives three examples of the 6 components of health. Chose one concept and give three examples, or provide examples of 3 different components of health. The storyboard design should be clear and contain all resources. I will expect a hard copy. Programs you can use are charts on Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, web designs, time-line, or a hand drawn out diagram.
 * iMovie (30 points):** create a type II commercial using iMovie. The commercial should have sound, video, pictures, charts, transitions, music, and lots of creativity. Should be able to hear and understand everything in the commercial.
 * Presentation content (30 points):** The content in your presentation should reflect your unit design. It should stay on task and go into depth with examples.
 * Resources (15 points)**: Credit will be given for every source including pictures, music, and videos. The resources should be displayed at the end of the commercial.