Middle School PE Lesson Ideas

The following is put forth as a guide for writing out a Health and/or PE unit plan for Middle/High School. It was originally designed for pre-service/new teachers. Please adjust to fit your particular situation--this is not the end-all to designing unit plans. There are a number of ways to do this.

Unit Name (Typically a Content Area for Health or PE)

Number of days unit will last

Date Start-Date End

Grade level (s)

Your Name
School Name
Date

Unit Name
Grade (s)
Number of Days
Date End-Date Start

Indicate how you will be assessing your students to see if your students reached your Unit Objectives.

5. Contingency/Emergency Lesson Ideas:

Indicate the lesson ideas you plan on implementing that will replace any ideas that are in your unit plan. These may include days you lose your classroom or physical activity area due to assemblies, inclement weather, or other situations that may arise.

Ideas may include but are not limited to:

• Adjust what you had planned for outside to the indoor facility;
• Motor skill or Fitness Stations;
• Cooperative activities;
• Test review activities for the classroom (i.e., jeapardy, family feud, etc.)

6. Materials needed (list all equipment and other materials you will need for the entire unit, include quantity needed for each piece as well):