Year 2 Dance Unit 1
Apply facial expressions to music showing emotions such as fear and anger. Begin to use spatial and dynamic choices in work. Offer feedback and respond to feedback
Knowledge Organiser
Prior Learning
Built simple movement patterns from given actions. Composed and linked actions to make simple movement phrases.
Unit Focus
Apply facial expressions to music showing emotions such as fear and anger. Begin to use spatial and dynamic choices in work. Offer feedback and respond to feedback.
We are Learning...
- How to move like Penguin Small
- How to move like a polar bear
- How to move like a snowman
- How to move like the sea using canon
- How to make an ending to a dance
- How to perform a class dance with beginning, middle and end
Key Questions
- What is the main mood/feeling you get from this dance?
- What does it mean to perform in a duet?
- How does different music change how I move?
Equipment
Music player, music, cones, hoops, throw down spots, scarves/ribbons, laptop with internet access.
Vocabulary
Solo, duet, mood, feeling, penguin, musicality, respond, sea, gentle, stormy, floating, spinning, unison, canon, friendship, abandonment.
Concepts
- Solo is an individual dancing alone, apart from others, with independent movements.
- A duet is two people dancing together with compilatory and contrasting actions.
Assessment Overview
Head – Show confidence to perform in front of others.
Hand – Plan a dance with a beginning, middle and end
Heart – Attempt to work as part of a group to perform a dance.
Diagram
Lesson Overview
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 2
- Accurately use basic actions to move as a polar bear
- Demonstrate a polar bear phrase responding to the music and using mean and angry facial expressions
- Tell a partner if they used mean/angry expressions and if they remembered the polar bear phrase accurately
We are Learning: How to move like a polar bear
Activity: Polar Bear phrase
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 1
- Can demonstrate co-ordination and accuracy in their movements
- Can apply facial expression and respond to the music
- Can offer feedback and make some changes to their work in response to suggestions
We are Learning: How to move like Penguin Small
Activity: Perform to a Partner
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 3
- Can apply positional language to their dance
- Can perform in a duet
- Can contribute some ideas to others and respond to their suggestions
We are Learning: How to move like a snowman
Activity: Snowman Penguin Duet
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 4
- Can apply spatial and dynamic choices to communicate their dance idea and apply unison and canon
- Can offer feedback and make some changes to their work in response to suggestions
We are Learning: How to move like the sea using canon.
Activity: Duet Choreography
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 5
- Can explain that a dance has a beginning, middle and end
- Can give feedback to another pair about their duet
- Can create an ending to their dance phrase
We are Learning: How to make an ending to a dance
Activity: Building a complete dance
Year 2 Dance Unit 1 Lesson 6
- Can perform the penguin small entire dance accurately and with coordination
- Can apply facial expression and respond to the music
- Can give personal feedback about the dance
We are Learning: How to perform a class dance with beginning, middle and end
Activity: Performance as a class