Michelle Beer
Individual Sports: Physical Education
Lesson Plans: Week Eleven – Basketball
November 10th-November 15th, 2014
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
DIFFERENTIATION (I-3)
SCAFFOLD: Students will learn the basic rules of the game of basketball.
ACCELERATE: Advanced students who learn form and technique early can show struggling students how
to play.
GROUP: For basketball try to keep the teams evenly matched or pair students up with someone who is
of equal athletic ability to make sure that the games are fair.
Learning Activities: Westside Warm-up, all PE classes will compete in a basketball tournament at the end
of the unit. Students will learn the correct way to play basketball, including safety rules and how to
show good sportsmanship.
Learning Activities:
Day 1Objective: Unit 3: Health & Fitness
Day 5:
 SWBAT explain the basic rules of basketball, how to score points and how to play.
11/10/14They will also be able to show how to shoot the ball correctly, using good form.
11/15/14
 Students will participate in a basketball game, leading up to a tournament at the
end of the unit. Student will then demonstrate proper etiquette on the court and
show sportsmanship while playing the game.
 On long days, Wednesday and Thursday students will participate in fitness stations,
then they will participate in a 1 mile run or a ½ campus loop run.
TEKs:
§116.55. Individual Sports (One-Half Credit):
1A. Exhibit a level of competency in two or more individual sports including bowling.
1B. Consistently perform skills and strategies and follow rules at a basic level of
competency.
2A. Use internal and external information to modify movement during performance;
2B. Describe appropriate practice procedures to improve skill and strategy in a sport;
3A. Acknowledge good play from an opponent during competition;
3B. Accept the roles and decisions of officials;
4A. Select and participate in individual sports that provide for enjoyment and challenge;
4B. Analyze and evaluate personal fitness status in terms of cardiovascular endurance,
muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition;
5B. Identify and follow safety procedures when participating in individual sports; and
5C. Describe equipment and practices that prevent or reduce injuries.
6B. Respond to challenges, successes, and failures in physical activities in socially
appropriate ways;
6E. Demonstrate responsible behavior in individual sports such as playing by the rules,
accepting lack of skill in others.
Activity:
Westside Warm-up:
 Walk/jog 5 min. around gym
In squad lines:
 Hamstring Stretch 10 sec. straight down
 Rt. Over Lf. 10 sec.
 Lf. Over Rt. 10 sec.
 Quad Stretch 10 sec. each leg
 Sitting Butterfly Stretch 10 sec.
 Sit-ups 10
 Push-ups 10
 Westside Jumping Jacks
Unit 6: Basketball
Teach students about the basic rules of the game of basketball.
Key Vocabulary words:
Basketball
Forward
Guard
Point guard
Dribble
Pass
Foul
Free-throw
Boundary line
3 point line
Free-throw line
Wing
Post
Lay-up
Lesson 1 (DAY 1):
Basketball – Basic rules, practice dribbling, shooting, and passing
Teach students the basic rules of basketball:
 Each team has 5 players: 2 forwards (posts), 2 guards (wings) and a point guards
(who dribbles the ball down the court)
 The coach must call a time-out or ask the referee for a substitution in order to
switch players into the game
 The objective is to score points by getting the ball into your hoop and to not allow
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the other team to score points
Each game has 4 quarters of varying lengths depending on the age level of the
players
Violations or fouls occur when a player hits or pushes another player who has the
ball, or when a player is shooting the ball and that players hits his hands or arms
while shooting.
If fouled while shooting that player gets a free-shot or a free-throw.
A technical foul is issued when a player demonstrates unsportsmanlike conduct or
in other rare instances.
A technical foul gives the other team a free-throw and they retain possession of the
ball.
Typically the taller players will play the post position (under the basket), while the
smaller and more agile players will play a guard or point guard position.
History of Basketball:
Basketball was invented by a PE teacher, James Naismith. He was trying to find a game
that could be played indoors during the long New England Winters. It first started when he
nailed a peach basket onto a 10 ft. elevated track. Originally the game was played with the
basket intact, so every time someone scored a point, somebody had to manually retrieve
the ball from the basket.
Soon the bottom of the basket was removed and a wooden pole was used to push the ball
through the basket. In 1906 the peach baskets were replaced with metal hoops and
backboards.
Lesson 2: (DAY 2)
Review the Rules of Basketball/ Play Basketball:
Briefly review the rules of basketball we went over on the first day of the unit. Remind
students of the rules regarding fouls and how to play the ball if it goes out of bounds.
Next break the students up into even teams and allow them to play a half-court basketball
game.
Lesson 3 (DAY 3):
Basketball free-play/ Basketball Tournament
Place students into team of about 5 and have a basketball tournament in which students
play each other. Then after about 5 minutes switch teams and have different teams play
one another. Monitor the students to make sure they are following the rules of the game
and are playing safely.
Walk around to observe and make sure students are demonstrating a clear understanding of
the rules of the game, as well as demonstrating proper technique and good sportsmanship.
*Wednesday and Thursday, during long block days, students will participate in
fitness stations and then a mile run.