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Year 4 - Physical education

Emphasis in dance: Ireland

Dance: traditional dances of the British Isles

Unit Summary

A stylistic approach develops Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to study dances from other times and places reviewing how and why motifs are repeated and developed. Pupils develop an understanding of the impact of accompaniment, landscape and other design features on action content.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to add emphasis to actions by changing their size or speed.

Key Notes

  • Move: changing an action to add emphasis requires control, balance and demonstrates musicality.
  • Move: combining emphasis in music with emphasis in the dance actions demonstrates musicality.
  • Think: selecting appropriate actions and deciding how to add emphasis requires decision making skills.
  • Feel: remaining active and determined when feeling tired demonstrates resilience.
  • Connect: listening skills are an important part of cooperation.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • emphasis: adding stress or importance
  • size: making actions appear bigger or smaller
  • forceful: powerful, adding strength / effort

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Emphasis in dance only means making actions bigger or more forceful.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: changing an action to add emphasis requires control, balance and demonstrates musicality. Move: combining emphasis in music with emphasis in the dance actions demonstrates musicality.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'emphasis'

adding stress or importance.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Emphasis in dance only means making actions bigger or more forceful. Correction: Emphasis is adding stress or importance and can involve making actions bigger/more forceful or smaller/less forceful.

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