Complementary Video 2: Yoga for Children and Yi's Lesson

Yoga is an ancient movement system that can be taught to all ages. I have had so much fun watching this video. I hope you also enjoy it.

Question:
Based on the approach of this teacher; what age group and/or grade level is her target audience? Why? How would you adapt hers lesson to your own style. Explain

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 LESSON FOR TODAY

 Yi Gao

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LESSON PLAN

Yi Gao

Professor Morejon

Lesson Plan

March 25, 2020

Title: Popular Dance

Theme: Feet Dance

Art Discipline: Movement Performance

Grade Level: Sixth Grade

Teacher’s Name: Yi Gao

Volume III

Date: March 25, 2020

 Component

1.      Movement skills and underlying principles.

2.      Dance Making

Objectives

1.      Identifies space, time, and movement qualities (energy) as elements of movement.

2.      Demonstrates body part isolations.

3.      Executes smooth transitions from movement to movement.

4.      Creates an unaccompanied improvisational study that conveys ideas, thoughts, or feelings.

5.      Performs movement choices to communicate abstract ideas.

Competency

1.      The student can demonstrate the ability to execute proper warm-up of upper and lower areas of the body before performing movement compositions by leading a class warm-up activity that includes selections, rotations, extensions, and flexion’s.

2.      The student can create dance patterns in response to rhythmic sequences that convey ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Activity

                   I.             Warm up

a.       Breath in and breath out

b.      Move heads up and down, left and right for two times

c.       Move shoulders up and down, back and forward for two times

d.      Move chest back and forward two times

e.       Swing arms four times

f.        Twist waist left and right four times

g.      Lift arms as high as you can, and then go all the way down to the floor

h.      Move knees

i.        Kick one leg to the front and back four times, and then repeat the steps with another leg.

j.        Relax toes

                 II.            Basic feet movements from one of my favorite popular dance named Seve.

The part of dance that I will teach in class includes three major step movements.

a.       The first step

                                                                          i.       Lift right leg and kick out. At the same time, move left leg backward for one step.

                                                                        ii.      Then jump with your left leg

                                                                     iii.       Then put down lifted leg in the back with front leg’s heel lifted

                                                                      iv.       Then repeat the three counts continuously.

b.      The second step

                                                                          i.       We are going to use left legs to point to the floor

                                                                        ii.      At the same time, twisted right feet

                                                                     iii.       Then do the two movements together with right foot pointing to the floor and left foot continually twisted.

c.       Third step

                                                                          i.       Spread two legs for a short distance, then lift them with toes

                                                                        ii.      Move right leg cross in front of left leg and make it down

                                                                     iii.       Then lift again and spread it

                                                                      iv.       Move right leg cross at the back of left leg

                                                                        v.      Then repeat step three

                                                                      vi.       Continue to cross backward with right leg

                                                                    vii.      Then move the left leg in front of the right leg and then release

Assessment

In order for student to get an A: students are able to do all three major steps of feet dance fluently (a, b, & c)

In order for student to get a B: students are able to make the first two major steps (a & b) fluently.

In order for student to get a C: students are able to make at least one of the major step (a or b or c).

Homework

Students should go over three major steps by themselves and prepare to perform in class next time in their own way.

Cross-Curriculum Standards

The corresponding music will be played while students are dancing. In this case, students can incorporate dance movements to the rhythm provided by music and practice basic counts toward the music. This helps enhance the connection between dance and music.

Differentiation

For students with special needs, maintaining a fair and healthy balance of structure and unstructured process is important. Hence, for those students coming to class, they will learn three parts of steps (a, b, & c) with 55% accuracy by learning at least 6 steps in total to get an A.

Technology

·      For visual leaners, they can also find these basic movements through Youtube or other video         platforms to furtherly learn it at home.

·      For tactile leaners, touching to the leg which it’s going to move before making the movements is a good way to remember steps.

·        For auditory leaners, I will put on some light music while I am teaching the warm-up and also, I will   put on the corresponding music while teaching steps dance.

Written Component

Students should be able to write their reflections or comments toward this lesson after class.

Career Skills

These basic dance movements on feet which students have learned in class will provide them a basic concept about the popular dance, which might be helpful for them as a preparation for their future career path as a dance teacher.