<p> Eastern Alamance High School Lesson Plan 2012-2013 Teacher: A. Merritt Department: Fine Arts Course: Choreography & Dance B-A Semester: 2 Block: 1, 3, 4 Dates: 2/25-3/1</p><p>Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Common Core/Essential Understand how to use Understand how to use Understand how to use Understand how to use Understand how to use Standards movements in dance movements in dance movements in dance movements in dance movements in dance Understand cultural, historical Understand cultural, Understand cultural, Understand cultural, historical Understand cultural, and interdisciplinary connections historical and historical and and interdisciplinary historical and with dance. interdisciplinary connections interdisciplinary connections with dance. interdisciplinary connections with dance. connections with dance. with dance. LEARNING TARGET I can explain the origin of Ballet. I can demonstrate Ballet I can demonstrate Ballet I can explain the origin of Ballet I can demonstrate movement movement vocabulary. movement vocabulary. and demonstrate movement vocabulary and performance I can use text and literature to vocabulary. skills. enhance my choreography. I can use text and literature to I can use text and literature to I can explore the use of space in I can take literal things in space enhance my choreography. enhance my choreography. my choreography and abstract them in my choreography. ASSESS/ACTIVATE PRIOR 21-Why is Ballet so important Study for test 22-Where does turn out 23-Which technical skills do you 24-What did jazz originate begin? still need to work on? from? KNOWLEDGE(review, Choreo-study for test Music journal relevance, relate to Are you happy with how this How can space provide How do we abstract literal objective) study turned out? inspiration for choreography movement?</p><p>TEACHER INPUT (Provide information, I will give a lecture on Ballet Test I will go over ballet I will go over ballet vocabulary Lecture on Jazz and African history for the students to take notes vocabulary while teaching while teaching movements center dance and assess students in a model application of They will also complete a study Assess the students as they movements center and across and across the floor skills test. information) guide. work on their study. the floor Lecture and lead class in Explain scavenger hunt, lead test Assess the students as they improvisations improvisation, and introduce work on their study. mini study. STUDENT ACTIVE PARTICIPATION Take notes and complete study Test Students will work on new Students will work on new ballet Notes, perform skills test guide ballet movement across the movement across the floor and (Alignment of objective Work on study floor and center. center. with activity, teacher test Scavenger hunt, improvisation models, student Work on then present study Notes and improvisations and mini study. pairs/groups, independent practice) Closure Review vocabulary that we did (Review/Re-teach, Questions from study guide? Review vocabulary that we Next week we will start jazz did Identify Student Success): Eastern Alamance High School Lesson Plan 2012-2013 Teacher: A. Merritt Department: Fine Arts Course: Choreography & Dance B-A Semester: 2 Block: 1, 3, 4 Dates: 2/25-3/1</p>