Phase: | After/Explain/Elaborate |
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2.) Students will view the "ABCs of Yoga - 5-Minute Yoga" video and follow along with the yoga poses described. 3.) Students will each choose a yoga poem from the book, The ABCs of Yoga for Kids, that they will be recorded reading expressively. Note: The teacher may want to only give the students the written poem and not show them the picture of the pose, giving the students more freedom to create a pose of their own. 4.) Students will practice reading their chosen poem expressively. 5.) Students will select or create non-locomotor movements that express the ideas and descriptions in the poem. For example, standing on one leg to represent a flamingo or getting down on all fours like a cat and putting one leg in the air to represent the cat's tail, etc. 6.) Students will be recorded reading their poems expressively. 7.) Students will add a visual display element to their recordings by performing their created/selected non-locomotor movements while their audio recording is played. 8.) After performing their pose, students will verbally explain why they chose those particular movements and how they expressed the ideas in their assigned poem. |
Assessment Strategies: | Students' recordings will be assessed based on expressiveness (timing, emphasis, phrasing, intonation), pronunciation, clarity, and the appropriateness of their selected visual display (pose). Students will be assessed based on their explanations of how their chosen movements/poses express or represent their assigned poem. How well did the movement match the poem? Did they explain it? If the movement didn't seem to match, were they able to justify why it did? |
Advanced Preparation: | Students should already be familiar with reading poetry expressively and additional advance exposure to yoga/movement is recommended. The following book is required for this activity: Power, Teresa Anne. (2009) The ABCs of Yoga for Kids. Stafford House. ISBN-13: 978-0982258705 An audio (or video) recording device is required for this activity. It should be explained to students that yoga is a non-locomotor activity and students should remain in their designated personal space, not move around the room. |
Variation Tips (optional): | Instead of just an audio recording, the teacher could do a video recording that captures both the reading of the poem and the yoga pose. After the recording is played once and the student presents his/her pose, the recording could be played again and the rest of the class could follow along with the pose. |
Notes or Recommendations (optional): | Note: If due to school or personal beliefs, the word "yoga" is discouraged, simply use a word such as "movement," "stretching," or "exercise" instead. |
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