Participation:

• Participation marks are based on attendance, attitude, involvement in class, and appropriate behaviour.
• Participation will be worth 20% of the final grade.
• Everyday, each student who attends class starts with 5 out of 5.  Students who exhibit inappropriate behaviour (for example, lack of gym strip, speaking out of turn, or inappropriate physical contact) will lose marks based on the severity of the offense.  (See Managerial Routines for progression of consequences of inappropriate behaviour.)

Skill Testing:

• The teacher will assessment of skills through controlled-environment tests such as passing accuracy to a target.  The teacher will also informally assess the students through observation of game play;  through this observation, a student's controlled-environment test mark can only be improved upon.
• The skill testing mark will be worth 20% of the final grade.

• The GPAI will be used by students to observe and rate each other's game performance for all applicable units.
• The teacher will form a mark based on the GPAI results.
• The GPAI mark will be worth 20% of the final grade.
• See modified GPAI for this handball unit.

• Students will be given various types of projects throughout the school year.  For example, watching a handball game and making observations about game play and tactics; researching a sports person or a sports organization; researching a health (nutrition, exercise, smoking, etc.) topic.
• Unit project marks will be worth 20% of the final grade.

• There will be four quizzes throughout the year to test knowledge of rules, skills, and tactics of various games covered in class.
• Quiz marks will be worth 20% of the final grade.