Dance Lesson Plans – Roberts/Rivera
Week: March 23-27
Objectives:
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Students will review the dances that were begun before the spring break
Students will relearn the choreography for their performance dances
Students will learn new choreography and phrases for their performances dances
Activites:
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Dress Out for class
Warm Up first 10 minutes of class
Review and learn choreography
o Monday: review
o Tuesday: review and set staging
o Wed/Thurs: complete 1st minute of class dance
o Friday: review
 Ms Roberts & Mr Rivera will be on a field trip Friday. Students will work with
the substitute, Mrs Woodcock.
Class Distinctions:
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2nd Period: working on Mayonce dance
3rd Period: working on Mayonce dance
4th Period: **preparing for National competition on Friday & Saturday
o Polishing competition dances
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5 Period: working on All girls dance for TLSATC concert. Beginning new class dance for concert
6th Period: working on Mayonce dance
Follow Up:
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Daily evaluations for participation and appropriate dress out
No Skills evaluation this week
No major grade this week
Week: March 30 – April 2
Objectives:
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Students will learn new choreography and phrases for their class dances
Students will learn staging and placement for their class dances
Students will learn new skill sets for their class dances
Activities
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Dress Out
Warm Up first 10 minutes
Choreography
o Monday: polish and finalize learned portions of class dances
o Tuesday: introduce new choreography and skills
o Wed/Thurs: polish and finalize all learned portions of class dance.
 Goal is to have 2/3rds of dance completed
Class Distinctions
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2nd Period:
3rd Period:
4th Period:
5th Period:
6th Period:
progressing dance for Mayonce concert
progressing dance for Mayonce concert
**Beginning new dance piece for TLSARTC concert
progressing dance for TLSATC concert
progressing dance for Mayonce concert
Follow Up
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o Wed/Thurs: Skills evaluation/Major grade
Students will perform the 2/3rds portion of their dance for individual evaluation
Week: April 6 – 10
Objectives
 Students will finalize their performance dances
 Students will create an In The Lab Project*
Activities
 Dress Out
 Warm Up
 Finish all choreography for performance dance
 Finish all staging of performance dance
Class Distinctions
 2nd Period:
 3rd Period:
 4th Period:
 5th Period:
 6th Period:
finish dance for Mayonce concert & begin In The Lab
finish dance for Mayonce concert & begin In The Lab
begin staging for TLSATC concert
complete dances for TLSATC concert
finish dance for Mayonce concert & begin In The Lab
Follow Up
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Daily grades for dress out and participation
No Skills Evaluation this week
Week: April 13 – 17
**This is the concert week for The Little Shop Around The Corner concert which features Inertia and JV
Inertia. Both groups will be working on their dance pieces for this performance during class each day.
Objectives
 Students will finalize and perfect their performance dances
 Students will work on their group In The Lab projects
Activities
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In The Lab
o Classes 2nd , 3rd & 4th period
 Students will select their own group of 3 or 4 participants from their class
 Students will be assigned a section of the predetermined musical selection
 Each group will choreograph dance phrases for the section of music they are
assigned.
 Once the section is completed, the group is to record their work to submit to
Ms Roberts or Mr Rivera
 Music will be assigned by Ms Roberts or Mr Rivera
 Evaluation
o Individual major grade
Follow Up
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Evaluated for daily participation and dress out
Week: April 20 – 24
**This is concert week for the Mayonce concert, all classes will be involved
***Beginning this week all classes will meet in the Auditorium. Testing begins in the Gym areas and
dance classes will not have access to the X121 dance room
Objectives
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Students will perform their dances in the concert
Students will complete In The Lab dances on the stage
Activities
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All classes will be working on the stage for the week
o Time will be split with Mrs DeMartino’s classes, as they have their concert this week as
well
Each class will bring their dance to the top level of performance.
o Friday: this is the day of the concert
 Each class will have a dress rehearsal during their class time
 In The Lab dances will be staged
o Inertia and JV Inertia will be restaging dances they presented the week before in the
Mini Theatre.
Follow Up
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Part 1 of the Major grade will be the preparation work done daily in class. This includes dress
out and participation
Part 2 of the Major grade will be the actual performance on Friday night
o The concert will be recorded for evaluation purposes
**This completes the Performance units of this semester.
Week: April 27 – May 1
All classes will begin their Final Exam dance projects
All classes will meet in the Auditorium area, actual class location will be determined on a daily basis.
Objectives
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Students will select their music for their final exam dances
Students will select their partner for their final exam dances
Students will begin the process of creating their choreographic project for their final exam
dances
Activities
o Dress Out
o Warm Up
o Dance construction will include
o 3 Learned phrases from previous dances
o Demonstration of the following movement requirements
 High, medium and low level movement phrases
 Entrances and exits of dance phrase
 Double pirouette from a parallel position
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Execution of 1 leap pattern
Utilization of all 4 corners of the space
Execute ballistic and no ballistic movement
Execute change of tempo
Follow Up
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Daily evaluation of participation and preparation
No major evaluation this week
Week: May 4 – 8
May 11 - 15
**All classes will be meeting in the Auditorium area, exact location will be determined on a daily basis
**Students will not be required to dress out
Objectives & Activies
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Students will finalize their Final exam dance projects
Students will be begin the written portion of their final exam
o Final exam worksheets
Final Exam worksheets
o Students will be given a written prompt of 30-50 inquiries to be answered using google
searches.
o Students can work together to answer their questions, but they will turn in their
responses individually as part of their final exam
o Questions to be related to choreography, dance history, music selection, technical
dance performance.
o Questions will be cumulative for the entire semester
o Questions will be posted on The Hub and in the In The Lab tab at
www.inertiadance14.com
Follow Up
Evaluation on participation and time management for completion of final exam activities
Week: May 18 – 22
May 26 -28
**Classes will return to X121 for the remainder of the school year
Objectives
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Students will finalize final exam
Activities
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Group work in all classes
o Ms Roberts & Mr Rivera will work with groups individually to facilitate the best
performance of their final exam dance
o Monitoring of written section of final
Final Exam
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On day of final
o Students will present their dance
o Students will submit their written portion of the final exam
o Students will dress out or wear a predetermined costume
Final Exam Criteria
Will be posted to The Hub and In The Lab on April 27th