Lesson Plans -- Week 12

Good art is not what it looks like,

but what it does to us.
In whatever one does there must be a

relationship between the eye and the heart.

Art is literacy of the heart."

- Elliot Eisner

Lesson Plans
Week 12: December 19, 22-23, January 5-7.

Kindergarten.
Colored pencil drawing. Following directions in making basic shapes.
913D. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.
913E Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.

First Grade.
Colored pencil drawing. Following directions in making basic shapes.
913D. Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.
913E Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.

Second and Third Grade.
Reading comic strips from the Sunday newspaper. How can we use the images to provide clues for unfamiliar words? Create an original character. Use speech balloons to give this character something to say.
913C . Recognize and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.

Fourth Grade.
913D. Read comic strips. Identify examples of onomatopoeia. Make a cartoon drawing that uses one of these types of words.
913F. Identify works of others through a performance or exhibition

Fifth Grade.
How do artists use sketchbooks? View dvd in which three contemporary artists explain the importance of sketchbooks in their work. Discuss and apply.
913K. Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.