Dance teaching Plan Duration : 6-8 sessions
Topic : War Of The Worlds
Year7/ 8 Level 3 Strand : PK, DI, CI.
Achievement Objectives: Learning Outcomes :
PK: Children will explore through Children will:
movement, combining and contrasting Listen to, interpret and discuss images
dance elements. from a piece of music.
Improvise group movement using the
DI: Children will select, combine and use parachute as a prop.
elements of dance to develop ideas. Explore movement to choreograph a
movement sequence
CI: Children will present, dance and Perform the movement sequence
respond to their own and others dance Discuss and evaluate their own and others
works . performance.
Materials and Resources: Essential Skills:
Jeff Wayne’s musical version of the War Physical : .
Of The Worlds (double CD ) Problem Solving:
Social and Cooperative;.
Parachute Communication:
Videos : Clips from any number of Sci Fi
Movies e.g Star Wars, E.T, Independence
Day, Men In Black.
Assessment Criteria:
: Can initiate and plan dance ideas after listening to a piece of music. DI (Level 2)
Demonstrates skill in movement when performing a movement sequence. PK
Selects and uses elements of dance creatively to express an idea DI
Can evaluate own performance and that of others. CI
4: Working above required level.
3: Working at required level
2: Usually working at required level.
1: Requires assistance to meet AO’s
Lesson Sequence
Phase Procedure Teaching Points
Introductory Listen to “The Eve Of The War” Track 1
Listening “War Of The Worlds”
and Writing Paint a picture / draw images that come to
mind as a response to the music
Activity Discuss the images chosen – How did they
develop from a response to the music.
Fill in Worksheet One. Assessment One
Part One
Students stand around parachute There are numerous other
Warm up.
Move parachute up and down. warm up activities that can
Number off. be carried out using a
On their number students run under the parachute.
parachute changing places. Remaining
students need to hold it up.
Throw up and trap air under it.
Explore ways of moving round in a circle
carrying the parachute.
Teaching
Sequence Introduce the spaceship idea.
Investigate ways of moving the parachute so
that it looks like a space ship. (Whole class Allow for plenty of time for
Activity ) students to work through the
Make decisions on movement choices. problem solving required
Practice as a class. here.
Video class attempt –and discuss results.
Closure
Finalise structure of this first part of the
dance.
Part Two
Listening Listen to music Track 2 Horsnell Common;
and Writing Worksheet 2 Examples wobble, vibrate,
Share Alien pictures lurch,
Brainstorm action words for ways in which
aliens might move.
Warm Up Students in own spaces in the room.
Call out an action word from Alien list. You could also have the
Students carry out that activity. words on cards on floor and
Repeat the movement but add an element e.g children move from one to
do it slowly, with a different body base, on another
another level,
Repeat with more words and elements.
Task:
Lesson Students individually chose words and
Sequence. make an alien movement sequence by
combining the words. (3-4 words only) They
can refer to their picture and the brainstorming
list to help them..
Their movement sequence must move from
one area of the room to another in an Encourage use of other
interesting pathway. And use more than one dance elements as well.
level.
View and respond to others choreography Assessment Two
Closure
Each individual shows their movements to
some one else. Students offer each other
suggestions for improvements.
Warm-Up
When individuals have their own sequence, If they don’t find some
discuss how some of the aliens drawn by the pictures of some.
class have more body parts than humans.
Question: how could we show that.?
Task: Students get into pairs and explore
ways of combining their bodies into
interesting alien shapes including moving
shapes. (moving in and out of shapes or
moving around in a shape.)
View and respond to others choreography Assessment Three
Discuss sequence of events suggested by the
music (Beginning/End
Task:To make a whole class dance.
Start with words at beginning of CD.
Do Parachute part.
Use words about when the lid of the
spaceship falls off. Improvise this part with
the words.
Aliens emerge and dance their individual
dances all together or some at a time. Hold
frozen alien shape when not dancing.
Form into pairs and continue with pair dances
Work out an ending.e,g move back into
spaceship and “take off”
Practice the class dance.
Video the sequence
View and discuss;
Have the required images been Assessment Four
communicated through this dance
How can this be improved.
Perform the dance to an audience.
Worksheet (Assessment –recording respons
Children will write evaluation on prepared
sheet to stick in Arts book.
WORKSHEET ONE
Name: Date:
I think the story told by the music is about…
In this particular part of the story…
The music sounds like…
The images I have drawn in my picture are…
The images that I have drawn which could be
portrayed with movement are…
Worksheet Two
The space ship has landed.
The aliens are about to emerge from their ship.
“But looking, I presently saw something stirring
within the shadow: greyish billowy movements
one above another, and then two luminous disks
like eyes.”
Here are some pictures of aliens as some people
have imagined them. Study them closely and
listen carefully to the music.
Draw what you think an alien would look like.
Unit Evaluation
Tell us about your experience as an alien
during this unit. Which parts did you enjoy
the most---and the least? What activities
were helpful when you were thinking up
movement to fit your images? WERE YOU
SUCCESSFUL??? You can illustrate your
page if you like.