1. A Balancing Act
Grade 8 Unit 1 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 THREE Reflective paragraphs- which clearly explains:
• PARAGRAPH 1 - the dangers of over –commitment and the importance of time-management
• PARAGRAPH 2– describe the areas in your life which needs improvements, how you can improve these
using practical solutions and why it is important to improve them
• PARAGRAPH 3 – describe the areas that are balanced, an explanation of how you can maintain these and
why it is important to maintain them
2. A Balancing Act - RUBRIC
Wellness
CATEGORY Exemplary
A 100% A-
Proficient
B+ 88% B-
Developing
C+ 76% C-
Emerging
D+ 64% D-
Comments
Personal
Management
and Reflection
paragraphs
* Shows empathy and explains the
difficulties of keeping balance.
* The audience is left with a clear
idea of the dangers of over-
commitment .
*Detailed explanation of the areas
that are balanced and the areas that
should improve.
*Offers practical solutions.
*The audience is left with a
good idea of the dangers of
over-commitment .
*Describes the areas that are
balanced and the areas that
should improve.
*The audience is left with a
slight idea of the dangers of
over-commitment and where
the areas where the student
should improve.
*The audience is left with a
no idea of the dangers of
over-commitment and
where the areas where the
student should improve.
Application of
Knowledge/
Effective
*Student applies factual
knowledge with a high degree of
effectiveness and clearly displays
how much time is spent doing
each activity
*Student applies factual
knowledge with a
considerable degree of
effectiveness and displays
how much time is spent doing
each activity
*Student is minimally
effective at applying
knowledge of topic and does
not clearly displays how much
time is spent doing each
activity
*Student is not able to
apply knowledge of topic
and does not displays how
much time is spent doing
each activity
Creative *Design of the chart is eye-
catching organized and neatly
done.
* Shows great imagination, insight
and style.
*Uses highly appropriate pictures,
slogans, facts and figure and
makes excellent use of them.
*Design of the chart is good,
organized and neatly done.
*Shows good imagination,
insight and style.
*Makes good use of pictures,
slogans, facts and figure.
*Design of the chart is
somewhat organized and
neatly done.
*Shows some imagination,
insight and style. Uses few
pictures, slogans, facts and
figure.
* Design of the chart is not
eye-catching organized and
neatly done.
*Shows no imagination,
insight and style.
*Does not use any pictures,
slogans, facts and figure.
Class
Participation/
Listening
Skills
*Never distracts others
*Always listens actively to others.
* Encourages others to listen
* Always adheres to ground rules
and encourages others to do so as
well.
*Highest level of engagement and
participation. Offers advice and
*Rarely distracts others
*Regularly listens to others
(aware of instructions and
expectations).
*Always adheres to ground
rules
* Engaged and participates
well.
*Sometimes distracts others
*Rarely listens attentively to
others.
*Sometimes adheres to
ground rules
*Often distracts others
*Listens to others when
topics are of personal
interest and is attentive for
short periods of time.
*Lacks respect and does
not adhere to ground rules
Grade__________/30 marks
