Description

In the final lesson, students videotape, present, and reflect on their own and others’ work. Students hand in their journals/ scrapbooks and group visual arts collage for evaluation. In addition, their videotapes are collected for archival purposes.

Learning Goals

  • Apply dance presentation skills
  • Demonstrate the ability to analyse dance related learning in a variety of ways

Materials

  • Prepare video camera equipment, blank videotapes/memory cards, and a TV/VCR/projector
  • Continue preparing breathing, focusing, and warming-up exercises to get the students ready for presentation.
  • Prepare final assessment and evaluation materials.

Minds On (Approximately 10 minutes)

  • Warm-up and rehearsal.

Action! (Approximately 50 minutes)

  • Students present final group pieces.

Consolidation (Approximately 15 minutes)

  • Facilitate a discussion of group pieces with students (e.g., What did you learn? What was frustrating? What did you enjoy?)

Notes/Assessment/Differentiated Instruction/Resources

  • Students may use simple costume ideas for their piece (i.e., white t-shirts and jeans, all black, colorful clothing, etc.).
  • The purpose of the videotaping is to document the students’ studies for archival purposes. This video documentation is not to be assessed.
  • Assess and evaluate student’s group process
  • Assess and evaluate student’s creative process – BLM#2 Approach to Class Work Checklist
  • Evaluate the final study – BLM#1 Rubric – Evaluation of Composition
  • Evaluate Visual Arts Collage
  • Evaluate scrapbook