Identifying the 5 Dimensions of Wellness

Activity Overview

At the beginning of your wellness unit, you should introduce the 5 aspects of wellness. In this activity, students will use a spider map to define and illustrate an example of each area of wellness. This will help students visualize each aspect and provides a resource for students to look back on for future activities.

Wellness - a person’s ability to be free of illness while able to achieve goals.
Physical Wellness - ability to perform tasks and avoid illness.
Emotional Wellness - ability to recognize internal feels and address them.
Social Wellness - ability to build and maintain positive interpersonal relations.
Intellectual Wellness - ability to comprehend desired knowledge.
Spiritual Wellness - ability to understand purpose for actions and decisions.

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Student Instructions

Create a storyboard depicting and describing the five aspects of wellness.

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Title each cell with the name of each aspect of wellness. Define the aspect in your own words.
Illustrate an example of each aspect in the appropriate cell using a combination of appropriate scenes, characters, and items.

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 6-12

Difficulty Level 1 (Introducing / Reinforcing)

Type of Assignment Individual or Partner

Type of Activity: Visual Vocabulary Boards

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Personal Examples of Wellness

Students will create a storyboard that visualizes and describes areas of wellness.

	Proficient	Emerging	Beginning
Structure	Five cells were used in a spider map with a title and description. Each title correctly identified the area of wellness.	Three to five cells were used in a spider map with a title and description. Most titles correctly identified the area of wellness.	There were fewer than three cells that correctly identified areas of wellness or the work was too minimal to assess.
Definition of Wellness Aspects	The description used exemplary text to describe the details of each area of wellness. The description had no grammatical errors.	The description used adequate text to describe the details of each area of wellness. The description had few grammatical errors.	The description used ineffective text to describe the details of each area of wellness. The description had some grammatical errors.
Visuals of Aspects	The cell used exemplary school-appropriate scenes, characters, and text in all cells to convey a visual of each wellness aspect.	The cell used adequate school-appropriate scenes, characters, and text in most cells to convey a visual of each wellness aspect.	The cell used inappropriate scenes, characters, and text in at least one cell to convey a visual of each wellness aspect.