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Health Optimizing Physical

Education
Quarter 3 – Module 3
Cheer Dance
Physical Education – GRADE 12
Quarter 3 – Module 3: Cheer Dance

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Quarter 3 – Module 3:
Cheer Dance

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Introductory Message
A module is a type of learning resource that is essentially self-contained,
self- instructional package with learning paced by the student according to his or
her individual needs and ability (Ali, et.al,2010). It requires the learners to interact
actively with the instructional materials rather than simply allowing them to read
the materials passively (Dick and Carrey, 1990).

For the facilitator:

This module adheres to the learning competencies of the K-12 Curriculum.

This module helps the learners understand the different physical activities from
moderate to vigorous. This module is a useful learning material that provides the
learning objectives, pretest, lesson proper, enrichment activities, generalization,
application, assessment.

For the learner:

This module is created to give meaningful learning in performing moderate

to vigorous physical activities through clear and comprehensive discussions.
Through the lesson, you will learn the difference between moderate and vigorous
physical activities, enumerate the different moderate and vigorous physical
activities in-and-out of school and apply your learnings at the end of the lesson
through dance.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written to help you understand the moderate
to Vigorous Physical Activities. This module provides discussions and activities that
will help you learn and discover what are physical activities in-and-out of school
that can be classify to moderate and vigorous physical activities.

Hello, Learner. At the

end of your quest, you’ll
be able to:

 differentiate moderate and vigorous physical activities (MVPAs)

 appreciate the importance of Filipino Pyramid Activity Guide and the Food
Pyramid.
 perform moderate to vigorous physical activities through Dance (MVPAs)

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 What I Know

Hello, Learner, before you proceed to

your new challenge, let us see what
you already know about the topic.
Write what you know about
moderate to vigorous physical
activities specifically in dance.

Directions: Draw if you think the statement is correct and if it is

wrong. Write your answer in your activity sheet.

__________1. A physical active person engages in 5-10 minutes of moderately

vigorous physical activity three or more times a week.

__________ 2. Surfing the internet and watching different dance moves in

YouTube greatly improve one’s fitness.

__________ 3. One can help the community by sharing his/her knowledge

and skills in dancing.

__________ 4. Brisk walking and dancing are activities which are of moderate
intensity.

__________ 5. Zumba are risk factors for heart disease.

__________ 6. A normal nutritional status means that weight is proportional

to height.

__________ 7. Proper execution of dance steps increases the risk of injuries.

__________ 8. Cheer dance and HipHop dance steps belong to vigorous

physical activity.

__________ 9. Swimming and playing basketball are vigorous physical

activities.

__________10. An RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) of 10 means that the activity

is very light.

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 What’s In
Hello Learner! In this stage, you
will assess yourself if you are
ready for the next activity.
Remember that you must take this
activity honestly.

Directions: Identify the best HRF (Health-Related Fitness) component suited to the
different dances below. Choose your answer from the word pool and write your
answers on the table provided for. Copy and answer this in your activity sheet.

Zumba Festival Dance Social Dance

Contemporary Dance Ballet Yoga
HipHop Aerobic Dance Interpretative Dance
Folkdance Tai chi Tribal Dance

Cardiovascular Fitness Flexibility Muscular Strength &

Endurance

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 What’s New

ACTIVITY 1. LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Write in the table below the different physical activities you do every day.
Identify if the activity belongs to moderate or vigorous. Copy and answer the table
in your activity sheet.

Moderate Physical Activity Vigorous Physical Activity

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

What is It?

Hello, Learner. You have

already an insight about your
next topic. Now, let us answer
these questions.

1. Why is it important to know your physical activities?

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

2. How are you going to improve your health through dance?

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.

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Moderate Physical Activity

- refers to activities equivalent in intensity to brisk walking or bicycling.

- gets you moving fast enough or strenuously enough to burn off three to
six times as much energy per minute as you do when you are sitting
quietly, or exercises that clock in at 3 to 6 METs.

Vigorous Physical Activity

- produces large increases in breathing or heart rate, such as jogging,

aerobic dance or bicycling uphill.
- burns more than 6 METs.

“MET” is another name for metabolic equivalent, a measure of exercise intensity

based on oxygen consumption. More specifically, a single MET is defined as the
amount of oxygen a person consumes (or the energy expended) per unit of body
weight during 1 minute of rest. It is equal to about 3.5 milliliters (ml) of oxygen
consumption per kilogram (kg) of body weight per minute, or 1 kilocalorie (kcal) per
kg of body weight per hour.

MODERATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

(Approximately 3-6 METs) (Approximately >6 METs)
Requires a moderate amount of effort Requires a large amount of effort and
and noticeably accelerates the heart
causes rapid breathing and a
rate.
substantial increase in heart rate.

