The student demonstrates a thorough The student The student The student The student understanding of choreography by demonstrates an demonstrates a demonstrates demonstrates meeting all four of the following adequate partial a minimal no requirements: understanding understanding understanding understanding of choreography of of of Uses one element of dance to express by meeting choreography choreography choreography, the positive qualities of the product. three of the by meeting two by meeting having met Uses a second element of dance to requirements of the one of the none of the express the positive qualities of the listed at left. requirements requirements requirements product. listed at left. listed at left. listed at left. Creating Uses a third element of dance to express the positive qualities of the product. Uses a variety of dance movements to identify the positive qualities of the product. The student demonstrates a thorough The student The student The student The student understanding of dance performance demonstrates an demonstrates a demonstrates demonstrates and techniques by meeting four or five adequate partial a minimal no of the following requirements: understanding understanding understanding understanding of dance of dance of dance of dance Maintains focus and concentration. performance performance performance performance Uses intentional expression and and techniques and techniques and and energy. by meeting by meeting two techniques by techniques, Performs without interruptions. Performing three of the of the meeting one having met Performs each movement to the requirements requirements of the none of the fullest extent. listed at left. listed at left. requirements requirements Includes a clear beginning and ending. listed at left. listed at left. The student meets all four of the The student The student The student The student requirements listed below, thereby meets three of meets two of meets one of meets none of demonstrating a thorough understanding the the the the of how to respond to the performance requirements requirements requirements requirements using the vocabulary of dance: listed at left, listed at left, listed at left, listed at left, thereby thereby thereby thereby Identifies a product and its positive demonstrating demonstrating demonstrating demonstrating qualities. an adequate a partial a minimal no Describes, with examples, how those understanding understanding understanding understanding positive qualities correlate to the of how to of how to of how to of how to dance. Responding respond to the respond to the respond to the respond to Describes, with examples, how variety performance performance performance the is created. using the using the using the performance Explains the reasons for choice of vocabulary of vocabulary of vocabulary of using the musical accompaniment. dance. dance. dance. vocabulary of dance. Assessment Rubric
Creating The student demonstrates a thorough understanding of choreography by meeting all four of the following requirements: Uses one element of dance to express the positive qualities of the product. Uses a second element of dance to express the positive qualities of the product. Uses a third element of dance to express the positive qualities of the product. Uses a variety of dance movements to identify the positive qualities of the product. The student demonstrates an adequate understanding of choreography by meeting three of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates a partial understanding of choreography by meeting two of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates a minimal understanding of choreography by meeting one of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates no understanding of choreography, having met none of the requirements listed at left. Performing The student demonstrates a thorough understanding of dance performance and techniques by meeting four or five of the following requirements: Maintains focus and concentration. Uses intentional expression and energy. Performs without interruptions. Performs each movement to the fullest extent. Includes a clear beginning and ending. The student demonstrates an adequate understanding of dance performance and techniques by meeting three of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates a partial understanding of dance performance and techniques by meeting two of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates a minimal understanding of dance performance and techniques by meeting one of the requirements listed at left. The student demonstrates no understanding of dance performance and techniques, having met none of the requirements listed at left. Responding The student meets all four of the requirements listed below, thereby demonstrating a thorough understanding of how to respond to the performance using the vocabulary of dance: Identifies a product and its positive qualities. Describes, with examples, how those positive qualities correlate to the dance. Describes, with examples, how variety is created. Explains the reasons for choice of musical accompaniment. The student meets three of the requirements listed at left, thereby demonstrating an adequate understanding of how to respond to the performance using the vocabulary of dance. The student meets two of the requirements listed at left, thereby demonstrating a partial understanding of how to respond to the performance using the vocabulary of dance. The student meets one of the requirements listed at left, thereby demonstrating a minimal understanding of how to respond to the performance using the vocabulary of dance. The student meets none of the requirements listed at left, thereby demonstrating no understanding of how to respond to the performance using the vocabulary of dance. Assessment Rubric
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