1 / 15 Name: Aurora Macek

DAILY PLAN
Ceramics
Lesson Title: Multicultural Vessel Design / Throwing a Cylinder Grade Level: 9-12

Concepts and Skills:

Concepts (handbuilding)- multiculturalism, functionality, vessel forms, surface
decoration
Concepts (wheelthrowing)- physics, centripetal motion, viscosity, speed, direction,
motion.
Skills (handbuilding)- coil building, slipping and scoring, clay manipulation,
construction.
Skills (wheel throwing)- centering, pugging, wedging, pulling, coning.
Vocabulary: slip, score, rib, knife tool, needle tool, wedging, coil, bone dry, leather
hard, kiln, mark making tool, rumpshaper, slip cast, mold.

Illinois Visual Arts Learning Standards and/or

Illinois Professional Teaching Standards:
VA:Cr2.1.II, VA:Cr2.3.III, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr6.1.II, VA:Re7.1.III, VA:Re7.2.III,
VA:Cn10.1.III

Overall Lesson Objective:

Handbuilding-
Given a demonstration on coil building, a discussion on functionality of vessels, a
demonstration on vessel design, and examples of vessels used by different cultures
around the world, students will research and select a vessel from a different culture
and replicate its form and style of surface design using clay and coil building
techniques.
Wheelthrowing-
Given a demonstration on centering, coning, opening clay, and pulling walls of clay,
students will demonstrate their understanding of wheel throwing by throwing a 4”
cylinder that displays even wall thickness.
Daily Objectives:
Handbuilding- Given a demonstration on coil building, slipping, and scoring, students
will construct a 7 coil high vessel that demonstrates craftsmanship and is structurally
sound.
Wheel throwing- Given 15 oz of clay and a demonstration on centering and coning,
students will actively practice centering clay and coning.
Assessment Criteria:
Handbuilding- craftsmanship, structurally sound, evidence of research, coil technique,
form.
Wheelthrowing- uniformity in thickness of walls, craftsmanship, centering.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson: Note: All background materials, research
documents, and handouts should be listed below and included as attachments.
Packets on multicultural vessels, vessel design handout.

Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Clay, clay tools, slip, wheels, plastic bags, water.

Teacher Activities Student Activities

Introduction (5 minutes):
Explain how students will be working in Pay attention to which group you are in
groups (1 group of 8 students on the wheels so that you know when what days your
at a time, working in a rotation, the other group is wheel throwing.
two groups focus on hand building, rotate
every 2 days.

Development (35 minutes):

Show whole class demonstration on coil Watch class demonstration on wheel
building techniques. Give over view of throwing and hand building techniques.
assignment. Explain that the first hand
building exercise of 7 coil high vessel will Wheel throwing group prepare wheels
be dropped after construction to assess if its and gather clay to begin throwing.
structurally sound.
Show whole class demonstration on Hand building group begin constriction
centering and coning clay. of coil pot by creating a slab base to
Instruct students to prepare clay. begin construction.
Group 1 begins at the wheel with 15 oz of
clay each to practice centering.
Group 2 & 3 begin construction
handbuilding 7 coil pot.

Conclusion (10 min)- Clean up wheels, Clean up all supply materials and
clean up clay tools and cover projects with wheels.
plastic bags.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, and what to think about for next lesson)

Make sure that each student gets their time on the wheel.
2 / 15 Name: Aurora Macek
DAILY PLAN
Ceramics
Lesson Title: Multicultural Vessel Design / Throwing a Cylinder Grade Level: 9-12

Concepts and Skills:

Concepts (handbuilding)- multiculturalism, functionality, vessel forms, surface
decoration
Concepts (wheelthrowing)- physics, centripetal motion, viscosity, speed, direction,
motion.
Skills (handbuilding)- coil building, slipping and scoring, clay manipulation,
construction.
Skills (wheel throwing)- centering, pugging, wedging, pulling, coning.
Vocabulary: slip, score, rib, knife tool, needle tool, wedging, coil, bone dry, leather
hard, kiln, mark making tool, rumpshaper, slip cast, mold.

Illinois Visual Arts Learning Standards and/or

Illinois Professional Teaching Standards:
VA:Cr2.1.II, VA:Cr2.3.III, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr6.1.II, VA:Re7.1.III, VA:Re7.2.III,
VA:Cn10.1.III

Overall Lesson Objective:

Handbuilding-
Given a demonstration on coil building, a discussion on functionality of vessels, a
demonstration on vessel design, and examples of vessels used by different cultures
around the world, students will research and select a vessel from a different culture
and replicate its form and style of surface design using clay and coild building
techniques.
Wheelthrowing-
Given a demonstration on centering, coning, opening clay, and pulling walls of clay,
students will demonstrate their understanding of wheel throwing by throwing a 4”
cylinder that displays even wall thickness.

