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Journal #1-Why is it important to warm up for physical activity? What might happen if you didn’t warm up? In your opinion, what things do you think would be important to include in a warm up? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #2- What are some ways you can travel/get from place to place using just your own two feet? Which ones are easier? Why? Which ones are harder? Why? What is your favorite way of traveling? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #3- How can you communicate a message to someone else without using your voice? (Hint: You are in the library and you want to say hello to your friend but you can’t talk. How might you say hello?) Give at least three examples. (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #4- In your own words, explain what a gesture is. Why are gestures important and how do we use them in everyday life? What are some examples of some gestures? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #5- What kinds of people might need to use stage directions? Why? How could stage directions be useful to someone working or performing on a stage? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #6- What types of technology devices can be used in relationship to dance? What kinds of tools could we use to help us reflect (think back about), enhance (make even better), explore (learn more about), or analyze (look at more closely) our dancing? Give me at least three types of technologies and how we might use them for dance. (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #7- If you had the power to speed up or slow down time, what events in your life would you speed up? What would you slow down? Why? How can you relate this concept of speeding up/slowing dance idea to dance class? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #8- Is dance important? Why or why not? Give at least three reasons why to support your opinion. (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #9- How can dance communicate a message or have a meaning? How can we explain an idea or a subject using dance? Think of several examples to explain your answer. (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #10- How do you feel about your class dance for the performance so far? What are you excited about? Are you nervous about anything? Do you feel like you will be ready by the time the performance comes? Do you have any questions for Ms. Maxwell about the performance? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)
Journal #11- What is your favorite style of dance? Ballet? Tap? Jazz? Hip-hop? Ballroom? Something else? Why do you like it? What is your least favorite? Why don’t you like it? (Answer in 4-5 complete sentences)