MAPEH 8

MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH

Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 1
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH FOLK DANCING
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to Physical Education 8 Physical Activities through Folk dancing

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Carolina T. Rivera, in
partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor
Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing
this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Physical Education 8 Self Learning Module on Introduction to

Regional and National Dances with Asian Influence

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATION

Content Standard:
The Learner demonstrates understanding of how regional and national
dances promote the fitness, health and wellness in the family

Performance Standard:
The learner skillfully performs regional and national dances
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
- define folk dance;
- identify the different basic steps in folk dance, and
- promote folk dancing as a physical activity for the family.

PRETEST

Directions: Identify what is describe in the statement. Choose your answer from
the given box below.

Gallop Skip Slide Step Leap

_____________________1. A combination of step and hop in one count.

_____________________2. A combination of step and a cut in one count. To cut is to
displace the weight-bearing foot with the other.
_____________________3. To spring on one foot and land on the other foot

______________________4. This is the basis of all locomotor movements. It is defined

as transfer of weight from one foot to the other.
______________________5. To glide over the floor with one foot leading. It may be
performed alternately by your right and left foot.
 RECAP
Directions: Rearrange the jumbled letter to form a word related to dances.

1. A process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of
another group. _________________________
(CUCOLTURANATI)
2. A great exercise and a fun recreational activity for people of all ages ________________

(ADNEC KFLO)
3. Created extemporaneously, without planning ____________________________

(IOPISRMATIVON)
4. The totality of social transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, all
other products of human work and thought ______________________
(LETUCUR)

5. The rate of speed from fat slow_____________________________

(OPMET)

LESSON

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH FOLK DANCING

Folk dance is a popular dance, considered as part of the tradition or

custom of a particular people.

The following dance terms and dance steps are basically used in Sua ku sua which
is one of the Philippine dance with foreign influences that will be discuss for the
next module.

You are to master all these dance steps which will be used later in your
performance test. Study them carefully and demonstrate the dance step with one of
your family member.

 Padyak- To stamp or tap with one foot and the weight of the body is on the
other foot
 Saludo- It means bow
 Set- a dance formation of two or more couples
 Bend- to move the body or part of the body around wide axis
 Leap- to spring one foot and land on the other foot
 Skip- A combination of step and hop in one count
  Gallop- A combination of step and a cut in one count. To cut is to displace
the weight-bearing foot with the other
 Step- This is the basis of all locomotor movements. It is defined as transfer
of weight from one foot to the other.
 Slide- glide over the floor with one foot leading. It may be performed
alternately by your right and left foot

Study and analyze the following table. The information given will be
needed in your dance performance in Sua ko Sua. Stay focus!

Dance Step Music Used No. of counts or Step pattern

M per Step

Slide (glide) 2/4 or 3/4 1M Slide, close

Skip 2/4 of 6/8 1 ct Step and hop

Bleking 2/4 or ¾ 1, 2 or 3 cts Heel place, close

Gallop 2/4 or 6/8 1ct Step and cut

Mincing 2/4 or 3/4 As many as Step, step and so

required on

Parallel Tortillier 2/4, ¾ or 4/4 As many as Pivot and turn

required heels, pivot and
turn toes

Pivot turn 2/4 2M or 4M Step, ball turn,

step, ball and turn
and so on

Touch step 2/4 or 3/4 1, 2 or 3cts Touch, close

Change step 2/4 or 3/4 1M Step close step

Waltz turn 2/4 or 3/4 2M Execute 2 waltz

steps to make a
turn

Waltz step 2/4 or 3/4 2M Step R, Step L

close to R in rear,
step R

Stamping 2/4 or 3/4 1M Stamp (R) (L) and

close to
supporting foot (L)
(R)
Benefits of Folk Dancing

 Folk dance is a great exercise and fun recreational activity for people of all
ages. Anyone can learn to folk dance, as n formal dance experience is
necessary.
 Dancing can be magical and transforming. It can breathe new life into a tired
soul; make a spirit soar; unleash locked-away creativity, unite generations
and culture; inspire new romances or rekindle old ones; trigger long-
forgotten memories; and turn sadness into joy, if only during the dance
 Physical level, dancing can give you a great mind-body workout, researchers
are learning that regular physical activity in general can help keep our body,
including your brain, healthy as you age. Exercise increase the level of brain
chemicals that encourage nerve cells to grow and dancing that requires you
to remember dance steps and sequences boosts brain power by improving
skills.
 Dancing is an excellent form of stress relief. Dance like any form of exercise,
produces natural antidepressants such as endorphins that can help improve
life.
 The steady, slow exercise involve in dance lessons comfortably raises the folk
dancing are gained by other forms of exercise or even meditation like stress
reduction.


ACTIVITIES

Activity 1:
DANCE PERCEPTION SURVEY

In This survey questionnaire are statements which pertain to your

engagement in the performance of dance. In a separate sheet of paper accomplish
this by putting check (/) mark to the column corresponding your response to the
given statements.

Agree Disagree Maybe

1. Folk dances are good forms of
entertainment
2. Folk dances are better than any other
genre or form of dance
3. Dance is an important aspect of my life.
4. Dance is an excellent form of exercise
5. The performance of dance in my family is
highly appreciated.
6. I believe that dance can be a medium for
cultural education among the youth
7. Dance I think is also a means of training
the youth for good character
8. Folk dances performance is a shameful
experience
9. folk dance shall only be performed for
foreigners
10. dance can be a catalyst for social change

Activity 2
Matching Type: In your notebook, match column A with Column B. Write the
letter only.
COLUMN A CLOUMN B

Dance step Step Pattern

1. stamping A. Slide, Close
2. waltz step B. Step and Hop
3. waltz turn C. heel-place, close
4. change step D. Step and cut
5. Touch Step E. step, step, step and so on
6. Pivot turn F. pivot and turn heels, pivot and turn
toes
7. Parallel Tortiller G. Step, Ball and turn, step
8. Mincing H. ball and turn and so on.

9. Gallop I. Step close Step

10. Bleking J. Execute 2 waltz step to make a turn

K. Step R, Step L close to R in rear, step R
L. Stamp (R) (L) and close to supporting
foot (L) (R)
M. Touch, close

WRAP–UP
Directions: Now that you are familiar with the different basic steps of folk dancing,
answer the following questions:

1. What is folk dance?

_________________________________________________________________________________.

2. What step do you like the most and why?

__________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________.

3. What are the benefits you can get from folk dancing?
__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________.
VALUING
Directions: Make a slogan on how you can encourage your family and friends to
dance or support our Philippine folk dances.

POSTTEST

I. Directions: Read the following questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct
answer.

_________1. What is the step pattern of Change step?

a. Heel-place, close
b. step-close-step
c. step and hop
d. step and cut

_________2. What is a form of dance developed by a group of people that reflects the
traditional life of people of a certain country?
a. Folk dance
b. Contemporary dance
c. Modern dance
d. Retro dance

_________3. Which step is known as the combination of step and a cut in one
count?
a. Bleking
b. Stamping
c. Parallel Tortillier
d. Gallop

_________4. What is the step pattern of Pivot turn?

a. Step, ball turn, step, ball turn and so on
b. Step R, Step L close to R in rear, step R
c. Stamp (R) (L) and close to supporting foot (L) (R)
d. Step, step and so on

_________5. Which statement is incorrect about the benefits of folk dancing?

a. Folk dance is an excellent form of stress.
b. Folk dance can give you a great mind-body workout.
c. Folk dance is a great exercise and fun recreational activity for people
of all ages
d. folk dancing are gained by other forms of exercise or even meditation
like stress reduction.