Examples of moderate-intensity Examples of vigorous-intensity exercise

exercise includes: includes:

Brisk Walking Running

Dancing (depend on what kind of the Dancing (depend on what kind of the
dance) dance)

Interpretative Dance, Folkdance, Tribal Aerobics, Cheer Dance, Tai Chi, Hip
Dance, Contemporary Dance, Ballet, Hop, Festival Dance/Street Dance,
Yoga, and Social Dance. Zumba
Gardening GA Fast Cycling

Housework and domestic chores Dance Sports

Traditional hunting and gathering Fast Swimming

Active involvement in games and sports Competitive Sports (e.g. Traditional

with children/walking domestic Games, Football, Volleyball, hockey,
animals Basketball)
General building tasks (e.g. Roofing, Heavy Shoveling or digging ditches
Painting)

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Activity 2: Answer the questions below in your activity sheet.

Questions:
1. Based on the Filipino Pyramid Activity Guide, do you consider yourself active
or inactive person? Why?
2. How much time do you engage in dancing?
3. If you do not like to engage in dancing, which of the activities in the Filipino
Pyramid Activity Guide will you choose as your hobby?

Activity 3: HOW ABOUT YOUR DIET?

A healthful diet and regular physical activity can help people:

 Achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

 Reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
 Reduce the risk of certain forms of cancer.
 Strengthen muscles, bones, and joints.
 Improve mood and energy level.

Study the nutritional needs of the Filipino teenager. See if you are eating the
right amount of food needed by your body.

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Questions:

1. Are you eating the right amount of food needed by your body? Why?
2. Explain the interplay of food and weight.
3. What is the importance of eating a balance diet to lifelong fitness?

Now that you have assessed yourself, do the next activity based on your
physical capacity.

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Activity 4: LET’S DO THE BASIC MOVEMENTS OF CHEERDANCE!

Did you know?

Cheer Dance is relatively new in the field of sports and dance as it has only
emerged during the early 1990s as part of the cheerleading events. It is one of the
categories in International cheerleading competition that focuses on the dance
techniques and basic elements of cheerleading, excluding stunts and advance
gymnastics skills. The performers are cheerleaders.

What is cheerleading?

Cheerleading is an event that consist of cheers and organized routines for

sports team motivation, audience entertainment, or competition. The routines
many components of cheers, jumps, dance, gymnastics, and stunting. The purpose
is to encourage the spectators of events to cheer for sports teams at games. The
yellers, dancers and athletes involved in cheerleading are called Cheerleaders.
When they are grouped together as one, they are called Squad.

What’s More

Let’s do this!
Hello, Learner. Before you engage in
physical activity. Make it sure that
you eat the right amount of food
needed in your body. Now, practice
and memorize the basic movements of
cheerdance. Goodluck!

 HAND POSITION

Bucket Candlestick Blade Jazz Hands

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 Clap Clasp
 ARM POSITION

Flying V Low V T-Motion Half T

Touchdown Low Touchdown Bow and Arrow Muscle Man

Overhead Clasp Dagger Box Punch

L Motion Diagonal K Motion Checkmark

 BODY POSITION

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Beginning Stance Cheer Stance Side Lunge Squat Kneel

 CHEERDANCE JUMPS

Tuck Spread Eagle Double Hook Toe Touch

Side Hurdler Front Hurdler Pike Double Nine

Activity 5: SIMPLE CHEERDANCE ROUTINE

Directions: Practice the proper execution of the basic movements of Cheer dance
and execute the simple routine by following the procedures below with music
accompaniment. Video your performance and submit to your teacher.

1. a. Bowling pin
b. (cheer stance) clasp (ct.1)
c. (cheer stance) K motion (ct.1), diagonal (ct.2),
flying V(ct.3), low V (ct.4) (Repeat 4 times)
d. clap (8 times) while moving to change formation
(staggered line).

Bowling pin

2. a. Staggered line
b. punch (4 times)

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 c. (cheer stance) overhand clap (ct.1)
d. (cheer stance) T motion (ct.2)
e. (Jump) Spread eagle (ct.3)
f. clasp (ct. 4)
g. clap (8 times) while moving to change formation (bowling pin)

3. a. Bowling pin Staggered line

b. clap (2 times)
c. (cheer stance) dagger(ct1), touch down(ct.2), T motion(ct.3), halt T(ct.4),
L motion(ct.5) (Repeat 2 times)
d. (side lunge) clap(ct.1), bow and arrow L, R (ct. 2,3), muscle man (ct.4)
e. (cheer stance) clap (8 times) while moving to change formation (staggered
line

4. a. Staggered line
b. (kneel stance) clap (ct.1), jazz hands (ct.2), box (ct.3), diagonal (ct.4)
c. (beginning stance) low V (ct.1), flying V (ct.2), low V (ct.3), (Jump) tuck
(ct.4)
d. (face right side) clap (4 times)
e. face front (cheer stance) bucket (ct.1), candlestick(ct.2), blade (ct.3),
checkmark (ct.4), low touchdown (ct.5), (Jump)double hook (ct.6)
f. (cheer stance) clap (8 times) while moving to change formation (bowling
pin)

Rubrics:
10 points 8 points 6 points 4 points
Students Students executed Students executed Students executed
executed the 4 and mastered 3 and mastered 2 and mastered 1figure
figures with clean figures with clean figures with clean with clean
movements
movements movements movements
accurately.
accurately. accurately. accurately.

