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This assignment can be used for English/Writing or for Pre-journalism/journalism classes. This is a great assignment that can be used with a sub, as a practice lesson on writing feature stories, at the end of the year, or can even be edited for use at any point in the year!

I noticed when I started teaching dancing that my kids would look at me weird when I would talk about the balls, arches, and sickled feet. When I would tell them to point their toes, they would squeeze their toes together and didn't realize the point started at the ankle. This article helps describe and illustrate the different parts of the feet used for dancing and explains how to properly point your feet. It can be used in a rotation station, with a sub, (while there are no questions, you can

This group project has always been a hit with my students during our jazz unit. Students work in groups to create their own short dance routine using their own answers to number questions that correlate to a dance move. This project can easily take up 3 days of class time and can be adapted to work with any genre of dance, or as a substitute assignment.

This survey is a perfect tool to use at the beginning of the year to get to know your students. Questions get students to explain why they are taking dance class, what experience they have with dance, and even allows them to request songs to play in class. This can be used to help you better suit your class to your students' needs. Feel free to edit this google doc to fit your needs once purchased and downloaded. Easy to assign online, in class, or even with a sub!

This worksheet includes 15 questions that get students to critically analyze dance routines. This activity can be used with any dance video clip or live performance. Purchasing this worksheet will give you access to my youtube playlists for hip hop, jazz, ballet, tap, and lyrical/modern/contemporary routines that can be used to analyze. Students can utilize the QR codes to access the videos on their own devices.

This article has 10 questions regarding the history of Hip Hop dance. It can be used with a substitute teacher or in your hip hop dance unit.

Article comes with 10 questions about the history of Jazz dance. This assignment can be used with a sub or during your jazz unit.

Article comes with 10 questions about the history of Ballet dance. This assignment can be used with a sub or during your ballet unit.

This article comes with 10 questions to use in your tap dance unit or with a substitute teacher.

This article includes 10 questions that can be used with your modern dance unit or with a substitute teacher.

This activity can be used with a recording from class, performance, or done after watching themselves dance in front of the mirror in class. Each dancer reflects on their own progress in class over 11 different areas. They then will highlight areas in which they can focus their energy on and improve on in class. It can also be done several times throughout the year to build a portfolio, (beginning, middle, end), and used to compare and keep track of progress in class. This activity can cover y

Use this lyrical/modern/contemporary prezi with the student handout in my store to create a wonderful lesson for your dance students! This prezi helps them determine what each style is and shows them video examples of each, including a video that compares contemporary and modern!

This lesson includes everything you need to teach dance students what exactly lyrical, modern, and contemporary dance is, and the similarities/differences between the three styles. The student handout has questions that follow the flow of the Prezi presentation and the presentation includes pictures and videos to further support your lesson. Once you are done with the Prezi, students fill out the venn diagram in groups or independently. Bonus- the PDF is fillable so any online students can also

This project is perfect for an end of the year project! Your students can choose to work independently or in groups. You get to control the song selections, but they do the rest of the work by choreographing movement, formations, and come up with their own costumes if you want them to! Purchasing this project includes instructions, 2 pages of blank choreography notes, blank formation template, and a rubric to grade the project. Due to copyright issues, songs are NOT included. Project is in googl

This project can be the summative test/project for your Ballet unit. Students can work by themselves or in groups using devices to research different ballet terms. The final product is a dance dictionary they either create electronically or print out/draw out. Project includes a student handout, teacher answer key, helpful hints for project completion, and a link to a Ballet Vocabulary Kahoot Quiz I created that pairs perfectly with this project! Google doc can be easily edited to fit your needs

This research project works great as an end of the year project, an option for students in alternative education settings where they can't dance (i.e. homebound, virtual, ISS, etc). This can also be used as an option for students to participate in a project that doesn't require them to dance. Your students will love the various options they can choose from to complete this project and will surprise you with the creative ideas they come up with! Project is in a google doc, making it super easy fo

This lesson includes everything you need to teach dance students what exactly lyrical, modern, and contemporary dance is, and the similarities/differences between the three styles. The student handout has questions that follow the flow of the Prezi presentation and the presentation includes pictures and videos to further support your lesson. Once you are done with the Prezi, students fill out the venn diagram in groups or independently.

5 different short articles about the history of ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and hip hop styles. Each article has 10 comprehension questions. Perfect to use for a substitute teacher or incorporated into each unit for your lessons.