Year 3 - Physical education
Dance: can you perform a sequence of actions in canon and unison?
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Unit Summary
This unit will teach pupils the importance of timing, creating and performing actions to a beat. Pupils will learn how to use key compositional ideas such as canon, unison and mirroring in their sequence creation.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform a sequence with a partner using canon and unison.
Key Notes
- Move: performing a sequence in canon and unison requires accurate timing and control.
- Think: focusing on performing in canon and unison requires concentration to ensure we move in time.
- Feel: enjoying creating sequences and striving to improves them requires self-discipline.
- Connect: linking movements to the music or person on the screen helps the performance feel coordinated.
Vocabulary To Learn
- canon: performing the same movement one after the other in a pair
- unison: performing the same movement at exactly the same time as our partner
- control: being purposeful; moving every body part with thought, precision and balance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils might think canon means doing different actions.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing a sequence in canon and unison requires accurate timing and control. Think: focusing on performing in canon and unison requires concentration to ensure we move in time.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'canon'
performing the same movement one after the other in a pair.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils might think canon means doing different actions. Correction: Canon involves doing the same actions but starting at different times to the other person/people.
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