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 was the dance about? Why do you think that? What do you think is important to this culture? How does their dance give you clues? 

Topic: Color and Emotion in Photography
Objective:  I can use colorful filters to express emotion in my photographs.
Vocabulary: color, color filter, emotion, meaning
Extensions: 

• Color Collage: Provide magazines, colored paper, glue, and scissors. Ask students to create a colorful collage that shows an emotion or mood.

• Emotion-inspired Writing: Ask students to choose a photograph and write a short story or poem that explores the emotions in the image. Provide sentence starters or templates.

• DIY Color Filters: Using everyday materials like plastic sheets, plastic wrap, and cellophane, instruct student to experiment with different materials to create their color filters.

Topic: Rhythm
Objective: I can read and perform rhythms for one or two sounds on a beat.
Vocabulary: rhythm, beat, notation, “pear” (one sound on a beat),  “apple” (two sounds on a beat), “shh”/rest (one beat of silence)
Extensions: 

• Demonstrate rhythm-reading using the play-along video from class - or have the students research and select a YouTube video play-along that uses the rhythms they learned.

• Create rhythm patterns by mixing-and-matching  "pear" and "apple" into groups of four. Example: apple, pear, apple, pear. Or choose your own one-syllable and two-syllable words!

Topic: Improvisation – Yes, and!
Objective: I can improvise with my fellow actors to create new stories
Vocabulary: improvisation, pantomime
Extensions: 

• Play "Story Circle Relay". Students form a circle. The teacher devises a title for a magical tale.  For example: "The Magic Frog Meets His Match".  The gamestarts with an opening sentence. Each student, one after the other, contributes a sentence to build upon the unfolding narrative, introducing characters, challenges, and enchanting elements. As the story progresses, students are encouraged to add descriptive details, making the tale more vivid and engaging. The game concludes with the students collectively crafting a closing sentence to bring the imaginative journey to a satisfying end.  For a more advanced version, each student contributes a single word to the story.

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