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School: High School

Focus Area:
Dance students will be focusing on the art
concepts that relate to dance when
choreographing a dance that relates to the
future.

Year Group: 7

Date:

Learning Intentions:

Victorian Curriculum:

Students are learning to express

themselves through the movement of
dance in an attempt to move with a
specific intent and purpose. Students are
also working to put their knowledge into
practice and form a dance that relates to
the topic of The Future.

Explore and Express Ideas:

Use safe dance practice, elements of dance,
body actions and improvisations to explore ways
of making literal movements into abstract
movements (VCADAE033)
Present and Perform:
Rehearse and perform focusing on technical
and expressive skills appropriate to style and/or
choreographic intent (VCADAP037)
Respond and Interpret:
Analyse how choreographers use elements of
dance and production elements to communicate
intent (VCADAR038)

Location / Setting:

Organisation / Student Groups:

Classroom and open space such as a Gym

or Performing Arts Space (depending on
what is available at the school).

Introduction students will be working in

pairs and individually.
Main activity - students will be working in
groups of 5 or 6 students. Students will
have the freedom of choosing their own
groups.
Conclusion students will be working in
the groups they were in for the main
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Identify and connect specific features of dance

from different times and locations to explore
viewpoints and enrich their dance making
(VCADAR039)
Special Considerations:
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Students confidence
Students ability levels
Space is there a space that can be used
to allow all groups to practice at once and
be observed by the teacher
Safe environment
Time students will have limited time to
practice and perform their dance to their

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Key Vocabulary:
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Dance
The Future
Environment
Technology
Earth
Space
Transport
Communication
Hip Hop
Contemporary
Ballet
Jazz
Music

Focus Questions:
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Ask students how they incorporated

The Future into their dance.
Question students dances and ask
them how they went, ask them what
they found challenging and what they
enjoyed.
Question students on how their body
moved and how they felt when this
took place.
Ask students to reflect on their
choreography and how it impacted on
the delivery of the message they were
trying to convey to the audience.

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peers.

References / Sources / Materials /

Resources and Equipment:
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You Tube links

iPads
White board
White board marker
Dance space
Classroom props
Music (use iPads)
Victorian Curriculum
Teaching the Arts textbook

Prior lessons:
Prior to this lesson students would have have
gained prior knowledge about the art concepts
that relate to dance. Prior to this lesson
students will have researched an art concept
that they were interested in and will have
presented it to the class. Students will have
chosen one of the five art concepts to research,
body, space, time, energy or relationship.
Students will have build up their knowledge
bank through individual research and
through actively participating in peer
presentations. Students presentations and
research component will be used to assess the
students level of understanding and competency
in the unit of The Future under the arts area of
dance.

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INTRODUCTION
Establishing prior knowledge. Tuning in activity.
Focus questioning

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise

Assessment criteria: Assessment FOR learning

Assessment Criteria: Assessment AS Learning

CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Share time. Student reflection. What do they now
know?
Assessment Criteria: Assessment OF Learning

- Introduce the students to the lesson.

Explain to the students that in todays
session we are going to be continuing to
develop and explore our knowledge on
dance. Students will be able to put their
knowledge into practice through out the
session and link the theory of dance with
the understanding they have of The
Future.
Time: 5-minute introduction
- Ask the students to think of The Future
and what it might include. Explain to
students to think about their prior
knowledge and what they remember from
past sessions. Write down students
responses on the board. Prompt students
to think about the environment,
technology, transport and communication.
Time: 5 minutes
- Revisit the dance concepts that make a
successful dance. (students would have
studied the 5 concepts in previous
lessons, so this time will be used to
refresh students memories. The concepts
include body, space, time, energy and
relationship.) Brainstorm with students the
concept and explanation of each concept.
Time: 20 minutes
- Show the students some You Tube videos
that relate to dance and exploring emotion
and movement.

Students need to warm up their muscles

before starting the main activity. Students
need to stretch their neck, back, arms and
legs to reduce the chance of injury. This can
occur by rolling the joints, as well as jogging
and skipping.
Time: 5 minutes
To set the seen and make sure that student
feel comfortable and confident in the session
a warm up activity should be used. This
activity enables students to work together as a
team to complete a task. As the teacher I will
ask the students to make a certain shape,
object or word with their bodies. Depending on
the task students group sizes will differ.
Time: 10 minutes
Students are to work in groups of 5-6 people.
These groups will have already be
predetermined from the start of the unit, and
will be the same groups throughout the whole
unit.
Students will have 40 minutes to develop a 23 minute dance.
Students will have 5 minutes to discuss with
their group members what they want to
incorporate in their dance and how it relates to
The Future. Each group will briefly explain
their idea to the teacher and if approved them
may start.
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Students will have access to their iPad and

Each group will then have an opportunity to

perform their dance to the class. The
students will also have to talk about their
dance and explain why they chose include
certain elements in it and how it relates to the
unit topic of The Future.
Time: 20 minutes
Each group will have 5 minutes to perform
their dance and explain it to the class.

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