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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: Capoeira involves projecting a calm confidence through our actions.
- Think: maintaining focus on our opponent requires consistent concentration.
- Feel: ensuring non-contact requires both players to show self-discipline and control.
- Connect: adjusting our actions to respond to those of others involves empathy.
Keywords
Improvise - to move spontaneously, without prior planning
Focus - where a performer is looking
Develop - ways to change or alter an action
Common misconception
In Capoeira you use pre-recorded music.
In Capoeira the music is played live and the tempo and style of the music dictates the style of the game that will be played.
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Capoeira: improvised duets, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Capoeira: improvised duets, 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.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
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.
Explore more key stage 3 physical education lessons from the Dance: crossing continents unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Suggested music.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
