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), "watermelon" (four sounds on a beat), “shh”/rest (one beat of silence)
Extensions: 

• Review rhythm-reading using the play-along video Sunshine 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 "Best Day of My Life."

Topic:  What's Your Status?
Objective: 
I can use my actor’s tools to show character and status.

I can take direction and change the way I use my actor’s tools to demonstrate new acting choices.
Vocabulary: actor, pace, status
Extensions:

Status Tableau:

• Introduce the concept of tableau, where students create frozen scenes that represent different status dynamics. Assign each group a specific status scenario and have them create a tableau using their bodies and facial expressions.

• Ask groups to focus on creating a visually compelling and expressive scene that clearly communicates the status relationship. Encourage students to consider the spatial arrangement, levels, and physical interactions within the tableau.

• Once the tableaus are ready, have each group present their scene to the class. Facilitate a discussion on the variations in status portrayed and how the actor's tools were used to enhance the tableau.

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