Arts Lesson Plan

Date submitted: 8/20/2009 

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CDSA


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Arts Discipline:

Poems with Clauses

7

Language/Movement

Lesson Overview/Description:

Students will use dependent and independent clauses to create a poem which they will pair with movements.


Idaho Content Standards:

Humanities: Specific Content Standard goals/objectives achieved in lesson

Standard 1: Historical and Cultural Contexts

Standard 2: Critical Thinking

Standard 3: Performance

 

 

6-8.D.3.1.2 Practice maintaining both stationary and moving alignment, balance, and control.
6-8.D.3.3.2.2 Identify and execute movements in the three planes (vertical, horizontal, and saggital).
6-8.D.3.2.1 Identify and execute on and off balance movement phrases.

Integration Focus: What is the reason for integrating these disciplines?

Dependent clauses are full of potential energy while Independent clauses are kinetic energy. Students will be able to feel the difference as they pair movements to their clause poems, therefore making identification of both clauses easier in their reading.

 

Learning Targets:

What you want students to know and be able to do as a result of learning process

Assessment Criteria:

The observable traits and dimensions of meeting the learning target—what it looks, sounds, or feels like when the student demonstrates this newly acquired knowledge or skill.

 

Pair a potential energy movement to a dependent clause


an on or off balance movement that shows potential energy


Pair a kinetic energy movement to an independent clause

 


an on or off balance, fluid movement that shows kinetic energy.

Identify the dependent and independent clauses in their reading and writing.


SWBAT demonstrate correct use of dependent and independent clauses in their writing to form varied sentences.


 




Responding/Reflecting: Guiding Questions before, during and after the lesson activity that help students build critical thinking skills, link big ideas with historical/cultural resources, and reflect on and assess their own and other’s art.  

1. Describe

2. Analyze

Describe how the two different clauses sound and feel.

Explain how the movement fit each type of clause.

3. Interpret

4. Evaluate

What emotions are conveyed by the movement poem?

How effectively did the movement convey the feeling of the poem?


Learning Sequence: Indicate steps needed to achieve learning targets

Note Idaho Humanities Content

Standard/student artistic process

element addressed in each step

1.                                                                                                      


Students write a five line poem where the first 4 lines are dependent clauses and the last line is an independent clause

  Check for understanding by: In-process assessment of student learning through questions, self reflection, teacher scan, peer sharing, checklist, or other assessment tools 

dependent clause movements should look static and filled with possiblity
independent clause movements should look fluid and complete

 


 


 


 

2.                                                                                                     


Students pair movements to each clause.

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

3.                                                                                                      


Students perform their movement to their poem for small groups.

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

4.                                                                                                      


Groups throw 3 stars and 1 wish to respond to performance

 Check for understanding by:




 


 


 

5.                                                                                                     
teacher scan for correct clauses
Check for understanding by:



 


 


 

6.                                                                                                      

Check for understanding by:



 


 


 


Responding: Closing Reflection with Students

Did you achieve the learning targets? How effectively did you meet each assessment criteria for the lesson?
Have students describe and compare the feeling of each type of movement and each type of clause.

 

 


Key Vocabulary: Arts and Integration-focused

Arts Historical/Cultural Resources: Artists, artwork, performances, music, websites, DVDs, books...

Materials, Equipment, Space: Art or classroom supplies, tools, instruments, props, special classroom set-up arrangements

kinetic energy

 

planes

potential energy

 

levels

balance

 




 











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