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Lesson Planning: Generating Ideas through Dance





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SAMPLE LESSON PLAN

Language Arts and Dance

Instructor:Briana Earhart;
Jordan Rezman
Keiko Shivers
Subject(s) and
Grade Level: Dance and English 9-12 grade
Unit Topic:Shakespeare
Lesson Topic:Elizabethan Dance
Date(s)03/05/2018

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE


I.              VISION-SETTING
OBJECTIVES 
Incorporate dance into the English classroom by introducing traditional Elizabethan dances into a Shakespeare lesson

Students will be able analyze and perform Shakespearean text
STANDARDS

LAFS.910.RL.1.3
LAFS.910.L.1.1
DA.912.C.1.2
TH.912.C.1.2
TH.912.C.2.7 
DA.912.H.3.2 
DA.912.S.2.4 
LACC.910.RST.2.4
PE2.912.C.2.5 
PE.912.M.1.6

LANGUAGE
English
ESOL STANDARDS
MATERIALS: Music, costumes, Romeo & Juliet script
TECHNOLOGYcomputer or something that can play music



LESSON                                       III.LESSO N PROCEDURE (SEQUENCE)   







IV REINFORCEMENT 




                                                                                                                              LESSON                                 

 II.  Introducing the Lesson













 INTRODUCING
III.                                                                                            LESSON



















IV.   LESSON

   II.     Introducing lesson
KEY MOVEMENT VOCABULARY

Galliard
Pavane
Couple dance
Court dance
Elizabethan Era
Renaissance


PROCEDURE (LESSON SEQUENCE)

-       Assign parts
-       Read through of ballroom scene from R&J
-       Watch the scene we’ll be replicating - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRhafND4TJ0
-       Warm up with mild stretching
-       Learn steps and practice pavane dance
-       Learn steps and practice galliard dance
-       Run through and practice scene with both dances
-       Put on costumes
-       Run through scene with costumes
-       Perform J

Ø   MOTIVATION

To incorporate arts into the English classroom and make students more interested in learning Shakespeare. For them to be more active in a classroom where they normally sit all the time.

Ø  PRESENTATION OF LESSON
-       Students will learn scene through script
-       Students will learn dance from copying teacher movement
-       Students will be able to choose and create their own costume pieces

Ø  REVIEW, GUIDED PRACTICE and/or INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

-       Give students papers that have the steps of each dance on them
-       Record video of each dance for students to practice
-       Assign peer dance captain

Ø  ASSESSMENT

- Performance of entire scene

 FOLLOW – UP EXTENSIONS AND HOME LEARNING

Students will write about their experience and what they learned.

REFLECTION


Students can discuss with teacher how they would like to incorporate more of dance in the classroom for the future.


Comments

  1. UnknownApril 5, 2018 at 9:31 AM

    I am really interested in seeing and participating in the Dance Mathematics : moving numbers act. I think it will be a really interesting class. I am really curious as to how they will incorporate math and dance together.

    -Saskia St Lot

    ReplyDelete
  2. ArtlanderMay 7, 2018 at 10:45 AM

    Thank you Saskia for your comment.

    ReplyDelete

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