Year 1 - Physical education
Dance: can you create a range of different movements to represent superheroes?
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Unit Summary
The unit of work will challenge pupils to respond to the changing stimuli using a range of different and controlled actions, showing character, expression, control and accuracy. Pupils will learn how to co-ordinate their bodies to create short sequences.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a range of actions to represent different superheroes with unique powers.
Key Notes
- Move: performing uniquely different actions to represent different characters requires control.
- Think: knowing how different characters look and feel requires focus and expression.
- Feel: applying our best to clearly represent different superheroes requires self-belief.
- Connect: sharing my superhero actions helps others enjoy and understand my character.
Vocabulary To Learn
- character: the set of qualities, traits and values that define a superhero's behaviour and personality
- expression: the way a person shows their thoughts, feelings or ideas through actions, words or movements
- concentration: the ability to focus your attention on a task, activity or goal while ignoring distractions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Superheroes spend all their time as superheroes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing uniquely different actions to represent different characters requires control. Think: knowing how different characters look and feel requires focus and expression.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'character'
the set of qualities, traits and values that define a superhero's behaviour and personality.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Superheroes spend all their time as superheroes. Correction: Superheroes often have a normal human life until the world needs saving and that is when they transform into superheroes.
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