Learning Objectives	Activities
	Lesson Twelve: Dance-making Component: creative/productive The Warm-up Time: 5 minutes Teacher Information The warm-up and cool-down activities in the next few lessons are less teacher-directed than in previous lessons. The teacher is encouraging students to develop their own abilities to take care of their bodies in a responsible fashion.
move from choosing among teacher-directed activities toward choosing self-directed activities that require more student planning and responsibility (CEL: IL)	Guide students to run throughout the dance space, frontwards, backwards and sideways, using the musical selection "Zoolook" as accompaniment. Next, have students do three different stretches of their own choice. End the warm-up with exercises for abdominal and upper-body strength, also chosen by the students. Exploration and Development Time: 15 minutes
with confidence, use starting-points for improvisation and movement exploration develop a willingness to take risks as independent learners (CEL: IL) use the language and concepts of dance (CEL: C)	Have students use their starting-points for individual improvisation. After initial improvisations, direct students to refer to their concept maps and explore some of the ideas the maps contain. Play music (for example, "Ethnicolor") in the background to help students feel comfortable during improvisations. After they feel they have fully explored their ideas individually, have students work in assigned groups. Students should show the rest of their group some of the movements they discovered in improvisation. The Cool-down Time: 5 minutes
work toward moving with efficient use of their bodies while paying attention to movement fundamentals such as correct alignment, balance, etc.	As in the warm-up, have students select three different stretches. To end, ask students to stand tall while relaxing various body parts such as their shoulders, hands, knees and thighs. Remind students to record their experiences in their dance journals.