Topic: Basic Hip Hop

Objective: I can perform a dance phrase!
Vocabulary: Dance phrase, Hip Hop, Formation
Extensions: 

• Practice changing formations in the dance phrase you learned in class with your group! 

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: Body Drumming
Objective: I can body-drum rhythms with hand independence.
Vocabulary: rhythm, notation, hand independence, “pear” (one sound on a beat),  “apple” (two sounds on a beat), “shh”/rest (one beat of silence)
Extensions: 

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

• Demonstrate hand independence and body drumming to "We Will Rock You."

Topic: Words and Action
Objective: I can use my actor’s tools to devise, interpret and perform simple scenes
Vocabulary: actor, stage, entrance, exit, pantomime
Extensions:

Character Development Extension:

• After the students have performed their scenes, introduce a character development activity. Have each student or group select a character from their scene and create a brief character profile.

• Include details such as the character's background, personality traits, motivations, and relationships with others in the scene. Encourage students to think about how these elements influence their character's movements, facial expressions, and voice.

• Ask students to share their character profiles with the class, allowing them to discuss the choices they made and how it contributed to their performance.

• Have students rehearse and perform their scenes again with a focus on expressing their new ideas about their characters.

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