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Semi-Detailed Lesson
Plan
(4 As Model)
Topic:
Basic Steps in
Cha-Cha-Cha

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Aaron John P. Tolentino
BSEd major in MAPEH
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I. Objectives:

At the end of the discussion students, as learners, are expected to:

1. Name all basic steps in cha-cha-cha;

2. perform with mastery the basic steps and combinations in cha-cha-cha;
and
3. describe the different basic steps based on the proper patterns and
counting.

II. Subject Matter:

A. Topic: Basic Steps in Cha-Cha-Cha

B. Reference(s):
Doria, J., Gonzales, M., Sedilla, L., Cagulang, J., Mabiling, R., Yap, J., &
De la Torre, J. (2014). Physical education and health - grade 9.
Pasig City, Philippines: Department of Education - Bureau of Learning
Resources.

C. Instructional Materials:
Smart phone to play music
Speaker
Cha-cha-cha music
Pen
Notebook
Chart indicating the basic steps, patterns, and counting

Teachers Activity Students Activity

A. Preliminary Activities
Prayer
Wellness morning class! The students will stand up and will greet
the teacher.

Before we start, let us all stand up and Students will stand still and one of them
pray. Who wants to lead the prayer? will volunteer to lead the prayer.

Greetings
Once again, a wellness morning to all of The students will respond a wellness
you morning in different ways.

It is a great opportunity to have this Students will greet their classmates a

class with you all. Greet your classmates happy wellness morning.
a happy wellness morning!

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Checking of the Classroom

Before you sit down, kindly pick all the
wastes and unnecessary things in your
surroundings and put it on your bag for
the mean time. Additionally, keep your
things that might disturb our class.
(Students will pick up all wastes and
unnecessary things in their surroundings
and they will keep their things that might
interfere the class)

The teacher will order the students to The students will place their chairs on the
place their chairs on the three sides of three sides of the classroom.
the classroom. (This will make a big
space in the center of the class).

After you all place your chairs on the The students will sit down properly.
side properly, you may now sit down.

Checking of the Attendance

The teacher will hand out his attendance
sheet to check the class attendance.

Class, as I call your name, please raise Each student will raise their hand
your right hand properly. properly to signal the teacher that they
are present.

B. Activate Prior Knowledge

Learning Task 1 - Lesson Review
Before we continue our discussion, Students will raise their hands and tell
would you mind to tell me what was our the class about the last meetings
discussion last meeting all about? discussions all about.
Our discussion last meeting was all
about the nature and background of
social dances.

Very well sent class! Now, who among The students will answer raise their
the class can tell me the different Latin hands and tell the class the different
American Dances and Modern Standard Latin American Dances and Modern
Dances? Standard Dances.

Thats great class! Now, tell me the
origin of each of the following Latin
American Dances and Modern Standard
Dances. I will call each one of you to tell
me the origin of the following dances.
Students will prepare themselves to
answer the origin of different Latin
American Dances and Modern Standard
Dances.

Latin American Dances

1. Cha-Cha-Cha
2. Rumba
3. Samba
4. Paso Doble
5. Jive/Boogie
6. Swing
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7. Merengue
8. Salsa
9. Mambo

Modern Standard Dances

1. Slow Waltz
2. Tango
3. Viennese Waltz
4. Foxtrot
5. Quickstep

C. Acquiring New Knowledge

Learning Task 2 - Motivation
Well done class! Before anything else, I Students will bring out their sheet of
will group the class into five (5) groups. paper and will go to their respective
Now please prepare a sheet of paper group mates.
for each group.

Class, in your sheet of paper, I want
you all to wright there at least 10 things
your groups mates love most about
social dances, 5 things your group
mates hate most, and 3 things that
your group mates expected about
social dances
I will give you class 5 minutes to do it.
The students with their respective group
mates will collaborate and share what
are the 10 things their groups mates love
most about social dances, 5 things their
group mates hate most, and 3 things that
their group mates expected about social
dances.

Okay class, now I need one (1) Representatives of each group will stand
representative from each group to in front of the class to share and tell the
present and tell the class their group class their group work.
work.

That was interesting class. For that

wonderful work, you will receive
additional grades in your participation.
Well done class!

Learning Task 3 - Activity

Now class, let us all stand up and warm Students will stand up and imitate the
our bodies. Imitate my body movements movements of the teacher as they warm
as we warm our bodies for 8-10 their bodies.
minutes.

Well done class! Before we move on, The students will observe the different
first I will show you some papers steps performed by the teacher.
containing names of different basic steps
with their corresponding step patterns
and counting.
(The teacher will post the names of
different basic steps of cha-cha-cha and
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with their corresponding step patterns

and counting.)

