Warrior Dance


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Introduction

Dance Analysis

Section 1

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Section 3

Section 4

Management Suggestions

Assessment Strategy

Teacher Reflections

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Assessment 

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Student Learning

As this class was a bit of a challenge we had to keep them moving and active and doing something new. If we spent too much time refining and such, we would have lost them and all control.
These students were quite engaged in the dance and the idea of being video taped was a good incentive for them. Because the video was such a great thing for them, I would have the students watch the videos in class and assess themselves based on some criteria that has been set.
A checklist that focused on steady beat, cooperation, effort, and creativity could be used for a regular classroom, but in a class such as this, there is no time to sit back and observe, you have to be right in there. Then again, the videos could be used for the teacher to assess as well.
After I created the video, I had a chance to watch it with the class. They were very excited to see themselves and they had nice comments for the other students. They asked questions of their peers as to what they thought of their performance.