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Lesson Topic: Dance Skill(s)/Theme(s) locomotor vs non, pathways, levels
Submitted by: Jessica L Schultz
Activity Title: ballet terms defined Resources: (if applicable)
Lesson Number 2 of 6 Class Size: Duration: 45 minutes
Facility: gym
Equipment: Music, cones, ribbons, music, word bank
Task 1 (12 min): Freeze tag.
When a student gets tagged they must draw a shape in space with a body part (ex. Draw a square with your knee). Every time a student gets tagged they must draw the shape with a different body part (ex. Shoulder, nose, toes).
· Introduce general space
· Talk about safety and looking out for others in general space
· First have them draw squares, then circles, and finally triangles, changing the taggers in between each round.
· Discuss flow of movement. When you draw a square does the movement feel sharp or smooth? Bound or free? Etc.
Sport connection:
Arm circles used to throw in baseball and pitch in softball.
Task 2 (4 min): Shoulders, hips, knees and ankles Students standing in a circle
Same song as in lesson one to the tune of head, shoulders, knees and toes.
· Point your nose, hips, shoulders and eyeballs in a new direction (facing) and do the dance again.
· Keep changing Facing to introduce ¼, ½, and full turns
Task 3(8 min): Non-locomotor dance skills Students in self space scattered around gym
Teach each skill and then repeat 4 times. After teaching all of them, put them together in a sequence and perform them to music.
· Plié (means to fold; joints in this case): Movement cues: Legs make diamond, heels down on ground, head high Sport connection: Squats
· Relevé( means to rise): Rise up and down. Movement cues: legs straight, heels off of ground, head high. Sport connection: Calf raises
· Retire (means to retreat, withdraw) or Passé(means to pass through): Passé Right, return to two feet, passé left, return and repeat. Movement cues: toe touches under knee cap, leg makes triangle, head high.
· Battment (means to beat): Kick right leg in front, return to two feet, then side, return, back, return, then side and repeat with left leg. Movement cues: legs straight, move balance to one leg then back to two, head high.
· Cloches (means like a bell): Swing leg front return to two feet for only a split second and swing back and repeat like ringing of a bell. Movement cues: legs straight, heels together when down, head high.
· Port de bra (means carriage of the arms): Move arms without changing posture. Movement cues: feet turned out in 1st position, arms slightly curved, hands open.
o 1st position = catch the ball (big beach ball!)
o 2nd position = drop the ball
o high 5th = put the ball up over your head
o low 5th = put the ball by your belly button
o repeat 1st and 2nd and 1st and 2nd and high 5th, low 5th, faster high, then low, then high then low.
Extension: to the beat of the music (any song)
· Plié stretch relevé and down, Plié stretch relevé and down, retiré right count 2,3 and down, retiré left count 2,3 and down, right, left, battment right- front, side, back, side, battment left- front, side, back, side then closhes 7 on the right, close count 8 and 7 on the left, close count 8.
Task 4 (8 min): Pathways Students standing on one end of court
Moving the whole body along different pathways across the floor with a run.
· Weave through the cones with rounded turns = curvy path.
· Weave through cones with sharp turns = zig zag pathway.
· Discuss which one feels more bound or more free
· Run on a straight pathway without hitting the cones (they may decide to run past them or jump over them).
Math integration:
Students in line count beat of music 1 - 8. After 5678, student may follow the person in front of them.
Task 5 (5 min): Levels and directions with ribbons Students in self space scattered around gym
Dance to the music drawing pathways and shapes in the air/space around you.
· Straight pathway forward and back, to the right and left, up and down, and jump.
· Curvy pathway up to down and left to right, then same with zig zag and jump.
· Draw shapes with your ribbon: square, circle, and triangle.
· Circle around your body (spin)
· Half turn to change your facing and forward bend to wave the ribbon through the window (between your legs)
· Discuss levels. When was your ribbon at the highest level?
Task 6 (5 min): Place new vocabulary words in the bank Students sitting around word bank
Turn, Plié, Relevé, Passé, Battment, Closhes, Port de bra, Levels, Pathways, Facings, Directions, and Jump.
CO Physical Education Standard(s) Addressed by this lesson: 1,
Grade Level Expectation:
Concepts and skills students master:
Evidence Outcomes:
b. Demonstrate locomotor movements in a variety of pathways and levels (DOK 1-2)
f. Manipulate objects such as jump ropes, scarves, hoops, and balls (DOK 1-2)
Lesson Description:
. This lesson is meant to be used repeatedly so that students learn over time.
Safety:
Closure: (Potentially related to 21st Century Skills as Inquiry Questions from Standards Document)
Variations: Use these tasks with tasks from other lesson plans if you’d like to stick with one skill theme in one particular class.
Best Practices: (Teaching Hints)
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