Drawing: Lesson Plan 1

 

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Unit: Art

Theme: Drawing

 

Introduction

Drawing happens when one makes a picture or diagram with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint. For instance, "a series of charcoal drawings on white paper" are considered drawing. Modes of drawings can be broken down into three different types: realistic, symbolic, and expressive.

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Learning Objectives

•  Understand why children face difficulties when drawing
• Explain Edward's theory about left brain-right brain
  
• Gain an awareness of the complexity of the brain 
• Experience the importance of drawing for children
  

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WARM UP

Mindfulness

 

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Creative Storming

Students simulate the creation of a shaped object and pass it to the next student. Each student changes the object using hand gestures.

 

Question 1

Write a reflection about the activity and explain how you thing it could help your students. 

 

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Main Lesson

 

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When one googles "why is drawing so hard?" One gets the following:

If you're wondering why is drawing hard, one important thing to know about drawing is that it requires involvement of the right side of the brain, a side people are not used to use that much. It can be very tricky to change the way you draw with your brain at first, but that needs to happen in order to draw well.Jul 11, 2017

Why is drawing hard? And what to do about it to draw better ... - SweetMonia

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Article: Drawing on an Outdated Theory? 

by Jess Dorn

It is sometimes said that our brain consists of a left hemisphere that excels in intellectual, rational, verbal, and analytical thinking and a right hemisphere that excels in sensory discrimination and in emotional, nonverbal, and intuitive thinking. However, in the normal brain, with extensive commissural interconnections, the interaction of the two hemispheres is such that we cannot dissociate clearly their specialized functions.

Questions

3. Why do so many children have problems with drawing?

4. What is Edward's theory? Explain

5. Why is the theory more of a useful analogy at this point? Explain

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Video

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 Question 5

Why should kids draw?

 

 

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A Note to Remember

 

 Drawing is only difficult if students feel judged or if they judge themselves. If the teacher creates a safe and creative environment, drawing could be a genre that would make any child feel creative, successful and accomplished.

 

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Case Study

Drawing a Self-Portrait.

 

 

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Activity 2

 

    Individual Work

 

Create a lesson plan to teach drawing using the MDCPS Competency Based Curriculum & the Visual and Performing Arts Department shown bellow.

LINK: MDCPS Standards and Curriculum

 

 

 Visual & Performing Arts Department, Division of Academics

https://vpa.dadeschools.net/#!/

 

POST YOUR LESSON PLAN ON DISCUSSION BOARD

 

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Journaling

 

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Glossary

 

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Sources

 

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Students' Work

 

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Olivia Conti and Sydney Hausman

Title= Learning through color

Grade= Kindergarten

Component= Studio Skills

Objective= Experiment with color mixing, draws and paints with large pain brushes for fine motor skills.

Competency= Use of lines, colors, texture, shapes, and open space.

Activity= Give the students a big white piece of paper with large paint brushes with the primary colors of paint. I will show the students how to mix the paint to get other colors. 

Assessment= Give an assignment to the students that has the students match with what colors they make. For example show Blue + Yellow = ? and leave the open space for the students to answer. 

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Michael McLaughlin, Julian Hernandez 

 

 

Title: Education through visual arts

Grade: K

Component: Studio Skills

Objective: Interpret objects and items within the classroom through visual form using lines, colors, shapes, and textures.

Competency: Produce an original art work interpreting a tangible object through the use of many drawing methods and ideas

Activity: Draw a portrait of a classroom object

Assessment: Upon completion once multiple techniques are used

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Renzo Gonzalez  and Gabriel Gutierrez

Title

Grade- 4th Grade 

Component- studio skills

Objectives- draws ideas for own artwork from observations of nature, from own imagination and personal experience 

competency-

1. The student demonstrates a commitment to his/her artwork as expressed through portfolio selections, sketchbook, and journals

activity- drawing on a white piece of paper and use crayons and markers to make it more vivid and realisitc  

assesment-students draw portraits and receive a grade upon completion 

 

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Alex Garcia, Dylan Nottingham 

 

Visual Arts Education

Kindergarten

Component : 

• Personal Development

Objective: 

• Shows readiness to engage in a task.

• Shows consideration for tools, materials, the environment, and classmates

Competency

• The student is ready to focus on a given task by actively participating and completing it.

• The student can ensure safety and conserve resources by handling materials and tools responsibly.

• The student can display respect for classmates and their work through cooperative interactions.

Activity

Draw your favorite animal using non traditional colors. For example, a purple dog, green giraffe. 

Assessment

The student will be graded upon completion and effort. 

 

 

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Mia Romanach and Caro Garcia

 

1. Title: Creating Your Own You 

2. Grade: 3rd grade 

3. Component: The students are to create a portrait of themselves and have the freedom to do it however they like 

4. Objective: Draws upon real life and imagination as sources for subjects and themes in own art work 

5. Competency: The student will keep a journal of their ideas as they relate to art production 

6. Activity: Students are given markers, crayons, pencils, and paper so that they can draw their self portrait

7. Assessment: Assess through completion and amount of effort and creativity that was put in 

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Chloé Latessa and Paul Djobet

 

Title: Self Portrait

Grade:1st grade

Component: Studio Skillls

Objective:Manipulating clay

Competency: The student can develop motor skills 

Activity: Mold a self portrait with clay 

Assessment: Present to the class

 

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Jason Egre and Alejandro Barriga 

Title: Simple Drawing

Grade: Kindergarden

Component: Aesthetics and Critical Inquiry

Objectives: interpret personal ideas, feelings and experiences (interpret these through drawing)

Competency: through the critical process the student can understand that works of art are rendered realistically, symbolically or abstractly (not judging what the art piece looks like)

Activities: have students draw a highlight of their day using simple lines and shapes because of young age (simple drawings)

Assesment: make sure studnets complete the task and are focused on drawing

 

Self-Portraits

 

 

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