Rawan and Saskia both shared with us lessons on how, topics that may seem unrelated to dance, can become the means by which an educator can foment critical thinking and body expression about dance, but through movement.
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RAWAN
Sports Dance Lesson Plan
Age: 7-8
years old
Objective:
Students will be able to improvise different sports actions and contribute to
group movements relating to a sports theme.
1.
Warm-up
To get familiar with the space you’re going to
travel freely around the class
Travel freely in space
1. Using large movements (as far away from each other)
2. Using small movements (as close to each other, but not touching)
1. Using large movements (as far away from each other)
2. Using small movements (as close to each other, but not touching)
Now that you are familiar with the space, lets all move to one side
of the room, and form two lines.
I will shout out action words like run, and you will run to the other end of the room
I will shout out action words like run, and you will run to the other end of the room
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Respond
to action words- run, jump, skip
Run like a soccer player
Run like a soccer player
Jump like a basketball player
Gallop like a horse
Skip like an Olympian
Walk and throw like a
baseball player
Balance like a gymnast
Swing your arms like a tennis
player
Punch like a boxer
Now move your arms like a swimmer
Sway like a car racer
Paddle like you’re cycling
Sway like a car racer
Paddle like you’re cycling
Now the first activity involves team work, I will divide you into
two groups, one group will be watching while the other group acts out a given
sports game.
2.
Activity
1: Teamwork
- Divide the class into two groups, one will be watching as the others act out a given sports game. (Soccer, Baseball, Fencing, Wrestling)
- Group 1: Acts the given sports game as a team while the other group guesses the type of sport.
- Divide the class into two groups, one will be watching as the others act out a given sports game. (Soccer, Baseball, Fencing, Wrestling)
- Group 1: Acts the given sports game as a team while the other group guesses the type of sport.
3.
Now the
second activity I’m going to put on some music, when the music stops, you will
pose into a sports pose, any pose. Now I am going to shout out a level, and you
are going to pose according to that level, so if I say high, and you choose to
be a basketball player then you should be in a high position by jumping as if
you were going to score.
Activity
2: Travel Freely in space, when the music stops, freeze into a sports pose (5 mins)
- Basketball
-Tennis
-Ballerina
-Golf
-Swimming
-Kayaking
-Bowling
-Snowboarding
-Boxing
-Fishing
- Basketball
-Tennis
-Ballerina
-Golf
-Swimming
-Kayaking
-Bowling
-Snowboarding
-Boxing
-Fishing
Ok good job!
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Feedback
"I really enjoyed Rawan’s class. It was a good use of integrating movement into sports, and showing how the two are related. I liked he warm-up and how she left it open to wide interpretation of how we should do the moves. I liked the concept behind Saskia’s class. It required lots of creativity." Patricia
Rawan: Nice class idea. She could have given clearer instructions for the activity. Saskia: Really interesting class" Jenny
Suggestions
About Rawan's class, I would’ve used music throughout all of the exercises (the warm up was in complete silence).
Saskia's explanation of the activity was hard to follow at first, and I know the activity took the entire time, so maybe in a longer class have more activities to do. "
About Saskia: I wish she would have incorporated more dancing.
Saskia's explanation of the activity was hard to follow at first, and I know the activity took the entire time, so maybe in a longer class have more activities to do. "
About Saskia: I wish she would have incorporated more dancing.
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ReplyDeleteBoth classes were so unique! Teaching sports in a movement class will definitely get boys in the class interested and get them to participate. Also it shows how creative movement doesn't just have to be "dancing." Saskia's lesson was super cool and it is so important to teach children tolerance of other people's lives and perspectives. I think this lesson would be even more interesting with actual children, considering their imaginations are so far-reaching.
ReplyDeleteYes, Saskia proved that movement can be used not just as dance, but as a way of thinking.
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