Options for Youth

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Options for Youth

• P.E. Class Directions

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There are 5 units for the class.For Each unit
you will need to complete

• 10 P.E. Log hours
• 1 sport article summary and opinion
• 1 diet/fitness article summary and opinion
• Turn in work for your final course paper which
  will be due with unit 5

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P.E.Log Hours

• In the back of your booklet there are log sheets
  to do this activity.
• You will need to do 10 hours for each unit, a
  total of 50 hours for the entire class.

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PE Log Hours

• You can log in between 30 minutes to 2 hours per
  day. Once it adds up to 10 you have completed
  the unit requirement.
• You can choose any activity that involves
  physical fitness for your log hours.
• Remember you cannot log more than 2 hours per day
  even if you exercise for more!
• Also do not log less than 30 minutes at a time.

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Summary and Opinions

• For each unit you need to find a sport article
  and write a half-page summary about the article
  and a half page opinion about the article that
  you choose.
• You may use newspapers, magazines or the internet
  for your articles.
• Be sure to turn in a copy of each article that
  you summarize!
• A great place to find sports articles is
  www.espn.com.

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Summary and Opinions

• For each unit you also will need to find an
  article relating to diet, health or fitness.
• You will then write a summary and opinion in the
  same way as you did for the sports article.
• A great place to find articles about diet and
  health is www.fitnesslink.com

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Course Paper

• You will work towards your course paper in each
  unit.
• It changes for each unit.
• For unit 1 you will choose a topic for your paper
• For unit 2 you will find the references for your
  paper
• For unit 3 you will create an outline for your
  paper
• For unit 4 you will turn in a rough draft of your
  paper
• For unit 5 you will turn in the final copy of the
  paper

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Course Paper

• Choosing a Topic is easy!
• For unit 1 you will need to complete the
  brainstorming exercises. Once you have completed
  them you will have 4 possible topics.
• You must choose one of the four topics that you
  brainstormed as your topic

• Once you have chosen a topic, now you are ready
  for the references page.
• You may use books, interview someone, articles
  from newspaper and the internet for your topic.
  
• A great way to start is to go to www.google.com
  and type in your topic. You will get several
  websites with information.

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Course Paper

• For unit 3 you will turn in an outline. Be Sure
  to follow the format
• I.
• A.
• B.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

• For unit 4 you will turn in a rough draft.
• Be sure to include another copy of your
  references!
• You will next revise your paper and turn in the
  final copy for unit 5.

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Final GradeBy the end of the class you will have

• A total of 50 logged hours of physical fitness
• Summary/opinion for 5 sport articles and 5
  diet/fitness articles
• Your final course paper
• Your final grade will be an average of all five
  units together
• You did it!!!!!!!!!!!!