Healthy Active Living, Unit 1

Healthy Active Living, Unit 1: Healthy Active Living
Grade 9 Lesson Plans
Strand: Healthy Active Living—Physical Fitness
Accommodations:
• Pay particular attention to the students who are having trouble completing reading
and handbook assignments
• Offer to look at their work before they hand it in
• Partner weaker students with stronger students in the class
• Inform parents of progress, especially for at-risk students
• Check handbooks for completion while students are doing group work
Assessment and Evaluation
• Use participation, social skill, and safety assessment rubric at the end of each class
At the end of each class:
• Sign out appropriate audio-visual equipment for the next class (as needed)
• Remind students about the summative evaluation due at the end of the unit
• Inform all students, especially high-risk ones, of their progress in H&PE class
Some activities adapted from Ophea document, Grade 9–10
Understanding Health-Related Fitness
Lesson 2: Health-Related Fitness
75 minutes
Suggested Reading: pages 8–9 and 14
Suggested Handbook Worksheets: page 28
Expectation(s): AL2.05X: Describe the benefits of each health-related fitness component
and its relationship to active living (e.g., the relationship of cardiovascular fitness to
increased stamina and lower risk of heart disease; the relationship of healthy eating to
improved well-being)
Description: In this lesson the teacher will:
• Define health-related fitness
Task 1 (20 minutes)
Students will complete Exercise 1.1, “Health-Related Fitness” on page 28 in their Student
Activity Handbooks. Take up the answers with the class (see pages 8–9 in the Healthy
Active Living textbook for answers).

Task 2 (10 minutes)
Introduce students to the concept of Skill-Related Fitness as outlined on pages 10–11 of
their Healthy Active Living textbook. Emphasize the difference between the two fitness
components and answer any questions that may arise. Ask the class to brainstorm
examples of skill-related fitness.
Task 3 (45 minutes)
Divide the class into four groups. Assign each group one of the following components of
health-related fitness: Cardiorespiratory Exercise, Muscular Endurance, Muscular
Strength, and Flexibility. Each group will brainstorm two examples of exercise for their
component, a definition, the benefits, and an activity or sport that develops this
component.
Bring the class back together and have a spokesperson from each group read their
findings to the class. Keep track of what each group reports by drawing the following
chart on the board or on an overhead:
Component Exercise Definitions Benefits Activity/Sport
Cardiorespiratory
Exercise
Muscular
Endurance
Muscular
Strength
1.
2.
1.
2.
1.
2.
Flexibility 1.
2.
Discuss each group’s findings with the class and answer any questions that may arise.
Remind students that they should copy out the chart in its entirety for use as a study aid.