Lesson Plan: Dance and Figure Skating Microteach

Teachers: Sarah Geist and Anneliese Petersmarck

Kind of text/genre Dance and figure skating

students will learn to
analyze
Important elements to Music, facials/emotions, costumes, sets/lighting,
analyze for this interactions between performers (why is it important
text/genre (and bold the that it is solo/pairs/groups, staging), choreography
one(s) you are focusing (motifs, energy, technique, floorwork, what is different
on in this lesson) about the big moments in the program?), historical
context
Lesson Objective(s) Students will be able to analyze sets, costumes, and
emotional impact of a choreographed dance or figure
skating program in order to determine the central theme
of the piece.
Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze
in detail its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by
specific details; provide an objective summary of the
text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding
how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
Materials Needed Printed worksheet, PowerPoint

Time Learning Task Methods or Procedures

1 Warm-Up In the first box of the worksheet, have
the students respond to the following
prompt: What do you know about dance
and/or skating?
While they are writing, a few students
may volunteer and share their ideas
with the entire class.
2 Risky Business Clip - Jazz/Pop Play the first video in the PowerPoint.
Culture Example Afterwards, guide the class through a
brief analysis of the clip.
Possible things to consider: pop culture
references, costumes, sets, lighting,
music.
Students should answer the following
question in the second box on their

2 Anchor Clip - Lyrical Example
5 Watch Elastic Heart - first time
3 Watch Elastic Heart - second
time
5 Watch Perfect
worksheets: What do you think of when
you watch this clip?
NOTE: Make sure to use general
vocabulary (no specific technical terms)
Play the second video in the
PowerPoint. Afterwards, guide the class
through a brief analysis of the clip.
Possible things to consider: staging,
music, lighting, emotions.
Students should answer the following
question in the third box on their
worksheets: How does this performance
make you feel?
Play the third video in the PowerPoint.
Students will write notes on their
graphic organizers while watching the
video. Afterwards, guide the class
through an analysis of the clip. Write
their suggestions on the whiteboard.
Possible things to consider: first
impressions, facials, partners, emotions,
a little bit of choreo - try to identify the
story/theme.
Play the third video in the PowerPoint.
Students will write notes on their
graphic organizers while watching the
video. Afterwards, students will analyze
the clip in groups. Walk around and
engage in group conversations about
the text, posing questions and/or
adding suggestions.
Possible things to consider: music,
costumes, sets, lighting, more specific
choreo details.
Play the fourth video in the PowerPoint.
Explain that this video is a way for the
students to apply the skills they learned
about analyzing dance to another genre
of movement. Students will write notes
on their graphic organizers while
watching the video. Afterwards,
students will analyze the clip in groups.
If there is limited time, do the analysis
as a whole class.
2 Compare and Contrast Dance
with Skating
Students will complete the last box of
their graphic organizers with their ideas
about how dance and figure skating are
similar and/or different.
Possible things to consider: sets, the
different use of space, etc.
While they are writing, a few students
may volunteer and share their ideas
with the entire class.
What do you
know about
dance and/or
figure skating?

Clip #1 What do you think of when you watch this clip?

Clip #2 How does this performance make you feel?

Elastic Heart What are your first impressions? What is the relationship between the Other notes:
(First Viewing) How does this dance make you feel? performers? Describe their facial
expressions.
Elastic Heart Music Sets/Lighting Costumes
(Second
Viewing)

Perfect

Compare and
Contrast Dance
and Figure
Skating