I have pulled together a range of my resources to create a 69page work booklet for your GCSE dance students. Also suitable in some parts for PE: healthy diet, warm up and cool down This could be used during your online learning, as a homework booklet or as a booklet of activities you pull out for cover lessons! However you use it , there are bank of activities along with a tracking page at the start and the level descriptors 1-9 at the end

SUBJECT: Dance Year 7 AREA: creating dance on a theme ALSO SUITABLE FOR: Dance year 6, PE (Dance unit) This is by far one of my most favourite SOW. Its engaging for boys, girls, reluctant dancers and high ability. It is fun and accessible on so many levels. I have adapted it several times over the years, please feel free to continue to adapt for your learners too. Resources in this pack 7 week SOW including differentiation, blooms questioning and links to GCSE PPT for Baseline lesson, Lesson 1, 2 and 4 PPT of structures in dance (you won’t need all of these for year 7 but its good to have) The Letters (resource to print or use electronically - these are each mission). I would normally put these in envelopes for each group to open at the start of each lesson. A workbook for non doers to work through and remain engaged in the lesson (possibly adaptable for your online learners if you are teaching a blended lesson Check list for peer assessment

This is a single ppt introducing shadows and encouraging initial thoughts and interpretations from the students. It could be extended to cover 2 one hour lessons simply by encouraging longer discussion and sharing of ideas It also provides an overview of the unit and a long term homework task. This would also be usable for your online learners. I do not have permission to share the videos from the AQA website but you will need two of them for this lesson: the whole work video and the interview with Christopher Bruce

This PPT is a sequence of 10 lesson (2 hours lessons) for A Level Dance It has a both information and activities for your students It includes information on the following practitioners and there influences on the development of this style: African Roots European Influences Mistral shows Buddy Bradley and Fred Astaire Busby Berkley Jack Cole Katherine Dunham Gene Kelly (Singing in the Rain) Jerome Robbins (West Side Story) Bob Fosse Matt Mattox, Luigi and Gus Giodorno DANNY BURACZESKI Twyla Tharp

Subject: Dance Level: GCSE / BTEC ballet unit/ A Level In this resource you will find 7 detailed theory lessons (based on 2 hour lessons): French courts (Paris 1582 – 1641) 2)18th Century developments including, Carlo Blasis, Jean-Georges Noverre 19th Century Developments - Romantic era 1855 - 1817 - Imperial Russia Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe Ballet in Britain Britain vs America Two resources mentioned in PPT: Article on British vs American style and methods of training

This ppt covers 2 lessons that break down the choreographic devices, relationships and key movement phrases in the focus sections (Kneeling, Flow two and Floor). This resources is designed for students to edit together so I have used it in google slides to achieve this, however you can adapt this should that not be an option for you. The collaborative nature of the lesson allows for students to explore the set work as a team in order to build a response to 6 and 12 mark questions.

In this resource pack you will find the following: 5/6 week SOW with links to GCSE Intro (Lesson1 ) PPT - this is doable online/ blended Lesson 2 PPT Lesson 3 PPT Peer assessment sheet for lesson 4 Lesson 5 is your performance lesson (no resources needed) Lesson 6 - self assessment (module summary) and worksheet on capoeira provided

Revision Carousel - Section A GCSE Dance This is an activity for year 11s to revise for section A of the paper. In this session your students can choose the activity that best suits their revision needs. There are 3 areas to choose from. Decide on which order you wish to complete them based on your needs: Hypothetical choreography 1; writing a choreographic intent, writing a motif, ways of developing motifs Hypothetical choreography 2: writing a choreographic intent, choreographic devices, structures in dance, performance environments Skills in dance: Physical, technical, Expressive, Mental, ASDR, Defining key terms, warm up/ cool down, writing exercises, giving reasons for skills

This is a 3 part lesson exploring ways to build tension and tell stories through dance. The lesson is focused on the work of Jerome Robbins “West Side Story” Lesson 1: Learn some stylised actions (videos provided for the non-specialist). Students explore the impact of the infamous walks and clicks and choreograph their own short sequences using this idea. Lesson 2: Focused more on the stylised actions and using them to develop the work from the previous lesson in their groups Lesson 3: Focus on expressive skills and preparing for performance of their work. Students will perform and then watch an excerpt from the musical to reflect on demonstrating critical thinking and appreciation of Jerome Robbins choreography. There are teacher guidance notes throughout, feel free to adapt and change slides according to your students needs.

In this lesson students will: Describe the lighting in Infra Understand why the lighting has been used by Wayne McGregor Be able to answer exam questions based on lighting. This free lesson guides you through the criteria for writing a 12 mark essay question on: Explaining how lighting enhances our understanding of Infra. If you like this lesson you can buy the bundle of 6 lessons including this one plus two on costume, one on aural setting and one on set design

Subject: A Level Dance AQA Area of Study: Jazz Dance The resource provides an overview of 4 of his works (videos available on youtube) and resouce for students to complete as you deliver the information provided and watch excerpts of each piece. The works discussed are: Fancy Free Call Me Madam Shall We Dance The Cage

Subject: A Level Dance Area: Essay style questions In this bundle you will find 12 essay style questions mark sheets for your students. I asked my students to always attach the sheet to the front of their work. It allows you to mark essays consistently and provided feedback linked to the criteria.

Subject: Dance A Level Area: Writing essays One area that students struggle with in A Level dance is essay writing. In this pack you will find a few hand outs that have helped my students understand the structure of their essays. It includes a resource on: The “isms” meaning romanticism, classicism , modernism, post modernism. This will allow your students to connect context to content when writing about key works. Structuring your dance analysis: focus on the literary skills required for good essay writing Analysis reminder sheet (simple version) Peer marking assessment sheet: this is great for students as it allows them to mark each others essays by breaking them down into component parts.

SUBJECT: Dance KS2/ 3 In this pack you will find 3 resources: SOW suitable for KS2 and 3 dance (year 6/7) based on the idea of Heroes and Villains. This is a great scheme for keeping boys engages and easily adapted to suit in person and online teaching. Two full lesson PPT: Describing a dance idea from a stimulus (all theory/ written) and then creating a solo motif and developing it. If you are using flipgrid or google classroom these can be filmed by the students and sent to you.

This is three lessons in 1 ppt. It is usable for online learners and contains links to resources they will need. You will need to also set up FLIPGRID in order to see their videos (or any other ways - google classroom, teams etc) It covers the basics of Flamenco and an introduction to its origins. Students will also create their own 8 count “Zapeteado” rhythm. You can have them do this as solos or in pairs. The 3rd lesson is working in pairs to create duets using mirroring and unsion.

This free resource is the first of three lesson workshops exploring how Jerome Robbins builds tension and tells stories through dance. In this lesson students can learn some stylised actions (videos provided) and develop a short group sequence as “The Jets”. This lesson was written for year 8 but can be adapted for older and younger dancers. The final task can also be extended into a second lesson of refining their work ready to perform it. Look out for the next two lessons if you enjoyed this one!

This is the introduction lesson to my Capoeira scheme of work. In this lesson students will learn the basic actions (images and video linked in resource). Please note it is best that you learn these actions yourself prior to delivering the class so you can demonstrate them. Students then create their own short sequence as a soloist and then develop this in pairs. At the end of the lesson students watch an excerpt from A Linha Curva to reflect on how Itziki Galili incorporated this in his work (Links to GCSE). The full scheme of work and resources are available in my shop should you like this lesson.