Erasmus+ arteducation.eu Human body 2 Lower secondary PT

1. Unit: Human Body
Class: 7th
F (Évora, Portugal) / Level: Lower Secondary Level
Subjects: English and Dance
Teachers: Dance teacher (Maria Manuela Góis); Project Coordinator (Maria
Isabel Carreira)
Number of lessons: 1
Competences:
- • By the end of the unit students will be able to:
- express and write feelings and emotions about the human body…
- speak about Portuguese culture related with Portuguese Discoveries and to
transmit to others the meaning of the sea for the Portuguese nation;
- use dance in all its extent and potential, using movement and liveliness as a
language, transmitting feelings and emotions.
- speak with their body, to define their feelings and show its potential.
Content
Language/Terminology
(words and phrases)
Main target knowledge
(English lessons)
 Vocabulary related to the topic
“human body”: feelings and
emotions; discoveries and the
sea;
 Adjectives related to abundance,
beauty, freedom and mysticism,
the feeling of departure, farewell,
tears and homesickness;
 Adjectives related to feelings or
psychological traits.
(Dance lessons)
 Body Coordination:
- Agility
- Balance
- Rhythm
- Space/Time
 Students will be able to:
- Know their body;
- Adjust body movements to
rhythm;
- Express feelings and emotions
through dance;
- Relating culture and heritage
with the exercise of dance.

2. Process
Tasks Types of interaction
- Interactive dance rehearsals
in which students were
involved in the task , taking an
active role in the design of
movements;
- The choreography resulted
from suggestions from
stakeholders;
- Presentation of the dance
lesson by students.
- Group work
- Individual work
- Individual and pair work
Resources / Materials
- Computer,
- Dance cloths,
- recording material
Assessment
- The assessment is aimed at the process. Students are asked if they had
fun, what they liked most and what they didn’t like;
- Students were assessed on the following parameters:
a) Performs a simple choreography;
b) Coordinates music and rhythm;
c) Runs the choreography movements smoothly;
d)Expression of feelings and emotions.