Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Volleyball Name: Thomas Marin

Content Area: Physical Education Grade Level: 7th Grade / Middle School

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Standard 1: Located in Lesson 3

1.1 Demonstrate mature techniques for the following patterns: overhand, sidearm, and underhand
throwing; catching; kicking/punting; striking; trapping; dribbling (hand and foot); and volleying.
Standard 2:
2.1 Identify and describe key elements in the mature performance of overhand, sidearm, and underhand
throwing; catching; kicking/punting; striking; trapping; dribbling (hand and foot); and volleying.
Standard 5:
5.5 Identify the responsibilities of a leader in physical activity.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Big Ideas: Home Page

Students are expected to effectively understand, demonstrate, and actively participate in the volleyball unit. Critical features such as; the underhand serve, ball
setting, and ball spike will be emphasized through a series of practice drills, assessments, and various activities.

Critical Elements for Skills in Volleyball: [All skills covered in the Volleyball Presentation (video) Teacher Lecture Page]
 How to underhand serve properly?
 How to set a volleyball?
 How to obtain a perfect spike?

Student Learning Objectives: Home Page

 Cognitive- Be able to describe at least 4 critical features to effectively underhand serve, set, and spike in volleyball
 Psychomotor – Effectively demonstrate how to serve, set, and spike in volleyball
 Affective – Participation and cooperation when engaging in volleyball activities

Unit Summary:
Home Page

Volleyball is a sport in which students must work together offensively and defensively to achieve a victory over the opposing team. The sport teaches players
how to communicate accordingly and effectively in order to be successful in the sport. In addition, volleyball has the ability to fulfill a student’s physical activity
daily recommendation through its high intensity demands while keeping students engaged and having fun. Volleyball is well rounded sport, as it keeps students;
actively moving, communicating, and thinking ahead. Volleyball is a worldwide sport and playable on multiple terrains (in door, out door, beach, etc.)

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Assessment Page Formative: Assessment Page Summative: Assessment Page

Measures student mastery of preceding grade- or Reveal the effectiveness of the teacher's Determine whether the student has attained a
course-level standards that serve as prerequisite instructional decisions and provide insight into standard or group of standards.
building blocks for the content forthcoming. - Essay
 - Entry Level Quiz how physical education teachers can make learning - Performance Task Test
- Self-evaluation Worksheet more meaningful. - Rubric
- Flashcards
- Projects
- Journals
- Logs

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
(Assessments):

Psychomotor – Effectively
demonstrate how to
underhand serve, set, and
spike a volleyball using at
least 4 critical elements of
the skill
Students will physically
demonstrate their abilities
to underhand serve, set,
and spike a volleyball while
instructor performs
assessments on each skill
and the critical elements
being used.
1) Learning how to underhand serve; Drill: 4 players A, B, C, D. Players A & B underhand serve to
players C & D. Player C and player D play these balls into the net diagonally, set the balls that
come back from the net to each other, and spike them over the net.
2) Setting Drill: in groups of three create a triangle and have all three players set the ball to one
another.
3) Spiking Drill: in groups of 4, Player 1 underhand serves to player 2, player 2 passes to player 3,
player 3 sets for player 4, player 4 spikes.

Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Cognitive – Be able to
describe 4 critical features
to effectively underhand
serve, set, and spike a
volleyball.
Students will cognitively Students are required to download the Skills & Critical Element Handout located in the Lesson: 2
demonstrate their /Webercise Page. In order to complete the worksheet successfully, students must navigate and
understanding of specific follow all instructions on the worksheet accordingly. There will be three links which will
skills in volleyball through demonstrate, explain, and elaborate on the three most used skills in volleyball (spiking, setting,
a series of questions. and serving).
[Knowledge & Application,
Comprehension & Analysis,
Synthesis & Evaluation
Questions)

Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Affective – Participation
and cooperation when
engaging in volleyball
activities
Unit Resources:
Unit Resources Page
Students will affectively
demonstrate their
understanding of specific
skills used in volleyball
through individual or group
elaboration of a drill or
activity of their choice.
The graphic organizer assignment will consist of two parts; drill from VolleyTools and YouTube
video resembling a specific skill used during the drill. Students are required to break down the
activity/ drill into a series of steps. All steps should be easy to understand and follow a
chronological order. Students must include a visual representation of the drill (copy & page a
diagram). Upon choosing an appropriate video, students must summarize what they saw and
learned. See sample on; Lesson 3: Graphic Organizer.

Physical Education Activity Handbook by Jerre McManama

Howdini
VolleyTools
Volleyball Advisors
Jackson VTS
Elevate Yourself: How to Spike
AVCA Volleyball
Championship Production
Active – Volleyball
IHFT Films
Volleyball 101

Useful Websites:
Unit Resources Page

file:///C:/Users/thoma/Desktop/peframework2009.pdf (PE Framework & Student Standards)

www.volleytools.net (Website with helpful activities/drills)
www.volleyballadvisors.com (Helpful Skills and drills)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Vpr1oGXwI (Passing Techniques)
https://www.jacksonvts.com/how-to-play-volleyball.html (Rules and sport breakdown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWVWKnB04ho (Spiking a volleyball)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmoAucCvYCY (Setting Do/Don’ts)
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=volleyball+drills&view=detail&mid=192536EC516C3654429D192536EC516C3654429D&FORM=VIRE (Passing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep7Hb15stPE (Volleyball basics)
https://www.active.com/volleyball/ (Volleyball Sources)
https://www.volleyball.com/volleyball-drills/ (skills & Drills)