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This unit develops Year 2 students' creative expression and choreographic skills through the engaging narrative of explorers discovering jungle animals. The thematic approach provides meaningful context for learning dance vocabulary, building motifs, and working collaboratively. Through character-based movement, students develop confidence in performing whilst exploring how dance communicates stories and emotions.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Preparing for an Expedition
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move like champion dancers to tell the story of brave explorers preparing for their adventures?

Key Objectives:

  • • Students will use controlled movements to represent an explorer preparing for an expedition
  • • Students will coordinate their bodies to create clear, expressive dance movements

Lesson 2

Developing Explorer Motifs with Expression and Emotion
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move like champion dancers to tell the story of our explorer's journey?

Key Objectives:

  • • To develop character work by adding movements, expression and emotion to explorer motifs
  • • To create frozen positions showing emotional reactions to discoveries

Lesson 3

Applying Choreography in Motifs
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move like champion dancers and bring our explorer characters to life?

Key Objectives:

  • • To develop character work by adding movements, expression and emotion to explorer motifs
  • • To create and perform motifs with a partner using different elements of choreography

Lesson 4

Extending Partner Sequences as Explorer Characters
54 min

Big Question:

How can we work together to create exciting character stories through dance?

Key Objectives:

  • • To extend movement sequences with a partner using explorer and jungle animal characters
  • • To develop character relationships and emotions through dance

Lesson 5

Extending our motifs
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move like champion dancers and bring our explorer and jungle animal characters to life?

Key Objectives:

  • • To extend dance sequences by developing character movements for explorers and jungle animals
  • • To bring together sequences exploring the relationship between explorer and wild animal

Lesson 6

Sequences, Relationships and Performance
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move like champion dancers to tell the story of explorers meeting jungle animals?

Key Objectives:

  • • To consolidate and perform sequences with extended movements showing relationships
  • • To create movements that represent the meeting between explorer and animal