The general syllabus is posted on the syllabus page. The entire first
semester will cover fitness. The second semester will cover volleyball,
badminton, and sexuality education. Parents will have the opportunity to
review the sex ed materials one week prior to instruction. The tentative
outline for volleyball/badminton is below.
Jan 20 - 23 Begin (PI #1): Volleyball
Introduction, unit objectives
History, rules, terminology and
regulations
Jan 26 – Jan 30 Fundamental skills: Forearm pass,
serve, & set Spike &Block
Skills assessment
Feb 2 – Feb 6 Team Strategies: Offense – 6 – 2,
4 – 2, 5 – 1, 5 man serve receive,
spike coverage, drives, dinks
Skills assessment
Tournament play
Feb 9 – Feb 13 Team Strategies: Defense – Base
position, Middle Back, Middle Up,
Block coverage, Digs, Free Ball
Skills assessment
Feb 17 – Mar 4 Skills assessment
Tournament play
Rules assessment
videotaping of volleyball 4 v 4
and basketball 3 v 3
Mar 5 - Mar 18 Sexuality Education – Males and
Females will be separated.
The course will be taught by sex ed
teachers from the district office.
It will be taught for 8 – 10 days
during this time period.
Mar 23 - Mar 27 Begin (PI # 1): Badminton
Introduction – unit objectives
History, rules, terminology and
regulations
Apr 6 – Apr 10 Spring Break
Mar 30 – Apr 3 Fundamental skills: Grip, ready
Apr 14 - Apr 17 position, footwork, serve,
Clears – overhead, underhand,
forehand, backhand
Singles Challenge Games
Apr 20 – May 1 Skills assessment
Advanced skills: Drop shot, smash
Strategy: Singles serve return
Singles tournament
May 4 – May 15 Singles Tournament
Strategy Assessment
Doubles play: Rules, strategy
Doubles challenge games
May 18 – May 22 Tournament Play
Skills Assessment
Written test
FitnessGram Re-Test Scores Due (PI #4)
End of course tests in English,
Math, and Science
May 26 – June 4 Final Exams
Exam Review