Each student will be guided by the

Basic 1: teacher as he will perform each step one
Weight Transfer at a time with its corresponding step
patterns and counting.
(Rock Step)

Step Pattern: Counting:

R-Bw, L-Fw 1, 2

Basic 2:
R Chasse Fw

Step Pattern:
Counting:
R-Fw, L-C to
1 and 2
R, R-Fw

Basic 3:
Weight Transfer
(Rock Step)

Step Pattern: Counting:

L-Fw, R-Bw 1, 2

Basic 4:
L Chasse Bw

Step Pattern:
Counting:
L-Bw, R-C to
1 and 2
L, L-Bw

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Basic 5:
Alemana Turn

Step Pattern:
L-Fw (Pivot Halfway
Turn R), R-Fw (Pivot Counting:
Halfway Turn R)
Leading to a Chasse L-
1, 2
Bw

Basic 6:
New York (L over R)

Step Pattern: Counting:

Step L across R in Front,
Step R in Place, Chasse L 1, 2, 1 and 2
Sw, Step R over L in 1, 2, 1 and 2
Front, Chasse R Sw

Basic 7:
New York (R over L)

Step Pattern: Counting:

Step R across L in Front,
Step L in Place, Chasse R 1, 2, 1 and 2
Sw, Step L over R in 1, 2, 1 and 2
Front, Chasse L Sw

Basic 8:
Spot Turn

Step Pattern:
Same with Alemana Counting:
Turn but done Sw- 1, 2
leading to a Chasse
Bw

Legend:
L - Left Foot
R - Right Foot
C - Close Step
Fw - Forward
Bw - Backward

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Learning Task 4 - Analysis

Now class, can you tell me what is our The students will answer individually and
topic for this day? orally the Basic Steps in Cha-Cha-Cha

To introduce to you on what was our

activity a while ago; here is a brief
introduction of the first social dance that
belongs to the following Latin American
Dances which is Cha-Cha-Cha.

It has been suggested that the

name Cha Cha Cha was derived from
imitating the sound of the "shoes" of the
Cuban women when dancing the triple or
chass steps.
The time signature for Cha Cha
Cha is 4/4. Most steps are taken with
pressure on the ball of the foot and as
weight is taken the heel is lowered to the
floor.
Dance positions will be
explained in the descriptions of the
figures as necessary. The important thing
to remember in any position with a
handhold is to maintain the connection.
This is so the dancers can move
together, so to speak, even when they
are apart and accomplishing different
foot patterns.

After some introduction to cha-cha-cha,

the teacher will post some papers
containing all the different basic steps of
cha-cha-cha with their step patterns and
counting.

(After the brief introduction, the teacher

will ask the following questions about the
activity previously.)

1. How do you feel about the activity?

Were you able to express and introduce
yourself through movements?
2. What do you think should one
possessed to be able, to perform the
different movements you and your
classmates performed? Why?

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Learning Task 5 - Abstraction

In general, let us all have a wide review Students will be encouraged to listen and
on what was our lesson this day. answer the following questions given by
1. How many basic steps are there in the teacher.
Cha-Cha-Cha?
2. What are those basic steps in Cha-
Cha-Cha?
3. Do you think that you can now
perform Cha-Cha-Cha if you have
already mastered the basic steps?

D. Application
Learning Task 6 - Application
(Right after all the steps performed and The students will consume their 10
imitated by students, all students will be minutes with their group mates. They will
given 10 minutes to practice the steps by be practicing the different basic steps
grouped. The class should be grouped with its corresponding step patterns and
into five [5].) counting.

(Once the 10 minutes practice lasts, the
teacher will now assess the students
individual performance. The below is the
criteria will be used for assessing the
students.)
The class will perform the different basic
steps as the teacher call their groups.
They will be assessed based on their
individual performance.
(After the class practice, the class will be
grouped into five (5) to assess the
following basic combinations.)

Basic Combination 1:
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 5, 2

Basic Combination 2:
1, 2, 6, 8, 2
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 6, 8, 2
Legend: 1, 2, 3, 4
O - Outstanding (Performs without any assistance 1, 2, 6, 8, 2
from anybody yet with mastery)
VS - Very Satisfactory (Performs without any
assistance from anybody but with minimal errors)
S - Satisfactory (Performs with little assistance from
teacher and/or classmates and with minimal errors)
NI - Needs Improvement (Performs with little
assistance from teacher/or classmates and with many
errors)
P - Poor (Shows no interest in coping up with the
challenges in the activities given)

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E. Assessment
Learning Task 7 - Evaluation
(Below will be the instructions given to
the students to assess their learning)

Instructions:
A. Bring out a sheet of pad paper, and Students will prepare themselves with a
tell the name of the following basic steps sheet of pad paper and will tell the
indicated in numbers. (This is to assess name of the following basic steps
the students retention skills on the indicated in numbers.
following basic steps in orderly)
Example: Number = Name of Step
1) 8, 8, 6, 7, 1, 3
2) 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 2
3) 4, 5, 3, 2, 1, 8
4) 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 1
5) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 7
6) 8, 3, 4, 1, 6, 3
7) 2, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1
8) 6, 6, 2, 3, 8, 2
9) 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1
10) 1, 2, 6, 8, 2, 5

III. ASSIGNMENT OR AGREEMENT

Instruction:
1. Practice the Combinations given below with a partner.
2. Make a 2-Day Narrative Report of your practice in groupings.
3. Research Cha-Cha-Cha music that will suit to the combinations given below:

COMBINATIONS MALE (Start with L Fw) FEMALE (Start with R Fw)

1 3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
2 3, 4, 7, 8, 2 1, 2, 6, 7, 4
3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
3, 4, 7, 8, 2 1, 2, 6, 7, 4
3, 4, 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4
3, 4, 7, 8, 2 1, 2, 6, 7, 4

Prepared by:
Aaron John P. Tolentino
BSEd major in MAPEH