Music
and Dance
We’ve gone through multiple versions of our dance unit. We tried to make it culturally focused on
dances, but found the students’ interest and engagement was divided. We decided to focus on creating an authentic
task for what our students would really do in their lives.
This is for our 10th graders, a level 3 Spanish class. We teach in block schedule (80 min) and meet every other day.
They post everything..so why not have them
post about their experience? Do they
have a concert experience? Some do, some
don’t…either way we’ll make a unit that gives them tons of these experiences!
So we didn’t lose culture…we are focusing on pop culture and we know they love
music! We're going to fill their brains with stories and experiences about concerts! We started many days with Senor Wooly Una Cancion Original but didn't require anything with it...just wanted it to get stuck in their heads!
I am really proud of this unit.
I set up the typical IPA a bit different than normal in the fact that we
began with a presentational performance.
However, this is not the beginning of the year, we know our students’
abilities and this is in their performance ability. We used this text
(I’ll admit it’s a slightly modified authentic resource…I’m always aware of our
mental and time limits!) as a springboard and I kept asking about it all unit
long.
The PowerPoint for the unit
The PowerPoint for the unit
Task: I can share details about
my concert experience.
We share this with the students from the very beginning and remind them
on a regular basis when we unpack the daily learning target and how it connects
to the big picture.
Overall Plan (* = graded work)
Day 1: Connections to music unit
Day 2: Introduction to Artists * (writing IPA)
Day 3: Justin Bieber story
Day 4: Justin Bieber story * (“vocab” focus)
Day 5: Alvaro
Soler La Cintura story
Day 6: Alvaro
Soler La Cintura lyrics focus
Day 7: Alvaro Soler Puebla story
Day 8: Alvaro Soler Puebla point of view * (“grammar” focus)
Day 9: Alvaro Soler Puebla Dance
Day 10: Chino y
Nacho Niña Bonita Concert
Day 11: Nacho “Concert” * (Reading IPA)
Day 12: Events and emotions
Day 13: Beyonce “Concert”
Day 14: Story Ask and Write together (to serve as “review”)
Day 15: Evaluation*
Day 16: Celebration