KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Developing motifs using question and answer
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Your learning goal
I can apply the relationship of question and answer to a motif in unison.
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Developing motifs using question and answer: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can apply the relationship of question and answer to a motif in unison.
Key learning points
- Move: performing actions with clarity and accuracy requires control and balance.
- Think: creating a motif and changing the relationship between unison, and question and answer, requires decision making.
- Feel: performing a motif in pairs requires self-discipline to ensure accurate timings.
- Connect: collaborating to combine two motifs with a partner requires respect.
Words to know
- motif
- a recurring pattern of actions that can be varied or developed
- question and answer
- a choreographic relationship where two or more dancers take turns to perform different actions
- unison
- a choreographic relationship where the performers perform the same action at the same time
Common mistakes
When creating a motif to represent ideas from a painting, you must use the same action over and over again.
When creating a motif, you can demonstrate an action then repeat it by changing the size, level, direction, speed, force, using a different body part, adding an extra action, reversing the action or coordinating another action at the same time.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Have an image of Haring's 'Untitled (Dance)' (1987) available throughout the lesson.