VISUAL ARTS LESSON PLAN Grade Level: 1 through 4 Duration: 2 class periods, 45 minutes Author: Sammantha Caraveo Date:

3/29/12 Unit: Shape Lesson: Intersecting Shapes Massachusetts Visual Arts Curriculum Framework Learning Standards 1.2 Create artwor in a variet! o" two#dimensional $2%& and three#dimensional $3%& media, "or e'ample( 2% ) drawing, painting, collage, printma ing, weaving* 3% ) plastic $mallea+le& materials such as cla! and paper, wood, or "ound o+,ects "or assem+lage and construction 2.4 -or shape and "orm, e'plore the use o" shapes and "orms in 2% and 3% wor s Identi"! simple shapes o" di""erent si.es, "or e'ample, circles, s/uares, triangles, and "orms, "or e'ample, spheres, cones, cu+es, in the environment and in artwor 3.2 Create 2% and 3% e'pressive artwor that e'plores a+straction -or e'ample, a student simpli"ies an image +! ma ing decisions a+out essential colors, lines, or te'tures. Speci ic Lesson !"#ectives: 0he student will1 # 2iew 2asil! 3andins ! paintings # %iscuss line and shape # -ill paper with shapes that overlap one another # 4se mar ers and paints to design each section and shape Assessment o Learning: 5ngoing chec s "or understanding( Is the student "illing the page with shapes6 7re the shapes on the page overlapping6 %oes each section have a di""erent color or design6 2oca+ular! 8eview, see attached 7lso, see ru+ric attached $ssential %uestions 9here do !ou see shapes throughout !our da!6 9hat shapes are these that !ou see6 Guiding %uestions 9hat are shapes used "or6 :ow will !ou create new shapes +! overlapping !our shapes6

Activit&: 0he student will create a design to cover a page that involves intersecting shapes and lines. Motivation: # %iscussion, see essential /uestions # Show e'amples # ;ive a demonstration Materials: # <aper $25, one each& # <encils $25, one each& # =ar ers # 9atercolor paints # Cups # 2asil! 3andins ! images 'rocedure: %a! 1 # =aterials will +e set out on ta+les # Introduce lesson, see motivation # Students will use class time to "ill page with shapes # Student will trace shapes with +lac sharpie/mar er # >egin designing each section di""erentl! # Clean up %a! 2 # # # # =aterials will +e set out on ta+les 8eintroduce lesson Students will use class time to "inish design and add color Clean up

(e erences and speci ic resources: %riscoll, %avid. $1999& Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks) =assachusetts, =%5?. $2@11& 2asil! 3andins !, Composition#A. Guggenheim !nline. 8etrieved =arch 29, 2@12 "rom www.guggenheim.org/new#!or /collections *andinsk& Circles. 8etrieved =arch 29, 2@12 "rom http(//www.ng"l# c!mru.org.u /vtc/circlesBinBpictures/eng/Introduction/pop.htm *andinsk& 'ortrait. 8etrieved =arch 29, 2@12 "rom http(//www.wassil! andins !.org/images/wassil!B andins !Bportrait.,peg

Appendices: (u"ric+ Class review