Jessica

Lesson

Warm up.

Teaching input/Wholeclass work.

Activity.

Plenary/cooldown.

1

Mon

Ask some of thechildren to come into the circle and show some stretches that theythink will benefit some of the muscles that they use duringdance.

Explain that in thisunit we will be communicating the birth, life & death of a starusing Holsts music from the Planet Suite (Mars). Ask the childrensome of the things they already know on this subject. Read excerpton the life of a star. Get the children to quietly listen to thepiece of music. Explain that dance is a way of communicating anidea or ideas for example through movement. They should concentrateon moving in way which reflects moods (including facialexpressions) and movements that express ideas in the music.

Children shouldconcentrate on what we discussed previously about movement andactions. They should focus on introducing contrasting movements.Individually the children will practice movements to the piece ofmusic and plan how they will express the stages of the dance.Provide pens and paper for children to write down some keymovements that they are going to include in their dances to promptwork next week.

Get the children tolie down in a space and relax with their eyes shut. Put the musicon for the children to relax to. Get the children to stretch whilstlying down. When you tap the children on the head they willsilently go and line up at the side of the hall.

1

Thur

Fish and net.4 pupils form 2 pairs of nets by holding hands side by side.They catch fish bytouching them. Once touched you form onto the net. When 4 childrenform a net, the net splits into 2 pairs and continue catchin fish.Game stops when most fish are caught.

Today we will bedeveloping the dance a stage further, by working with a partner.Children should continue to concentrate on what we discussed onMonday. They should build on this by introducing contrastingmovements in their partner work. In pairs children plan how theywill express the next stage of the dance.

The children willplan how they will express the stages of the dance bringingtogether their ideas. Hand out the childrens written work fromMonday for the pairs to collaborate their ideas.

Wink Murder. Sit ina circle. One child is detective. They go out of the room, choosea wink murderer. Shout Detective, detective theres been a murderin the house!! The detective comes back and guessing by looking atthe eyes of the other children to see who is winking. The winkmurderer will wink at the other children, putting them out of thegame so they lie back pretending to be dead. The detective tries toguess before everyone is out.

2

Mon

Stuck in the mud.Choose 3 people to be chasers. They tag as many members of theirclass as possible, once tagged another child has to g in betweenlegs to release from being tagged.

Building on lastweeks work, children move into larger groups (3 sets of pairs) toportray the red giant phase of the star. Continue emphasisingknown points making dances effective. In developing ideas, childrenshould consider: Perhaps using one person as a counterpoint/contrast with the rest of the group. Eye contact. Group formation shapes, use of floor. Transitions from pairs to group.

The children willplan how they will express the stages of the dance bringingtogether their ideas. Hand out the childrens written work fromlast Monday for the groups to collaborate their ideas.

Get the children tolie down in a space and relax with their eyes shut. Put the musicon for the children to relax to. Get the children to stretch whilstlying down. When you tap the children on the head they willsilently go and line up at the side of the hall.

2

Thur

Ask some of thechildren to come into the circle and show some stretches that willbenefit some of the muscles that they use during theirdances.

Explain to thechildren that today they will be performing their dance performanceand that it will be recorded. Reassure the children that it is onlygoing to be recorded for their own purposes and that no one elsewill be seeing it. Also explain to the children that because theirdances are being recorded that all members of the audience need toabsolutely silent and the performers need to be sensible andprofessional.

Give the children 10minutes to just practice for one last time before theyperform.

The children willperform their dances group by group which are being recorded for anext session when the children can review & evaluate indetail.

Get the children tolie down in a space and relax with their eyes shut. Put the musicon for the children to relax to. Get the children to stretch whilstlying down. When you tap the children on the head they willsilently go and line up at the side of the hall.

3

Mon

Ask the children toexplain some of the important features to be remembered indance.

Show the childrenthe recording of their dances. Whilst watching get the childrentake notes on ideas they could suggest to develop their classesdances as well as their own.

Get the children toshare ideas as a class noting the developments suggested for owndance. Let children join own groups, share similarities anddifferences between their notes. Build upon suggestions made toimprove the quality of their performances, write down any ideasthey may have.

Come together as aclass and discuss whether the children feel this has been abeneficial lesson, and if they feel they can now perform to ahigher standard as a result of this.

3

Thur

GO- stopstill.

STOP- move aroundwalking or jogging.

UP- sit or laydown.

DOWN- stretch or jumpup to the ceiling.

Discuss with thechildren some of the key points that arose from Mondays lesson.Get the groups to have a couple of minutes to discuss how and wherethey are going to make these changes.

Give the childrenthe remanding time during the lesson to practice and improve theirdances; explain to the children that next week if the final week ofdance so they must work efficiently.

Congratulate thechildren on how hard they have worked. Ask if they have anything toshare ie anything they learnt, enjoyed etc and anything that theyfeel they already know would develop their own dances.

4

Mon

videocontrols:

Play- walkaround

Rewind- walkbackward

FastForward - Jog

Pause- jump onspot

Stop- stop

Sit the children ina circle to simply listen to the music again without dancing along.This may reinforce the childrens ideas and keep them focused as tomovements to the sounds of the music.

Give the childrenthe whole lesson to practice and improve their dances; explain tothe children that this will be their last chance for practicebefore they perform finished dance routine.

Children lie down ina space, relax with eyes shut. Put music on to relax to. Getchildren to stretch lying down. When you tap the children on thehead they will silently go and line up at the side of thehall.

4

Thur

Fish and netwarm up activity as the children will be expected to sit in silencefor most part of the lesson.

Explain to thechildren that this is the session of their dance so this will betheir final performance. Show the children the DVD of their danceslast weeks ago and think back to some of the recommendations theymade.

The children willperform their finished piece to the class.

Come together as aclass and encourage children to praise their peer groups for theamendments they made. I think your final piece was so much betterbecause