Line Dancing Rubric
Middle School Dancing Unit
Grade Level: Middle School 6th-8th grade
Location: Cascade Middle School
Teacher: Betsy Bosch
Assignment
The students were placed into peer groups to complete both a short and long line dances at random in front of their peers. Each student will be individually assessed on the skills that they have acquired throughout this unit.
Dances
Short dances
The Freeze
The Hustle
Country Boy
Slappin Leather
Long Dances
Tush Push
Alley Cat
Wild Wild West
Scores
0- The student has no clue what they are doing and or does not attempt the dance.
1- The students attempts the dance but does not know the steps to the dance
2- The student knows very few steps to the dance but attempts to dance.
3- The student knows most of the dance but struggles to complete the dance.
4- The student knows the dance and completes the full dance.
5- The student creates new moves to the dances that were taught using enthusiasm while keeping to the beat.
Goal of Rubric
The following scoring rubric is designed to grade students on a line dancing unit. The students have had the chance to practice the following dances for one month with the staff, other peers and through hand outs given to the students in class.
____ The Student demonstrates knowledge of the dance
____ The Student can complete the dance to the best of their ability
____ The Student demonstrates appropriate body movements at the appropriate time.
____ The Student keeps time with the beat and rhythm of the music
____ The student is enthusiastic about the dance and provides the appropriate move and or adds new moves to dance.
____ The student completes the dance without using peers to help them with the dance.
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Comments
This is cool! I am not much of a dancer at all, so I know I would fail big time on this grading rubic. I think it is really neat because this is the first time I have seen a grading rubic used for teaching a certain kind of dance... a really good idea and good work.
This rubrics is really great. I like how you explained each aspect with detail. My only question is how do the two different scoring rubrics go together? Does the first affect the second? How do you plan to use them together?
The same scoring guide was used to grade both the long and short dances. One dance is not dependent on another. Some of the students scored higher on the short dance while scoring lower on the long dances. The scores were averaged at the end of each dance giving the students a letter grade which was added into their class grades just like any other class.
Bosch, Betsy. In class interview,Physical Eduacation Dancing Unit. 20 January 2009.
Thank you for clarifying, I understand now. I think it will work wonderfully.