Lesson- Create a Dance group assignment

Grades- middle-high school

This lesson is geared for the end of a dance unit or for the beginning of the
semester/year to work on teamwork and peer interaction. Students choose a group
to work with no more than ! students in a group. "f your class is smaller than drop
the ma#imum number down.
Task- Each group must create their own unique repetitive dance. Each member of the
group must contribute a move to the dance. They can not use the same moves as dances
done in class, and should show various levels of difficulty. I choose two-three song
choices for the students to decide. They must be on beat with the music and be in sync
with each other. The dance should be at least 6 moves repeated.
" gi$e my students four days to work on their dance %& day with no music this way
they learn to counts and not 'ust to the music( and then they perform their dance for
a grade on the )
th
day.
Grading- I grade the students on teamwork, difficulty of moves, synchroniation,
creativity and effort. I also have one group peer evaluate another group on their
creativity, synchroniation and effort. I leave space for comment as well.
" $ideotape the students* dances on my ipad and then allow the students to $iew
their dance when they recei$e their grade the ne#t class period. Let the students
know they can ha$e fun with it dress up if they choose to for their performance.