Lesson Title: Trojan Ball

Grade Level: 4th Grade

Teaching Topic: Chasing and Fleeing Unit

National Standards:
Standard 1 - The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.
Standard 4 - The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
State Standards: PE4.1 a, 4.1 c, 4.5 a, 4.5 b
Psychomotor Objective:
A. SWBAT demonstrate fleeing abilities during gameplay for the majority of the time.
B. SWBAT demonstrate chasing abilities during gameplay for the majority of the time.
C. SWBAT demonstrate the ability to throw overhand to a partner during gameplay.
Cognitive Objective:
A. SWBAT demonstrate understanding of fleeing and chasing during gameplay
Affective Objective:
A. SWBAT demonstrate the ability to work as a member of a team during game play.
Instructional Strategies: Direct and Indirect Instruction; Concrete explanations and demonstrations will be provided.
Material/Equipment: 4 hula hoops, 16 jerseys, 12 colored balls, whistle, timer, 20 poly spots
TASK TYPE
(Introduction,
Initial, Tasks,
Closure)

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS

Warm-Up

Light aerobic activities with dynamic

movements at a moderate intensity.

INCLUSION
ACCOMMODATIONS

MANAGEMENT & TRANSITION and

STRUCTURING & DIRECTING

TIME
ESTIMATE

Please come in and stand at your

spots. Get ready to warm-up.

5 minutes

Thank you for coming in quickly and

quietly.

Introduction

See Lesson 1 for appropriate

behavior, positive language, and
consequences.
Today we are going to play a game
that includes chasing and fleeing
each other. You will be working as a
team in the game. Eventually, we will
work on throwing and catching, also.

Use checks for

understanding.

I expect everyone to follow our

classroom rules and safety procedures.

Revisit rules and safety

measures consistently as
needed.

(Go over class rules.)

Low skill: Participate at

lower intensity be the
person who stays in their
teams zone to tag
members of other teams
that are trying to steal
their balls.

(Go over safety and personal space.)

7 minutes

We are going to split you up into 4

even teams. When we tell you what
zone to go to, go sit behind your teams
hula-hoop. If there are jerseys behind
your hula-hoop, the put your jersey on.
Do not touch anything else.

14 minutes

2 minutes
7 minutes

Rules: When I am talking, make

sure you are making eye contact with
me. Listen carefully to my
instructions, and you may ask
questions at the end if you need to.
Safety: Be aware of your own
personal space, as well as others.
Make sure you keep your eyes up
while running. Make sure you make
eye contact with your teammate
before throwing to them.

Initial Task

We are going to play Trojan Ball. We

will split you into 4 teams. As you can
see, the gym is split into 4 squares
by the cones. Each team will have
their own square. The object of the
game is to try to steal any of the
other teams balls and return it to
your own hula-hoop without being
tagged. You may only pick up one
ball at a time. You are safe from
being tagged as long as you are in

High Skill: Participate at

a higher intensity be the
person who goes around

When I blow my whistle, you may

begin. When you hear my whistle again,

your own territory. If you are tagged

and tries to steal other
in another teams territory, you have
teams balls
to squat down and wait for one of
your team members to come rescue
you by tagging you. Then you are
free to reenter the game. Once you
are freed, you must return to your
own territory before you can try to
steal another ball. If you are tagged
while carrying another teams ball in
any territory other than your own, you
must immediately return the ball to
the hula-hoop and squat down. You
may attempt to take any ball from
any other teams hula-hoop. You may
not guard your hula-hoop from
directly beside it. For the first round,
you may not transfer the ball to
another team member at all if you
are the one that attempts the steal,
then you must be the one to get it
back to your hula-hoop alone. If you
drop the ball, it must be returned to
its hula-hoop.

everyone freeze!
Each game will last 5 minutes.
Blow whistle.

(Complete demonstrations where

needed.)
Checks for understanding.
Task 1

Now, you may handoff the balls to

your teammates to try to get the balls
to your hula-hoop. You cannot throw
the ball, you must hand it off from
your hand into your teammates hand.
You do not have to hand it off, only if
you want to. But, you cannot hand

Low skill: Focus more

on tagging other teams
players. Go take a
handoff from a teammate
who stole the ball
High Skill: Focus more

Everyone make sure that your hulahoop has 3 balls return balls to the
hula-hoops that need them.
Thank you all for playing safely with
your teams.

6 minutes
20 minutes

the ball off across the boundary line

you must run the ball across the
boundary line.
Try to strategize and work as a team
to get as many of the balls in your
hula-hoop as you can.
Remember, you can take any of the
balls from the other teams hulahoops, but you may only take 1 ball
at a time.

on trying to steal the

balls, handing off to other
teammates or running the
ball by themselves

Make eye contact with me as I give you

the new elements of the game.
When I blow my whistle, you may
begin playing again. When I blow my
whistle again, everyone freeze!

(Complete demonstrations where

needed.)
Task 2

Checks for understanding.

For this round, you are allowed to
throw the balls to people on your
team to try to get them from the other
teams hula-hoops to your own. But,
you cannot throw the balls across the
boundary line you may throw the
balls to your teammates within the
other teams zones, but you must run
the ball across the boundary lines.
You have to throw the balls
overhand. If you drop the ball, you
must return it to the teams hula-hoop
and squat down. If the ball is
intercepted or batted away, then it
must be returned to the teams hulahoop and you must squat down. The
person that intercepted it or batted
the ball away is not frozen, you just
continue to play.
Remember, you can take any of the
balls from the other teams hula-

Now we are going to add more skills to

the game, so make sure you continue to
play safely.

Blow whistle.

Low skill: Focus more

on intercepting the ball
and batting the ball away
from players
High Skill: Focus more
on trying to steal the
balls, throwing and
catching the balls

Everyone make sure that your hulahoop has 3 balls return balls to the
hula-hoops that need them.
Good job everyone, you all worked well
with your teams.
Thank you all for playing safely.
When I blow my whistle, you may
begin playing again.
Remember, make eye contact with the
person you are throwing to before you
throw the ball. Keep your eyes up while
running.
When I blow my whistle again,
everyone freeze.
Blow whistle.

6 minutes
26 minutes

hoops, but you can only take 1 ball at

a time.
(Complete demonstrations where
needed.)
Checks for understanding.
Closure

Questioning: What did you all learn

about working with your teams
today?

Use prompting and

probing questions as
needed.

Please raise your hand before you

respond. Please dont talk over anyone
else.

(Teamwork characteristics,
positives of working with a team,
what worked and what didnt work)

Thank you class for participating and

working well with your team members
today.

Set-up: Next time we meet we will

move on to our next unit.

Boys and girls please line up and get

ready to be dismissed.

4 minutes
30 minutes