Topic: Basic Hip Hop

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

• Practice the dance phrase you learned in class with your partner! 

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Topic: Rhythm
Objective: I can play and create rhythm patterns from notation.
Vocabulary: rhythm, notation, “pear” (one sound on a beat),  “apple” (two sounds on a beat), "watermelon" (four 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 identifying a one-syllable word, a two-syllable word, and a four-syllable word, then linking four of them into a sequence. Now speak and clap it! Example: apple, pear, apple, watermelon. Example: pepperoni, pepperoni, pizza, sauce.

Topic: Acting Through Voice
Objective: I can use my voice and body to develop a character.
Vocabulary: actor, pace
Extensions:

• Have students develop a list of characters.  From this list have them develop a specific "voice" for a character.  Focus on volume, speed/pace, and anything else that helps the audience "hear" the character.  Next students develop a walking/movement style for the character.  Consider speed/pace, gestures, body shape.  Pair student created characters together and have students improvise scenes.

• Select a book for students to bring to life.  Each student selects a character from the book and applies what they have learned about using their voice and body to act out the character.  Have students develop dialogue inspired by the book and perform short scenes.

Topic: Composition
Objective: I can create a asymmetrical or symmetrical paper jewelry.
Vocabulary: jewelry, symmetry, asymmetry, function, geometric shapes
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