HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM
The following will be required for this class:
1. Textbook: “Glencoe Health”
2. A notebook - 200 pages or more
3. Two Pocket Folder (to be used for Health hand outs and HWs only)
4. Loose leaf paper for all HWs
5. Blue or black pen, a Red pen and a #2 pencil
TOPICS:
Health and Wellness Tobacco
(Nutrition) Alcohol
First Aid Illegal Drugs
CPR Sex Education, including STDs and AIDS
Stress Skin and Hair
Requirements:
1. Grading will be based on tests, projects, worksheets, completed
homework assignments, and participation in class. An average of the above
will determine the student’s grade for each quarter. Projects (.25), HWs and
Worksheets (.20), Tests (.45), and Participation (.10)
2. Projects are due on the DUE DATE. There are four (4) Health Projects
assigned during the school year. The students will receive the requirements
and explanations of the project well in advance of the deadline date. Any
Project handed in one day late will receive a grade of 75% provided all
requirements for the Project were meet. If a Project is not handed in a
grade of ZERO will be given and averaged into the THE QUARTER GRADE. All
Projects are worth 25% of the quarter grade.
3. Homework is to be handed in on the DUE DATE. Questions and Answers
are to be written on loose leaf paper. Returned homework assignments are to
be kept in a 2 pocket folder and used as a study guide for upcoming test.
Completed, handed in homework assignments count as one grade, which will be
added into the quarter grade. The Teacher has the option of detaining
students after school if homework assignments are not handed in, in lieu of
detention. Each HW is worth .10 points in the overall homework grade. If a
students hands in an assignment one day late, she will receive .05 points for
that assignment. If a student hands in an assignment two days late she will
receive a grade of 0% for that particular assignment. If three HWs are not
handed in a Not On Task Detention will be issued and your parent/guardian
will receive a Progress Report.
Late assignments are discouraged because they will adversely affect
the student’s grade. All HWs are corrected during class time with a RED
pen. Absentees are required to do the HWs and hand them in on time when they
return to class the next scheduled class meeting. You are to PRINT the word
ABSENT on the top of any absent HWs and LATE on the top of any late HWs that
are one day late.
4. Absentees are required to find out about missed assignments, work
sheets, and tests. You are required to make-up any test on the next
scheduled class meeting.
5. Home Work Heading will be as follows:
Example:
Name __________________ HE – 0 ___ HR 10 - __ Date _______
Chapt. 1 Assign. # 1 pg____ Quest. #1, 2, 3, & 4
Teacher’s Name (Ms. Capifali, Ms Hazell or Ms. Pennacchia)
WRITE OUT THE QUESTION FIRST.
WRITE OUT YOUR ANSWER ON THE NEXT LINE.
ORGANIZATION AND NEATNESS IS REQUIRED.
Example: 1. List three reasons why teenagers smoke.
Ans. Three reasons why teenagers smoke are:
1. Peer Pressure
2. Parent’s smoke
3. Curiosity
6. FIRST QUARTER PROJECT
COLLAGE DESCRIBING YOURSELF - DUE DATE 9/18 for ABEF and 9/22 for CDGH classes
(this counts for 25% OF 1ST QUARTER GRADE).
Cut out pictures and words describing yourself from magazines or newspapers
and Paste – Glue (do not staple or scotch tape) them on CONSTRUCTION PAPER 8
1/2 X 11. Be prepared to give a short, oral presentation about yourself
using your collage. Remember to fill in the entire construction paper with
your words and pictures.
This Project is due on the Second Class Meeting of the Second Cycle.
