Lesson Planning: Generating Ideas through Dance

Music and Creative Movement

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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.