dance4c&c

= Dance - Grade 4 = = Creation and Composition =

//It is expected that students will:// || Suggested Achievement Indicators //The following set of indicators may be used to assess student achievement for each corresponding prescribed learning outcome. Students who have fully met the prescribed learning outcome are able to:// ||
 * Prescribed Learning Outcomes
 * move in response to a variety of sounds, images, feelings, and music || demonstrate movements in response to the expressive elements of music and sound (e.g., loud and soft dynamics, higher and lower pitch)

demonstrate movements in response to the rhythm or meaning in song lyrics or poetry

demonstrate movements to interpret a character in a story

demonstrate movements in response to the expressive qualities of an image (e.g., line and shape in Aboriginal artworks)

demonstrate movements to depict an event or theme (e.g., potlatch, protection of the environment, the water cycle) || [here and/or in Elements?] || explore a variety of ways to modify sequences (e.g., to create the variations in a theme-and-variation form)
 * create movement sequences based on a given choreographic form

work with peers to create movement sequences based on a given choreographic form (e.g., theme and variation, simple canon) ||
 * apply the creative process to create dance sequences || … creative process: emphasis on explore/select

use a variety of sources of ideas for creating dance compositions (e.g., maps, collages, visual images, music) (exploration)

alter dance sequences by transforming movements

choose particular movements for dance composition and explain their choices (e.g., “I selected this jump because” “I needed to put in a transition to the next movement, “to match the theme”) (selection)

combine movements to create sequences, alone and in groups (combination) assess the success of their own dance compositions (reflection ||

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 * Dance |||||||| **Organisers**
 * **Kindergarten** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 1** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 2** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context ||  Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 3** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 4** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 5** ||  Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 6** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||
 * **Grade 7** || Creation & Composition || Elements of Dance || Context || Presentation & Performance ||