Appendix 1 - Instructional & Assessment Supports

• Brainstorming
• Video Viewing and Analysis
• Read Aloud
• Journal Reflections
• Show & Tell
• Think/Pair/Share
• Rubric Building
• Guided Visualization
• Improvisation
• Tableaux
• Story Boards
• Guided Exploration

Abstract Movement Compositions - are movement phrases that are inspired by an intangible source.  The focus of the composition is the mood and physicality of the movement. The viewer will be able to create their own interpretations from the movement. 

Beginning, Middle and End - occurs in all movement compositions.  The beginning must attract the viewer and build interest, the middle must take them on a journey, and the end must reveal the significance of what has happened.  (Source: Beatty) 

Call and Response - is where one soloist or group performs with the second soloist or group entering in response. (Source: Blom, Chaplin, Martin, Minton)

Compositional Forms - are ways in which a choreographer can choose to organize movement.  These forms are: Binary (AB), Ternary (ABA), Rondo (ABACADA), and Theme and Variation

Compositional Tools - are methods in which a choreographer can choose to manipulate the choreography to create various effects, moods and themes (retrograde, inversion etc).
Contemporary Movement - is a term that in Canada is often used interchangeably with Modern dance. (Source: Arts Alive) 

Free Movement - is spontaneous and expressive movement where the body is free of dance technique vocabulary.

Modern Dance - usually refers to 20th century concert dance that developed in the United States and Europe.  Rebelling against classical ballet, modern dance consists of angular, contracted, and twisted movements that use swing and rebound in the body. (Arts Alive)

Mood - refers to the emotional state that accompanies each series of movements. (Source: Beatty)

Narrative Form - are movement phrases that tell stories; literal or metaphorical.

Repetition - is a movement, idea or motif that is repeated.

Retrograde - to perform a movement phrase/motif/sequence backwards

Rondo - is a movement composition form where there is a recurring chorus or refrain. There is a definite feeling of return in this form. Rondo is often found in poetry and music (e.g.: ABACADA, etc.). (Source: Beatty)

Source - a stimulus that inspires movement; e.g.: visual art, sculpture, poetry, sounds, nature, etc.  

Theme - is the unifying subject or idea of dance compositions.

Theme and Variation - is a movement composition form where an initial phrase of movement is altered in a number of ways; e.g.: repeating some movements, slowing down/speeding up movements, inverting the levels, performing the movements with a lighter/heavier quality, altering the use of space, etc. (Source: Blom, Martin, Minton)

Refer to curriculum document glossary for all other terms.  

• Alphabet Dance (from Unit 1)
• Rondo (from Unit 2)
• Theme and Variation (from Unit 2)
• Call and Response: Abstract Compositions (from Unit 3)
• Narrative Compositions (from Unit 4)
• PDF #1 Glossary of Compositional Forms and Vocabulary (All Units)
• PDF #2 Composition Activities-Diagram (All Units)
• PDF #3 Checklist: Assessing Students' Understanding: Theme and Variation (Unit 2)
• PDF #4 Narrative Composition-Presentation/Choreography Rubric A (Unit 4)
• PDF #5 Culminating Activity-Presentation/Choreography Rubric B (Unit 4)

• Observation
• Side-coaching
• Anecdotal Notes
• Self Evaluation
• Peer Evaluation
• Teacher Evaluations
• Student/Teacher Conference
• Personal Journal Entries (scrapbooks, blogs, video logs, etc.)
• Checklists/Rubrics