PHYSICAL

EDUCATION
LESSON PLAN
Written by: Melissa Gaunnac
Locomotor Skill
National Association for sports
&Physical Education Standard:

Standard # 1 - The physically literate
individual demonstrates competency in a
variety of motor skills and movement
patterns.


Indiana Physical Education
Academic Standard:
Standard #2- Applies movement concepts and
principles to the learning and development of
motor skills
INTASC Standard
Standard #4: Content Knowledge
The teacher understands the central concepts,
tools of inquiry, and structures of the
discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates
learning experiences that make these aspects
of the discipline accessible and meaningful for
learners to assure mastery of the content.
Student Objective
Line tag consists of walking on lines either
inside or outside. Dodging the tagger at every
turn.
If tagged you can become the tagger or sit
down on the spot you were tagged, blocking
others from going through. This depends on
which version they want to play that day.
This game could go through several taggers
throughout the time provided for the game.

Students will
The students will distinguish who the
tagger/taggers are and chose which route they
may want to take to avoid them.
The more the students play and practice the
game, the better they will know how to revise
their strategy.
Material needed
The only material needed are lines either
outside, or inside a gymnasium.
inside outside



Preparation
Must have the gym or outside court cleared of
any object so that there is open room for the
game.
Activity Description
Introductory fitness activity:
Series of stretches done for 10 minutes before game
begins. This will losen everyone up and warm them up for
the game of line tag.
Lesson Activity:
After warming up, the teacher will chose a
student/students to be the tagger/taggers for the first
game. The game should last 30 minutes with several
different taggers throughout that time. No equipment
needed.
Closing Activity:
Ask students if they enjoyed the game.
End with a cool down of stretching matching beginning
stretches.





Assessment Activity
If students are understanding and following the
rules of the game, then the teacher will know if
they are grasping the idea of the lesson plan.
Accommodations/Success
for all:
Increase difficulty:
-Have multiple taggers at one time
-Make parameter smaller
-Once tagged, sit in spot in which you were
tagged

Decrease difficulty:
-One tagger
-Bigger space for game (use whole gym)
-Once tagged, you become the tagger



Safety Concerns
Concerns Solutions
-Running into each other -No running, pay
attention
- If caught running, must
sit out for 5 minutes.

Work cited
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/standards/natio
nalStandards/

http://www.ccsso.org/documents/2011/intasc_
model_core_teaching_standards_2011.pdf

http://www.thegamegal.com/2012/01/27/line-
tag/
All graphics: Google image