April
2013
Forsyth Middle School 8th Grade
Volleyball Unit Block Plan
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Class Room Day 1
Wednesday
Thursday
2
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Introduction to
volleyball, history,
rules, and safety. (10
min)
Warm Up (5min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Introduction to
forearm passing and
Heart Rate Monitors
(10min)
Review of forearm
passing, introduction
to setting (10 min)
Review setting,
introduction to spiking
(10 min)
Review spiking,
introduction to serving
(10 min)
Activity:
Activity:
Activity:
Activity: Web Quest
(30 min)
Activity:
Introduce Heart Rate
Monitors and how
compute upper and
lower heart rate limits.
(5 min)

Forearm Wall
Drill (10 min)

Forearm
Passing with
partner (10
min)

Have a seat
Drill (5 min)

Side to Side (5
min)

Long Distance
Setting (10
min)

Pass, Set, and
Hit Drill (10
min)

Four Corners
(10 min)

Wall Serve (10
min)

Serve and
Sprint (10
min)
6
Cool Down (10 min)
Cool Down (10 min)
Technology:
Cool Down (10 min)
Technology:
Heart rate monitors
Cool Down (10 min)
Technology:
Heart rate monitors
Technology:
Heart rate monitors
Heart rate monitors
7
Class Room Day 8
9
10
11
12
Finish Web Quest’s
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Ask questions on
information that is
unclear
Review setting,
introduction to
blocking (10 min)
Review blocking (10
min)
Self and student
assessment of skills
using task cards.
Review for test
Activity:
3 on 3 round robin,
tournament to work on
game strategy and
applying skills to game
Review all motor skills
and work on and

Self
13

Mirror
Blocking Drill
(20 min)
improve weaknesses
(30 min)
situation. (30 min)
evaluation

Cool Down (10 min)
Cool Down (5 min)
Technology:
Cool Down (10 min)
Technology:
Pedometer
Technology:
Pedometer
Peer
evaluation
Cool Down (10 min)
Pedometer
14
Class Room Day
15
Written Test (45 min)
16
17
18
19
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Warm Up (5 min)
Finish peer and selfassessment of skills
using task cards. If
time permits work on
improving weaknesses
and video taping to
show students what to
improve. (30 min)
Assessment of skills by
competing in a 3 on 3
round robin,
tournament (35 min)
Wrap up unit (10 min)
GEOCACHING DAY!
20
3 0n 3 round robin
tournament (20 min)
Cool Down (10 min)
Cool Down (5 min)
Cool Down (10 min)
Technology:
Ipads and video
camera’s
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23
28
29
30
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25
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