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Sophomore Health explores the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social aspects of health and human sexuality.
Sophomore Health Syllabus
St. Francis de Sales High School
Mrs. Amy Mossing, B.S., R.N.
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Description: This class meets once a week for the entire year and
includes important health issues impacting adolescents. It covers
sensitive topics from an informed, Catholic, Christian perspective, and
it exceeds learning objectives set forth by the Catholic Diocese of
Toledo and the U.S. Department of Education. Throughout the course
students are expected to evaluate the interrelatedness of
psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. This
class presumes the completion of Freshman Health.
Organization: A typical class entails students journaling, discussing,
taking notes or writing, and completing an activity.
Course Objectives: These include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Understand everyone’s feelings and ideas are to be respected.
Evaluate the interrelatedness of psychological, social/emotional,
physical, and spiritual health throughout adulthood.
Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.
Explain strategies to improve or maintain personal health.
Evaluate the effect of media on personal, family, and community health.
Conclude healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings, and to
respect others’ needs, wants, and feelings. (communication)
Deduce the ability to influence and support others in making positive
health choices.
Justify the incidence, transmission, medical complications, and
treatment of specific sexually transmitted diseases.
Reinforce the benefits of abstinence and the awesome, Christian value
of sex.
Course Topics:
Holistic Health
Contraception
Reproductive Systems Abortion
Healthy Sexuality Pornography
Homosexuality Self Esteem
Costs of Sex Outside of Marriage Sex, Alcohol, and Drug Abuse
Puberty
Communication
Sexual Purity/Chastity Teen Pregnancy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Required Supplies and Texts: Students will need a notebook in which to
journal and note-take, a glue stick, and a pen or pencil. There are no
texts. Supplemental text: Prentice Hall Health, Pearson Education,
Inc., 2007.
Grading Plan: This is a pass/fail course. Students successfully complete a
process paper and an open-note test each quarter, and they complete one
research paper (500 - 750 words) with a 2 - 3 minute presentation on a topic of their choice
one of the quarters.
Classroom Rules of Conduct: Show respect for others by not talking
unless it is your turn to talk, by withholding comments that you
suspect may be disrespectful, and by working hard to move your learning
forward as well as that of others. Students should help maintain a
caring, Christian atmosphere. See SFS Handbook!
Sophomore Health Quarter IV Objectives
1. Begin to evaluate that total wellness requires a holistic approach to health – one that includes physical, psychological, spiritual, and social aspects.
2. Describe human sexuality (energy behind all relationships) and how it relates to one’s health, especially in terms of psychological health.
3. Define addiction, know the stages that lead to addiction for adolescents, and consider addiction in relation to psychological health.
4. Differentiate between substance use, intoxication, abuse, and dependence.
5. Describe the effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco on the body and health, especially in terms of psychological health and sexuality.
6. Discuss factors that influence BAC levels.
7. Predict immediate and long-term impact of decisions in the area of psychological health and human sexuality when faced with situations where alcohol, tobacco, or drugs are.
8. Understand that both homosexual acts and heterosexual acts done outside the context of marriage are unhealthy, and identify health dangers of choosing a homosexual lifestyle. (Homosexuality cannot constitute marriage – a life-long union of a man and a woman to give life and share love, as defined by the Catholic Church.)
9. Consider how abortion influences all components of health, especially psychological health and sexuality. (Abortion constitutes the killing of a human life, according to the Catholic Church, "...causing irreparable harm to the unborn who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society." [Catechism of the Catholic Church])
Health 2, quarter four assignments: Note cards (50 pts) and Research
Paper (50 pts) on health related topic of choice with brief
presentation (25 pts), plus an open note test (75 pts) at the end of
the quarter
Due dates:
Topic due 4-7-08
Note cards (40 - 60) due 4-21-08
Research paper and presentation due 4-28-08
Procedure for note cards (procedure for notetaking)
As you read, interview, and otherwise gather information keep notes of
information on 3” x 5” index cards. These cards can readily be sorted,
arranged, and rearranged before writing your first draft. The cards
should have (1) a subject heading (This is not your main point/thesis
statement) (e.g., What fat supplies your body with) (2) the
information, and (3) the source of the information. Only one idea
should be on each card, and only one card need contain complete details
of the source necessary for the bibliography; the rest may contain a
reference to the source. If time is taken in preparing the note cards,
it will not be necessary to go back to the source for the author’s
name, the page number, etc.
Procedure for Research Paper
Choose a general subject.
Limit subject and formulate a thesis statement - your main point.
Read, interview, etc. extensively and take notes on note cards.
Sort note cards.
Write first draft with citations and bibliography, but without
introductory and closing paragraphs. (I recommend saving the
introductory and closing paragraphs for later.)
Read and take more notes in weak areas.
Write second draft. This time you add introductory and closing
paragraphs.
