Eighth graders learn how dance can tell a story without words — choosing a theme, creating movements that show events and feelings, and arranging them into a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
Students will be able to…
Dance can tell a whole story — love, struggle, triumph — without a single word. How do choreographers turn a story into movement?
Project this and have students put the steps of creating a story dance in order — from choosing a theme to performing.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Dance can tell a whole story with no words — how?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students perform.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance).
Create movement to express an idea or story.
Refine a narrative dance.
Perform expressively.
Connect dance to meaning.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students choose a simple story or feeling and plan three movements to show its beginning, middle, and end. A printable dance-story sheet is in the Arts library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.