| Soccer Unit Block Plan |
| Day 2 |
| Day 3 |
| Day 1 |
| Benchmark: Teacher checklist evaluating passing skill performance |
| Benchmark: Student self evaluation using skill checklist; Plans a program for skill improvement based on self evaluation. |
| Benchmark: Participates in a variety of recreational activities appropriate to the geographical area. |
| Teach: History, definitions, rules, terminologies, etiquette, equipment, safety, foot placement, and follow through. |
| Activities: Individual practice against wall, partner practice, passing to target, teacher evaluation |
| Review: History, definitions, rules, terminologies, etiquette, equipment, safety, foot placement, and follow through |
| Teaching: Kicking with instep of foot for distance kicking |
| Activities: Individual practice, partner practice, self evaluation, plans program of skill improvement |
| Review: Kicking with instep of foot for distance kicking. |
| Teaching: Shooting |
| Activities: Individual and partner practice, peer evaluation, small group project: prepare a "guide book" of a recreational activity that includes equipment and safety info, basic skills for the activity, and locations to pursue activity. |
| Day 5 |
| Day 4 |
| Benchmark: Participate in "fit check" in which each student administers a set of fitness tests to a partner to assess cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility |
| Review: Shooting |
| Teach: Corner Kicks |
| Activities: Individual and partner practice, fit check, know the score game, 6 on 6 mini games. |
| Benchmark: Students will do resurce on the rules of soccer to find out how and why they came about. |
| Review: Corner Kicks |
| Teach: Heading the ball |
| Activities: Individual practice, partner practice, conduct interview, shooting on goal, target passing and shooting, and give and go game. |
| Benchmark: Modifies rules to ensure moderate succsess among soccer player with varying abilities through determining defensive strategies for each classmate based on their abilities shown through warm-up activities |
| Review: Heading the ball |
| Teach: Throw-ins |
| Activities: Lead up warm up/review games: 6 on 6 half field game, accuracy throw- ins, accuracy shooting with targets. Determine teams for later playing times. |
| Day 9 |
| Day 7 |
| Day 8 |
| Benchmark: Participates in a soccer competition. Record scores, perceptions regarding the field and opponents, and other reflections about the personal value of the experience |
| Review: All skills, history, definitions, rules, terminologies, etiquette, equipment, safety |
| Activities: Skill testing, full field soccer game. |
| Benchmark: Discusses the following strategies for a game of soccer: type of pass seslecion, shot selection, reading the defense |
| Review: All skills, history, definitions, rules, terminologies, etiquette, equipment, safety. |
| Activities: Skill testing (continued/make ups); video analysis: view a videotape of 2 soccer teams playing a portionof a soccer game. Students record and evaluate the strategies employed by a few of the players benchmark project. |
| Benchmark: Use all soccer skills taught while participating in a game of soccer. |
| Activities: Collect cognitive assignments: (1) guide book, (2) interview, (3) soccer competition perceptions, (4) video analysis, (5) strategies different styles of defense. |
| Play a game of soccer. |
| Day 6 |