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- Year 9
A certain style: style features
I can apply a range of style features to adapt my work.
- Year 9
A certain style: style features
I can apply a range of style features to adapt my work.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: accurately identifying and applying style features enables choreography to represent other times or places.
- Move: identifying and applying the necessary expressive and physical skills improves the overall performance.
- Think: identifying style features involves evaluating the different qualities of various dance styles.
- Feel: reproducing style features requires integrity to ensure authenticity.
- Connect: making changes to a motif involves discussion, planning and cooperation.
Keywords
Style features - distinguishing traits or characteristics
Expressive skill - performance qualities made up of musicality, focus, projection, extension, facial expression
Physical skill - technical qualities made up of balance, control, coordination, strength, stamina, flexibility, placement, alignment and posture
Common misconception
It is acceptable to copy the work of others in dance.
Copying the work of others and passing it off as your own is known as plagiarism. However, identifying features that are common to a dance style and applying it to your choreography is different, but should remain respectful to the original source.
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: A certain style: style features, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: A certain style: style features, 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: the challenge unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
suggested music, mini-whiteboards/paper
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
