Middle School PE Lesson Ideas

Explain to students that they will be creating their own line dance. The line dance must have a minimum of 4 parts, each part goes to a count of 4. Students may select parts from the Create a Line Dance cards to use for their dance, or they may create their own parts. The song that students will perform their line dance to will be the same for everyone. Play this song throughout class. If your CD player has a repeat function it works well for this.

Students work in groups of 3-6.

Each group will receive a Create A Line Dance form. On the form the steps that groups need to take will be outlined:

Step #1 - Write the names of the people in your group.
Step #2 - Select 4 "Create A Line Dance" cards or come up with your own line dance parts. The parts you select are to a count of 4. Write the four line dance parts your group selected below or go directly to Step #3 if you know the order of the parts:
Step #3 - Decide what order your group will perform the line dance parts. Write them below in the correct order.
Step #4 - Practice your line dance.
Step #5 - Circle the grade/level your group feels they earned today. Determine your own criteria for grading.

Monitor students as they are creating their line dances.