Lesson Plan

Grade/Subject: Phys. Ed. Unit: Badminton - Serves Lesson Duration: 33 Min

Date: March 6th
Grade: 7 (x2)

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGAM OF STUDIES

General Learning Outcomes:
Activity

Specific Learning Outcomes:

A7-2  demonstrate locomotor Skills by using elements of body and space
awareness, effort and relationships to improve personal performance

A7-4  demonstrate nonlocomotory skills by using elements of body and space

awareness, effort and relationships to improve personal performance

Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Learn how to serve by using their forehand and/or backhand.
- Know the rules associated with serves (ie., service line, odds and evens,
etc.)

ASSESSMENTS
Observations: Key Questions:
Ability to serve What are the keys to serving?
Accuracy while serving What are the rules of serving?
Ability to utilize court space How can our serving accuracy affect
our performance?

Written/Performance Assessments:

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Resource #1:

PeCentral

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Badminton nets
Badminton rackets
Badminton birdies
Que Cards
Pens
 PROCEDURE
Introduction (approx. 5 min) 8:40am / 9:22am
As they come in from changing:
As the students enter the gym after changing, have them start setting up the nets
so that we can begin when everyone is.

Assessments of Prior knowledge: “Does everyone remember what the 3 keys to

hitting a birdie was?”

Expectations for Learning and Behaviour: “When I blow the whistle, I need
everyone to stop what they are doing and listen to instructions.”
When we are all sitting, all birdies and rackets must be on the ground * Do NOT
play with them!”

When I call them in, count down from 5 to get them to hustle. (when I start
counting up, that will be a punishment)

Accommodations:

Low-Management Time: Nets will be set up from when students get in from
changing.
Everyone can rally back and forth for warm up (they will then already have their
rackets and some birdies)

Transition to Body: “everyone come and line up around the court please! 5-4-3-2-
1…. Alright rackets on the ground everyone (one student volunteer on the
opposite side of the court as me for demo)”

Body
Learning Activity #1: Serve Rules & Instruction (10 min) 8:45 / 9:27

“Serves set the tone for the attack on your opponent.

Serves can be long or short…. What would be the purpose for the two different
types of serves? How might it help you gain an advantage?”

(ans: long serves force the opponent to hit from the back court which can be hard for those who
are just starting out; short serves force your opponent to hit upwards which puts them at a
disadvantage.”

“when you are serving, you can serve with your forehand or your back hand
(demo). When you serve, which direction of the court do you hit at? (ans:
opposite/diagonal)”
“Remember the three keys to hitting we talked about yesterday? What were
they?”

4 students per court. 2

students serving as shown
in the image, their partners
standing beside the serve
area to retrieve the birdie.

After the yellow X’s serve,

Cones (starts) are the targets that the students
Should aim to hit.
the blue X’s retrieve the
birdie and then serve from
their side of the court while
their partner stands off to
the side.

Assessment/Differentiation: assessing their accuracy and manipulation skills

during serve specific activities.

Key Questions: How can serving in these sections help gain advantage over an
opponent?
Did you use forehand or backhand serves? Why?

Learning Activity #2: Racket Competition (10 min) 8:55 am / 9:37 am

Around the world: line rallies

“We are going to line up in the centre of the court on each side. There will be 3-4
people on each side in the line and you will be competing against the team in the
opposing side of your court.”
“you are going to rally back and forth between teams but every time a fault is
made (the birdie hits the net, a player misses the birdie, or the birdie goes out of
bounds, the team who would have lost the point, lose a racket.”

“you will put the racket to the side of the court where it will not be stepped on.”

“you and your teams will continue the game but now the team who lost the racket
have to rotate their rackets between their team members. (DEMO with students
so they understand!)

“the more rackets you lose, the more difficult it becomes to win. At the end of the
time, the team with the most rackets remaining wins.”
 Assessment/ differentiation: assessing team play and manipulative skills.

Key Questions:
“What type of shot was useful in this game? – Clear shots! Why? Because they give
you more time!”
“how did your serves help you start the match?”

Closure 9:05am / 9:48am (5 min)

Consolidation/Assessment of Learning: “everyone please put your rackets away
and come sit down quickly!”

Feedback from Students: “I am passing around que cards and pens I want you all to
write down your goals and hand them into me BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE GYM
TODAY.” Remember your goals have to be something you can accomplish in the 4
weeks of our unit and they have to be realistic!”

Feedback to Students: Great job today!

Transition to Next Lesson: Tomorrow we are going to be doing drop and net shots!

Let them change at 9:09am // 9:51am

(ignore this – this is warm up idea for another class)

Warm up: relay race with birdies – have them race their birdie to the other side of
the court first team to get all their birdies into the hula hoop wins