Health/PE Lesson Plan

Goal Setting & Drugs

Grade Level:

9-12

Unit Focus:

Drugs & Prevention

Overview & Purpose

Students will be able to set

both short and long term
goals that are realistic and
specific
Students will have the ability
to explain how drugs can
effect ones goals and
future
Students will realize how
being drug-free can benefit
their goals and overall life

Go over main
terms/concepts before the
lesson
Share a personal goal and
the process I went through
to achieve it
Pair students with stronger
writing skills with those that
need help
Have students go through
the goal-setting process
with one of their own goals

S1.C2, S1.C4, S2.C2

Instructional Activities
Do-Now:
1.
2.

List three reasons to stay drug-free (2-3 Minutes)

Ask students about goals (definition, examples, experiences, etc.)

Materials /Resources

Smartboard
Whiteboard
Editable Goal PowerPoint
Class Notebooks

Main:
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Modification/Differentiation

Virgil Romer

NYS Health Standards Addressed

To review the consequences of drugs use

To teach how to set realistic and specific goals, both long and short term
To explain how potential drug use or being drug-free can affect ones goals/future

Learning Outcomes

Prepared By:

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8.

Review Question: What are the negative consequences of using drugs? Discuss with
the class.
Have students help create lists of (on PowerPoint)
a. Both short- and long-term benefits of being drug free
b. What makes it difficult to live drug-free
Discuss goals, short- and long- term, and why goal-setting is an important skill
Teach students how to set goals (referring PowerPoint as aid)
Allow students to share both short- and long- term goals they have for themselves
Choose a student-produced goal that is common amongst the class
a. Is it specific, realistic, and measureable?
b. Go through the goal-setting process
Discuss how drug use can act as a barrier to achieving your goals
a. Use specific goals brought up by the class previously as examples
Have students list three goals and how drugs can negatively affect each goal

Closing:
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Key Terms

Essential Questions

Have students share their goals, as well as how drug use can affect them. Collect at
the end of the lesson.
HW Write a paragraph that describes your life at the age of 25 assuming you havent
used drugs. Mention two short-term and two long-term benefits of being drug free.

Teacher Observation
Fitness Testing- Data Collection
Skill-Based Checklist or Rating scale
Group Assignment

Assessment Methods
Exit slip
Class Question/answer
Notebook Response
Homework Activity

Goal, Aspirations, Barriers,

Realistic, Specific,
Measurable

What are goals? And how

do you set goals?
How does drug usage
affect ones goals?
What are the benefits of
being drug-free?

Plickers
Oral Response
Cognitive Test
Other