Year Plan - Wellness 10

Jake McGeough and Joe Tressel

Total number
of classes:
85
Unit 1
Number of
classes: 15

Unit 2
Number of
classes: 24

Outcome
(s)
W1
W3
W2
W6

W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W12

Key Learnings
Overview

Summative Assessment

During this unit students

will learn about the
physical and social
dimensions of wellness
while participating in
movement activities that
work on tactics and
strategies. Students will
also learn how to
participate safely in
these activities, and how
to prevent injuries.
Students will also plan
their service learning
that will continue
throughout the year.

(Worth 10% of final

mark)
Create a service
learning plan that
includes goals &
organization they will
be volunteering at.

Students will work

together in groups,
partners, and
individually in this unit
through various physical
activities.
Students will also learn
about the elements of
mental health and the
importance of
spirituality. Students will
check in with the
teacher regarding their
service learning
experiences and

(Worth 25% of final

mark)
Create a public service
announcement to raise
awareness on mental
illness.

Create a timeline on
past injuries and reflect
on possible prevention
opportunities.

Students will create a

powerpoint
presentation on
stereotypes and how
they affect groups of
people
Students will create a

Key Learning Activities

Students will learn about the
physical and social aspect of
wellness through group and
individual movement activities.
Students will
Students will be taught proper
fitness technique and safety
pertaining to exercise.
Students will learn how to create
an effective service learning
plan, and they will begin to
implement it.
Students will analyze
unintentional injuries and
strategies to avoid them.
Students will participate in
movement activities in a variety
of environments.
Students will examine mental
health issues and the
controversy that surrounds it.
Students will look at the biases
and stereotypes that affect
overall well-being and how some
relate to their personal life
Students will examine first
nations and metis spiritual

determine what they

need to modify to the
plan.

Unit 3
Number of
classes: 24

W2
W3
W7
W10

Students will work on

skill-related fitness
components, along with
tactics and strategies.
Students will also finish
their service learning
component of the course
and create a scrapbook
piece that highlights
their experience.

reflection on their
service learning to date

beliefs and traditions through a

field trip experience

Students will create a

blog, and make a blog
post of their learnings
from the field trip and
pose questions that
they have. Students
then will comment on
their peers blogs to
answer those
questions.
(Worth 30% of final
mark)
Create and present a
self-made workout
using anything but
workout/gym
equipment

Students will debrief on their

service learning to date and
reflect on it

Students will work

together in teams to
develop a strategy
and/or tactics that they
can use in a game
situation

The students will finish their

service learning and present
what they have learned through
the experience.
Students will focus on improving
individual health-related fitness
components
Students will work in teams and
partners to begin to dive deeper
into various strategies and
tactics in game situations

Create a scrapbook that

contains pictures and
writing that describes
and is reflective of their
volunteer experience.
Unit 4
Number of
classes: 22

W1
W7
W11

Students will finish their

service learning
component. Students
will learn about healthy
eating habits as well as
good exercise patterns

(Worth 35% of final

mark)
Analyze and record
their own diet, and
implement a plan to
improve it.

Students will be involved in

movement activities that
improve skill-related and healthrelated fitness components
Students will engage in and

to develop lifelong
learning in those two
aspects.

Students will create a

portfolio on their fourweek fitness plan.
Students will reflect on
how each dimension of
wellness is focused on
in their life. They will
try to improve an area
that they feel they are
lacking through a
personal plan for
improvement.

document a four-week fitness

plan of physical activity outside
of the classroom.
Students will also be taught the
benefits of healthy eating and
work on improving their own
healthy eating habits
Students will also look at the
balancing of the dimensions in
their own life and what it
contributes to their overall
wellness