Ontario Arts Curriculum Grade 8 - Dance

Dance Unit - Grade 8 – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 121-page resource was created to cover all overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Dance Curriculum.

There are 27 dance assignments that will engage your students from start to finish. Included are:

• Report pages for students to learn about the elements of dance
• Activity sheets with embedded lesson plan instructions
• Planning pages for students to organize their dances
• Criteria to keep students and teachers focused on the dance elements being taught
• Reflection pages for students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
• Rubrics for assessment

Within these activities, students will learn the overall expectations:

• A1: Creating and Presenting – using the creative process to create and present dances.
• A2: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing – thinking critically about their own performances as well as other’s performances.
• A3: Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts – using different styles and forms of dance.

Assignments included:

• Dancing Through Emotions
• Activity: Emotional Waves
• Dance with a Message
• Activity: Dance for the Planet
• Dancing Beyond the Stage
• Activity: Partnering with Place
• When Stillness Speaks
• Activity: Tableaux for Change
• Energy in Motion
• Activity: Energy Lab
• Theme and Variation
• Activity: Remix the Phrase
• The Rhythm of History
• Activity: Rhythm Rewind
• The Space Between Us
• Activity: In and Out of Reach
• Dancing in Pieces
• Activity: United in Motion
• Game: Formation Flip
• Game: Tempo Transformers
• Activity: Flash Message
• Activity: Lighting Lab
• Activity: Métis Jigging Reflections
• Activity: The Power of Haka
• Activity: Remix the Git Up
• Activity: Jiggle Jiggle Remix
• Activity: Wednesday Addams Dance

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Ontario Dance curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!