Create movement sequences to express emotions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can interpret the music to create movements with a partner that express emotions and how we are feeling.
Key learning points
- Move: responding to the music with clear actions helps us to express an emotion to others.
- Think: reflecting on our own and other people's movements can help us develop and improve our performance.
- Feel: striving to consistently match our movements to different emotions requires discipline and self-motivation.
- Connect: helping each other create movements that are linked to emotions shows respect and trust in one another.
Keywords
Respond - what you do or feel after something happens
Expression - showing how you feel
Emotions - feelings that we have in response to a situation, event or thought, which influence our mood or behaviour.
Common misconception
Pupils think everyone will feel the same way when they hear a piece of music and respond with the same actions and expressions.
Explain to pupils that we might feel and respond the same way, but it is just as likely that we will feel differently as a number of factors will influence how we feel, including our mood and experiences that day.
Teacher tip
Play a wide variety of music and allow pupils time to feel and respond in their own unique way.
Equipment
additional materials: suggested music and dynamic word board
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we call the ways we experience and understand our emotions inside our hearts and minds?
Q2.When working with a partner, what do trust and respect help us to do?
Q3.How might we respond when we hear contrasting types of music?
Q4.What can help us to demonstrate how music makes us feel in addition to our movement actions?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What word describes what we do or feel after something happens?
Q2.Why don’t we all respond the same way to the same piece of music?
Q3.What dynamic words might we associate with someone who feels nervous?
Q4.What are you demonstrating by showing how you feel?
To help you plan your 4 physical education lesson on: Create movement sequences to express emotions, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 4 physical education lesson on: Create movement sequences to express emotions, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
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