Flag Football is the current elective for Mr. Parker's 8th grade classes, and will continue until December 2nd. The weather is getting cold.
Students MUST come prepared to go outside in any weather.
Students will progress from learning football vocabulary, practicing skills and learning rules & strategies to playing games and having a class tournament. Students will work on developing a playbook that can be used in class games. It's all about learning the game so that every student feels comfortable playing flag football in class and outside of class, when the opportunity arises. Flag football can be a fun, challenging and exciting way to get some exercise and work on improving your fitness.
Playbooks
Teams have already devised two plays that they have ben able to use in game situations. Here is the next step:
Each player is responsible for desgning one additional play that could be used in a class game. The play should be designed so that it is likely to be successful. Don't make it too complicated or too long. Draw the paly out on a 4'x5' card, neatly, so other players can benefit from your expertise.
While every player is making their own play, this is a group playbook and will be graded as a group or team. if every player does not complete their portion, it will affect the entire group.
Students need to pick another student from your class that you feel is well-suited to play each position. You then need to list at least 5 attributes of that person that makes him/her well-suited for that position. You may not use: your own name, the same name more than once or names from just one gender. Click above to access the page.
2nd Quarter
During 2nd quarter Mr. Parker's elective will be Racquet Sports.
This course will be starting on December 3rd. In Racquet Sports students will have the opportunity to learn about several racquet games, including Pickleball, Badminton, Tennis and Eclipseball. More information will be available as the course begins.
During 3rd quarter Mr. Parker's elective of choice will be Dance! This course will include learning some line and group dances, as well as creative dance. There are several presentations by students throughout this course, culminating with a final dance-off during x-block. The dance-off will be by invitation only and will have celebrity judges. More information will be available as the course begins.
During 4th quarter Mr. Parker's elective is Recreational Games. This course will allow students to try numerous games that they will play throughout their life. They'll play golf, croquet, bocce, 4-square, bowling, tennis, and many others. You'll have to wait to see all the different choices. More information will be available as the course begins.