What I Have Learned

You are almost done! Can you

share what you have learned?

Write in the blank the missing

word. Copy and write your answer in
your activity sheet. Goodluck!

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1. __________________ is a measure of exercise intensity based on oxygen
consumption.

2.__________________ is an event that consist of cheers and organized routines for

sports team motivation, audience entertainment, or
competition

3. Tribal Dance, Folkdance, interpretative Dance and Yoga belongs to

__________________ physical activities.

What I Can DO

Individual Activity

Perform moderate to vigorous activities through cheer dance. Create at least

3 figures of your own cheer dance routine with music accompaniment following the
rubrics given.

Point Scale Criteria

Mastery Energy and Fitness Behavior
4 Displays impressive Shows impressive Exhibits
level of mastery level of proficiency in outstanding level of
Outstanding
the execution of discipline before,
steps displaying during and after
excellent health- the performance
related fitness level
3 Displays high level Shows high level of Exhibits very
of mastery proficiency in the satisfactory dance
Very
execution of steps discipline during
Satisfactory
displaying high and after the
health-related fitness performance
level
2 Displays medium Shows medium level Exhibits
level of mastery of proficiency in the satisfactory
Satisfactory
execution of steps discipline before,
displaying acceptable during and after
level of health- the performance
related fitness
1 Displays low level of Shows low level of Exhibits improving
mastery proficiency in the discipline before,
Needs
execution of steps during and after
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 Improvement displaying low the performance.
health-related fitness
level

Assessment

Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your
activity notebook.

1. It is relatively new in the field of sports and dance as it has only emerged
during the early 1990s as part of the cheerleading events.
a. Zumba b. Cheerdance c. Yoga d. Hiphop

2. What do you call the hand position shown in the picture ?

a. Candlestick b. Jazz hands c. Bucket d. Blade
3. It is one of the categories in International cheerleading competition that
focuses on the dance techniques and basic elements of cheerleading,
excluding stunts and advance gymnastics skills.
a. Gymnastics b. Jazz Dance c. Aerobics d. Cheer dance
4. Brisk walking and dancing are activities which are of_______ intensity.
a. Very hardb. Moderate c. Vigorous d. Very light

5. What do you call this cheer dance jump ?

a. Tuck b. Eagle Spread c. Piked. Side Hurdler
6. How many servings of fruits or vegetables you need daily?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
7. Based on the Filipino pyramid activity, the activity done as often as
possible is considered_____________.
a. Minimal b. Habitual c. Regular d. Often
8. In the food pyramid, where can you find the fats and oils?
a. Top level b. 2nd level c. 3rd Level d. Bottom level
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9. What do you call this arm position ?
a. K motion b. Punch c. Box d. Dagger
10.How many glasses of milk your body needs in a day?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four

Answer Key

Assessment
Pre-Assessment
1. B
1. 2. D
2. 3. D
4. B
3. 5. A
4. 6. C
7. B
5.
8. A
6. 9. D
7. 10.A
8.
9.

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References/Websites
Readings:
 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesityprevention-source/moderate-
and-vigorous-physical-activity/
 https://www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/
DistrictPolicyServices/~/media/CSBA/Files/GovernanceResources/
PolicyNews_Briefs/StudentHealth/PhysEd_Actviity/
2009_11_FactSheet_ModerateToVigorous.ashx#:~:text=Moderate
%20physical%20activity%20refers%20to,aerobic%20dance%20or
%20bicycling%20uphill.
 http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/
physical_activity_intensity/en/
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretive_dance
 https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/interpretative
%20dance)
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan

Images
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley
 https://pin.it/hpBhgUQ
 https://www.thefreedictionary.com/interpretive+dance
 https://www.definitions.net/definition/interpretive+dance
 http://clipart-library.com/images-of-people-dancing.html
 https://crossingthelinefestival.org/2019/events/isadora-duncan/
 https://www.allinahealth.org/health-conditions-and
treatments/health-library/patient-education/prediabetes/exercise-
and-physical-activity/activity-and-exercise-pyramid

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 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Physical-activity-exercise-
pyramid-Source-US-Department-of-Agriculture-and-the-
US_fig2_38023874 (Pyramid and foods)
 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-
pyramid/
 https://pin.it/69PCTJ8
 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UiAM9B4LzNI/UG6eKLFBTXI/
AAAAAAAAAA8/ywECVpUjqlc/s1600/FilipinoPyramidAG.jpg
 https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/leading-health-indicators/
2020-lhi-topics/Nutrition-Physical-Activity-and-Obesity
 https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-wgefr

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