Writing Policy
Writing in Health/Physical Education
Expectations: Daily opportunities for writing in Health classes.
- Interviews of health professionals and patients and a research report summarizing their findings.
- Scripts for a commercial written incorporating a strategy to depict a positive message to the youth, country, etc. on a related health issue.
- Test/Homework/Do Now Questions – answers written in complete sentences.
- Vocabulary development-using the dictionary and incorporating words into sentences.
- Written questions created by students used on tests.
- Written response to Instructional Videos and current movies on topics such as Drug Use and Abuse and Mental Health.
- Written response to Internet research on current health issues and therapeutic remedies.
- Writing homework responses on the board, current events, group work with written responses, and research articles.
Expectations: Daily opportunities for students to respond in writing in Physical Education:
- Research projects-weight training-topics include health, fitness, and diet. Summarizing the article and its practicality.
- Fitness class-educational information on how to become healthy.
- Journals in medically excused, weight training and yoga.
- Progress charts and written homework
- Swimming-written analysis of skills used for different strokes.
- Vocabulary development in Survey class—writing sentences to demonstrate understanding.
- Written self-evaluation of skills.
- Written skills analysis and testing in selective classes.
- Written test in the life guarding class.