Lesson Planner

Date: Thursday December 1st Lesson: TGFU Basketball Unit  Grade: 9/10 Location: Gym

Objective: Goal for this lesson = Making shooting fun and competitive. Giving students a various range
of difficulty to shoot a basketball 

GLO:
- Movement Knowledge (A- basic movement, B- movement development, C- activity-specific
movement)
- Movement Skills (A-Acquisition of movement skills)
SLO:
- K.1.S2.A.1: Analyze own level of performance of selected movement skills according to
proper form/technique (For shooting a basketball evaluating the key cues)
- K.1.S2.B.1: Examine the factors that may have influenced own movement skill
development (distance from the net, size of ball, prior experience)
- K.1.S1.B.3: Analyze movement concepts related to game strategies in team activities.
(Space awareness and relationships as applied to person-to-person defence when looking
at shooting, being aware)
- K.1.S2.C.2: Analyze the effectiveness of offensive and/or defensive strategies in a variety
of specific games and sport situations (knowing how to shoot from different sports on the
court, being able to shoot from more than just one)
- S.1.S1.A.2: Select and refine manipulation skills, applying mechanical principles related
to activity specific physical activity skills. (mechanics behind the cues learnt to shoot a
basketball properly when applied to motion and force)

Lesson Components Learning/Teaching Strategies Teaching Notes

(e.g., equipment, safety rules,
organization, key points,
curricular connections)

Activating Activities  Walk and Talk (2-3 minutes) Equipment needed (for active
 Allows students the attendance):
Part 1 opportunity to get into  Basketballs
class and start to move  Badminton rackets +
Time: 10 -15 their bodies and talk to birdies
minutes  friends  Volleyballs
Active attendance (8-12 minutes)   Soccer balls
 Gives students the  Cardio room
opportunity to get active  Weight room 
in a way they choose until
class time starts. 

Activate Part 2 Shooting Cones: Equipment needed:

-In teams of 5 - 2 balls a team   Mini cones
Time: 10 minutes -Separate class into sections,  Basketballs 
 place small cones all over the  Nets 
ground
-Task is to shoot ball into hoop
from the different cones
- when 2 shooters are shooting the
other 2-3 people are waiting
under the basket to receive
rebound, then will swap with
partner to shoot from a cone.
-When you sink a ball into the net
you remove the cone. 
-Timer for 4 minutes. 
-At the end of the timer each
group will count how many cones
they have left. 

Acquire  Ask students leading questions on Questions

what tactics you can use to
Time: 10 minutes improve strategies  in the basket (taking your time,
Explain how this will be
applicable to the next game,
Basketball Golf.
1.What helped you get your shots
using your elbow)
2.Can you name 4 cues for
shooting a basketball (bend the
knees, bend your elbow, use
opposite arm to hold ball, flick
wrist and follow through)
3. Did you find this drill more
difficult than you expected?
4.Was it harder to shoot from
certain spots on the court

Apply Basketball Golf: Equipment needed: 

-Tape Index Cards to the floor  Index cards with Whole
15 minutes around the gym.  and Par # on it. 
-The hole numbers should begin  All 6 basketball nets 
with 1 and move clockwise  Basketballs
around the gym with par 1 cards  Pencils
close to the basket, par 2’s near  Scorecards
foul line, and par 3’s near the 3-
point line
-use all 6 basketball nets making 6x3 = 18
3 clockwise rotations around the  3 holes at each basket 
gym  Partners of 2
-”shotgun style” each group starts  First round the 1
at a different hole, moving partner goes
clockwise.   Second round the
-MAXIMUM 5 shots per hole other partner goes
 -GOAL = FINISH WITH THE
LOWEST SCORE

Reminders 
-have students shoot from the side
of the card and not the top as it
will wear down the paper. 
-2 groups can shoot from 1
number at a time (on either side
of the card)

Closure  Have students write on the back

of the card cues to shooting a
5 minutes basketball. 

Assessment Use the back of the scorecards for

the assessment as an exit slip 

Challenges/ TOO EASY?

Modifications /  Lower the number of
adaptations / shots to 3 instead of 5
accommodations  attempts 
 Only have par 2,3
TOO HARD?
 Increase the number of
shot attempts to 7, 
 Only have par 1,2

Name: ___________________________. Date: __________________________

Hole #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Par: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Strokes

Name: ___________________________. Date: __________________________

Hole #: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Par: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Strokes

Name: ___________________________. Date: __________________________

Hole #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Par: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Strokes

Name: ___________________________. Date: __________________________

Hole #: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Par: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Strokes
HOLE
1
PAR 1
HOLE
2
PAR 2
HOLE
3
PAR 3
HOLE
4
PAR 1
HOLE
5
PAR 2
HOLE
6
PAR 3
HOLE
7
PAR 1
HOLE
8
PAR 2
HOLE
9
PAR 3
HOLE
10
PAR 1
HOLE
11
PAR 2
HOLE
12
PAR 3
HOLE
13
PAR 1
HOLE
14
PAR 2
HOLE
15
PAR 3
HOLE
16
PAR 1
HOLE
17
PAR 2
HOLE
18
PAR 3