1. A Balancing Act
Grade 8 Unit1 Healthy Body
• Goal – Understand why a balanced life is important
• Role - Analyze their personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Audience – Grade 8 students & teacher
• Situation – Their present life and the commitments they have.
• Product – Create a collage/ poster
Directions:
After completing their personal inventories the students have to create a bar chart or a similar symbol which
will show how much time they allocate to activities on a typical school day (sleep, school, exercise, homework,
face book, TV, computer games, reading etc).
They should also include an ideal bar chart or pie chart for comparison. Around the bar charts they will design a
collage using a variety of materials (magazines, drawings, pictures) which depicts their interests and activities
and how much ‘balance’ is in their lives.
The poster must also include a Reflection paragraph- The students will include a reflection paragraph which
clearly explains:
• the dangers of over –commitment and the importance of time-management
• the areas in their life which needs improvements and how they can improve these
• areas that are balanced and an explanation of how they can maintain this

2. A Balancing Act - Grading Sheet
Wellness
A Balancing Act
CATEGORY Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging Comments
A 100% A- B+ 88% B- C+ 76% C- D+ 64% D-
Personal * Shows empathy and explains the *The audience is left with a *The audience is left with a *The audience is left with a
Management difficulties of keeping balance.
* The audience is left with a clear
good idea of the dangers of
over-commitment and where
slight idea of the dangers of
over-commitment and where
no idea of the dangers of
over-commitment and
and Reflection idea of the dangers of over- the areas where the student the areas where the student where the areas where the
commitment and where the areas should improve should improve student should improve
paragraph where the student should improve
Application of *Student applies factual
*Student applies factual
knowledge with a *Student is minimally *Student is not able to
Knowledge/ knowledge with a high degree of
effectiveness and clearly displays
considerable degree of
effectiveness and displays
effective at applying
knowledge of topic and does
apply knowledge of topic
and does not displays how
Effective how much time is spent doing how much time is spent doing not clearly displays how much much time is spent doing
each activity each activity time is spent doing each each activity
activity
Creative * Design of the chart is eye-
* Design of the chart is good,
organized and neatly done.
* Design of the chart is
somewhat organized and
* Design of the chart is not
eye-catching organized and
catching organized and neatly Shows good imagination, neatly done. Shows some neatly done. Shows no
done. Shows great imagination, insight and style. Makes some imagination, insight and style. imagination, insight and
insight and style. Makes good use good use of pictures, slogans, Uses two pictures and a few style. Does not use any
of pictures, slogans, facts and facts and figure. slogans, facts and figure. pictures, slogans, facts and
figure. figure.
Class *Never distracts others
*Rarely distracts others
*Regularly listens to others
*Sometimes distracts others
*Rarely listens attentively to
*Often distracts others
*Listens to others when
Participation/ *Always listens actively to others.
* Encourages others to listen
(aware of instructions and
expectations).
others.
*Sometimes adheres to
topics are of personal
interest and is attentive for
Listening * Always adheres to ground rules *Always adheres to ground ground rules short periods of time.
and encourages others to do so as rules *Lacks respect and does
Skills well. not adhere to ground rules
Grade__________/30 marks