Revise and rewrite final draft.
Presentation information
Ready and/or uses a prop (poster, pamphlet, handout, transparency,
book, etc.)
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Involves the class (Q & A, role play, activity, etc.)
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Presents interesting facts
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Does not read his paper (May use flash cards, but may not read them.)
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Uses a loud (enough) and clear voice
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Research paper information
MLA style *See "MLA Help (probably all the info. you need)"
Citation within the body of the paper. *See "To give credit in your paper"
The most important part of writing a research paper is knowing your
main point/opinion/claim/topic/thesis.
If your main point can be argued, is not a fact, is narrow
enough, and takes some sort of stand (e.g., Teen pregnancy is
devastating.) it should serve you well and make your research
paper easier and clearer.
Make sure each paragraph supports/relates to the main point.
Use a transition word to begin each new paragraph. (e.g., In addition
to, Besides, Although, Since, One more reason, In the same way, Like,
In conclusion, As well, Equally important)
Make sure you have an introductory and a closing paragraph; both should
be general and contain the main point.
In addition to a bibliography, cite sources within the body of the paper.
500 - 750 words
MLA Help (probably all the inromation you need)
Times New Roman, size 12 font, one inch margins, no cover page
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page list your name, your
instructor's name, the course, and the date. Double space everything.
Double space again and center the title. Don't underline your title or
put it in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case, not in all
capital letters. Double space between the title and the first line of
the text.
Beginning with the second page, create a header in the upper right-hand
corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page
number; number all pages consecutively, one-half inch from the top and
flush with the right margin.
Cite ideas, words, works, etc. of others correctly (see below)
Bibliography/Works Cited page (see below)
To give credit in your paper
FYI - you do not have to cite information in the body of your paper that has been around for a long time - information that is well known. For example, you would NOT cite, "Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature." or "One gram of fat has nine calories, whereas one gram of carbohydrates has four calories." Do cite new information, ideas, work, etc. in the body of your paper. For example, you would cite, "Unsaturated fat consumption improves memory. (Smith, 2002)"
Use one of these two formats to cite within the body of your paper: (1) use the author’s name and the article's name in the same sentence that contains the borrowed words or ideas [e.g., In the article "Why Saturated Fats Are Great" William Steele says sunflower seeds are especially effective for decreasing the risk heart disease.", or (2) insert the author's name and the date of publication or page number in parentheses after the sentence that contains the borrowed words [e.g., Eighty percent of males fifteen to twenty-two years of age are infected with a sexually transmitted disease. (Baley, 1998)
To construct a bibliography (a works cited page)
Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author,
interfiling books, articles,
Doublespace all lines.
Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
If no author is given, start with the title.
Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.
If the paging of a magazine or newspaper article is continued elswhere
in the issue, include only the first page followed by a plus sign (ex.
25+.).
A book with one author
Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Penguin, 1989.
A book with two or more authors
Rozakis, Laurie, and Bob Rozakis. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Office
Politics. New York: Alpha Books, 1998.
A book with four or more authors You can cite all the authors listed or
only the first one and then write et. al. (“and others”) for the rest
of the authors.
Baym, Nina, et. al. The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 2nd
edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 1989.
Signed article in a monthly magazine
Mallory, Jane. “Sing Your Way to Happiness.” American Educator May
1999: 49-50.
Unsigned article
“Beanie Babies May Be a Rotten Nest Egg.” Chicago Tribune 21 June 1989: 12.
Newspaper or Magazine Article
Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern
Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar.
1995: A3.
Encyclopedia Article
Sturgeon, Theodore. "Science Fiction." The Encyclopedia Americana.
International ed. 1995.
Website
Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's
Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997
<http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>.
Newspaper or Magazine Article on the Internet
Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It
Goes, But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."
Astronomy Jan. 1999: 64- . Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. B.
Davis Schwartz Memorial Lib., Brookville, NY. 7 Feb. 1999
<http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.
Pamphlets Cite a pamphlet the same way you would a book.
Gordon, Marla Meg. “You and the Law.” Consumer Affairs Pamphlet 511
(September 1999): 23-45.
Interviews Name the subject of the interview, followed by Personal
interview or Telephone interview. Then comes the date.
Lichtenstein, Ellen. Personal interview. 1 September 1999.
Radio Shows and TV Shows Identify significant people involved with the
production, followed by their role: Writ. (writer), Dir. (director),
Perf. (performer), Narr. (narrator), Prod. (producer).
“Collectibles, Antiques, and Desirables.” Home Matters. Narr. Vivian
Herterford. Prod. Linda
Softy. Fox News, New York, 4 February 1999.
See factmonster.com and search “MLA” for more help.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
FOR EXTRA HELP COME TO THE RESEARCH PAPER WORKSHOP IN THE LIBRARY
2:45 - 3:15 P.M., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 TH.
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