Year 7 - Physical education
Who I like: inspirational people
Dance: identity
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Unit Summary
This unit is a thematic approach drawing upon personal experiences to consolidate and deepen their knowledge and understanding of Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to create, develop and analyse ideas, motifs and dances. They will use similarities and differences to form connections and contrast.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to adapt your actions to ensure they project their intent effectively.
Key Notes
- Move: applying expressive skills to actions improves projection.
- Think: identifying the qualities we admire in others requires reflection.
- Feel: not being affected by the opinion of others involves integrity.
- Connect: representing another person accurately demonstrates respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- extension: lengthening through the body to fully perform an action
- emphasis: highlighting an action or shape
- focus: where a performer is looking
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Not accepting the first action that a pupil offers is likely to put them off.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: applying expressive skills to actions improves projection. Think: identifying the qualities we admire in others requires reflection.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'extension'
lengthening through the body to fully perform an action.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Not accepting the first action that a pupil offers is likely to put them off. Correction: Challenging pupils to generate more than one response, or to find ways to refine their actions, before making their final selection, enables pupils to develop their creativity and understanding of choreographic and performance skills.
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