Topic: Mexican Dance

Objective: I can perform and describe a dance from Mexico!
Vocabulary:  Punto= Ball; Tacón = Heel; Planta = Stamp; El Gavilancillo = the little hawk
Extensions: 

• Practice the dance you learned in class.

• Watch/learn a dance from another part of Mexico. How are the dances the same? How are they different? What movements look familar to you and why?

Currently, media arts lessons are only offered in grades 3-5.

Topic: Dynamics
Objective: I can show dynamics.
Vocabulary: dynamics, forte (loud), piano (quiet)
Extensions: 

• Practice singing any song quietly or loudly (not yelling or shouting). We sang John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.

• Listen for dynamics in music. Lullabies are quiet because someone is sleeping.

Topic: Tableau and Pantomime
Objective:  I can use tableau and pantomime to communicate
Vocabulary: facial expression, posture, gesture, tableau, pantomime
Extensions:

• Create more tableaux.  Using images from a picture book, magazines or other sources, ask students to "read" the tableau.  Ask them what they see, what they think is happening, who they think the characters are.  In small groups, give each an image to recreate in tableau.  Have students bring the tableau to life with pantomime.  The students act out, without words, what is happening in the tableau. For more advanced work, have each student improvise a line of dialogue in character.

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