Textbook: Health & Wellness Texas
Authors: Linda Meeks & Philip Heit
Materials: Spiral, pen or pencil
Class Description: In Health Education, you will learn the life skills that will help you improve your health today and in the future. This class will also provide you with the following tools needed to apply those life skills.
§ How to ask your parents or guardian for help in developing these life skills
§ Learn how to set goals in all areas of your life
§ Using resistance skills such as how to say “no” to alcohol, drugs, tobacco and other drugs
§ Learn how to promote and practice healthy behaviors and making responsible decisions
§ Why personal behaviors can increase or reduce health risks throughout your lifetime.
§ Access valid health information, products and services
Understand what influences your health
Week Chapter Topic
1 1 Class Orientation/ PBS/Goal Setting
2 Health & Wellness: Mental & Emotional Health
3-5 4 Nutrition
6-8 7 Alcohol, Tobacco and drugs
9 Nine Weeks Exams
10 2 Family & Social Health
11 5 Personal Health & Safety
12 -13 6 Violence & Injury
14-15 3 Growth & Development *
16 9 Consumer & Community Health
17 10 Environmental Health
18 Final Exam Review/ Final Exam
* Worth the Wait will be included in these units
EISD GRADING POLICY:
Formative: (50%)
Homework/Notebook 10%
Classwork/Participation 20 %
Test/Quiz, Projects 20 %
Summative 50%
Unit Assessment/Test 25 %
Projects 25 %
Semester Grade: Nine Weeks Average (75 %) Final Exam (25 %)
Be responsible to make up missed assignment(s) Check assignment log to make up missed assignments.
L. Lockett
Room Portable-8
llockett@eisd.net
210-444-8040 X 6216
Conf. 9:15-10:08
