Year 3 - Physical education
Location and level: paragraphs
Dance: my word links to language
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Unit Summary
A pure approach deepens understanding of Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships and how to create, develop and analyse ideas, motifs and dances. Pupils select and combine key elements to create effects, drawing parallels between communication methods and illustrate how artistic processes are applied.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a precise location as a place to start your dance.
Key Notes
- Move: consistently returning to an exact location requires precision.
- Think: selecting the shapes or actions we perform requires decision-making.
- Think: changing the levels of our actions and shapes requires creative thinking.
- Feel: self-discipline is needed to maintain stillness whilst my partner is performing.
- Connect: using a precise location helps to communicate the idea of paragraphs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- location: where a shape or action is placed, e.g. a starting position
- level: the height of a shape or action; high, medium or low
- alternate: take turns, the basis of the choreographic relationship of question and answer
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A starting position only describes the shape you make.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: consistently returning to an exact location requires precision. Think: selecting the shapes or actions we perform requires decision-making.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'location'
where a shape or action is placed, e.g. a starting position.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A starting position only describes the shape you make. Correction: A starting position involves both the shape you make, as well as the location. It refers to both what you do and where you do it.
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- Dynamics: exclamation marks and fronted adverbials Study Guide
- Dynamics: fronted adverbial Study Guide
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