Week 7: Assessment and Reporting in the Creative Arts

20^th August 2018

Dance Assessment and Cross Curriculum Perspective

This week we looked at the aspect of assessment and reporting in the field of Creative Arts. In particular, we focused on dance + drama assessment and cross curriculum perspective.

“Assessment is the process of identifying, gathering and interpreting information about students’ learning. The purpose of assessment is to provide information on student achievement and progress and set the direction for ongoing teaching and learning. – General Principle”

Learning content: expression, movements

Activity one: Rain Dance

• Raindrops

• Puddles

• Walking around Puddles and

• Jumping over puddles.

This activity involved teamwork to plan and choreograph a short sequence of dance that incorporate the above mention bullet-points.

For assessment:

We talked about how we could utilised ‘peer assessment’ and ‘observation’. After we all done with our short dance performance we tried to put ‘peer assessment’ into practice.

We asked questions like:

• What movement do you learn in Rain dancing?

• Write two things you did well.

• What is the best part of your dance?

• Do you enjoy doing the dance?

(We’ve also talked about assessment in dance in more detail – see resources)

Drama Assessment and Cross Curriculum Perspective

• Drama has the unique ability to engage many different learning styles, thus facilitating connections with students and motivating most learners today.

• Drama can provide children with a meaningful purpose for writing.

Activity 2: Hero’s Journey

As a group, we created our own hero, and we planned the hero’s journey.

Mickey Mouse

A pet owner lost her ring in the pantry without her knowledge. When she realized that her ring was 

gone, she has no clue of where it might be. One day, her pet Mickey Mouse escaped its cage and hide in the pantry. While trying to find the Mickey Mouse there is another discovery. 

Cross Curriculum: English, Science

Lesson Suggestion

Dance: Baby Shark Dance

Cross Curriculum: HSIE, SCIENCE

Drama: Traffic Lights

Cross Curriculum: English, Mathematics

Reflection:

Things I learn in this week:

• Importance of dance and drama in the aspect of teaching and learning

• How dance and drama can be link to other areas of learning

Things I struggling with:

• Planning an assessment 

• Rubric (marking criteria)

Things I want to learn more about:

• How to come up with a concept (E.g. We did a class activity with 'Rain' dancing' - amazing)

Please see resources for further information.

Resources