Daily Objectives:
Handbuilding- Given a slap base, slip, clay tools, and clay, students will continue to
work on their 7 coil high vessel that demonstrates structurally sound construction.
Wheel throwing- Given 15 oz of clay, wheel, water, and an elephant ear sponge,
students will accurately center clay and pull a 3” tall cylinder.
Assessment Criteria:
Handbuilding- craftsmanship, structurally sound, evidence of research, coil technique,
form.
Wheelthrowing- uniformity in thickness of walls, craftsmanship, centering.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson: Note: All background materials, research
documents, and handouts should be listed below and included as attachments.
Packets on multicultural vessels, vessel design handout.

Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Clay, clay tools, slip, wheels, plastic bags, water.

Teacher Activities Student Activities

Introduction (5 minutes):
Explain how students will be working in Pay attention to which group you are in
groups (1 group of 8 students on the wheels so that you know when what days your
at a time, working in a rotation, the other group is wheel throwing.
two groups focus on hand building, rotate
every 2 days.
(SAME GROUP ON WHEEL TODAY)
Development (35 minutes):
Handbuilding-
Direct students to continue working on 7 Handbuilding-
coil high pot construction. Continue to work on 7 coil high vessel.
Remind students that this 7 coil high vessel Do not smooth coils- must demonstrate
is practice for making a structurally sound an understanding of coil construction.
ceramic piece. Wheel throwing-
Handbuilding- Direct students to continue Continue to practice centering. Once
practicing centering. Once students have all clay is centered try opening up the clay
accurately centered clay, give them a short and pulling the walls up 3”.
demonstration on how to open the clay and
pull up the walls.
Ask students to try and pull walls up 3”
with even thickness, when they achieve
this, cut the cylinder in half with a wire tool
to assess. Clean up all supply materials and
Conclusion (10 min)- Clean up wheels, wheels.
clean up clay tools and cover projects with
plastic bags.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, and what to think about for next lesson)
Groups switch tomorrow.
3 / 15 Name: Aurora Macek
DAILY PLAN
Ceramics
Lesson Title: Multicultural Vessel Design / Throwing a Cylinder Grade Level: 9-12

Concepts and Skills:

Concepts (handbuilding)- multiculturalism, functionality, vessel forms, surface
decoration
Concepts (wheelthrowing)- physics, centripetal motion, viscosity, speed, direction,
motion.
Skills (handbuilding)- coil building, slipping and scoring, clay manipulation,
construction.
Skills (wheel throwing)- centering, pugging, wedging, pulling, coning.
Vocabulary: slip, score, rib, knife tool, needle tool, wedging, coil, bone dry, leather
hard, kiln, mark making tool, rumpshaper, slip cast, mold.

Illinois Visual Arts Learning Standards and/or

Illinois Professional Teaching Standards:
VA:Cr2.1.II, VA:Cr2.3.III, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr6.1.II, VA:Re7.1.III, VA:Re7.2.III,
VA:Cn10.1.III

Overall Lesson Objective:

Handbuilding-
Given a demonstration on coil building, a discussion on functionality of vessels, a
demonstration on vessel design, and examples of vessels used by different cultures
around the world, students will research and select a vessel from a different culture
and replicate its form and style of surface design using clay and coild building
techniques.
Wheelthrowing-
Given a demonstration on centering, coning, opening clay, and pulling walls of clay,
students will demonstrate their understanding of wheel throwing by throwing a 4”
cylinder that displays even wall thickness.
Daily Objectives:
Handbuilding- Given a demonstration on using clay tools and smoothing coils,
students will demonstrate understanding of coil building techniques through craftful
construction of a smooth 4 coil high vessel.
Given a variety of multicultural vessels, students will design a vessel of their own and
make a maquette for reference.
Wheel throwing- Given 15 oz of clay and a demonstration on centering and coning,
students will actively practice centering clay and coning.
Assessment Criteria:
Handbuilding- craftsmanship, structurally sound, evidence of research, coil technique,
form.
Wheelthrowing- uniformity in thickness of walls, craftsmanship, centering.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson: Note: All background materials, research
documents, and handouts should be listed below and included as attachments.
Packets on multicultural vessels, vessel design handout.

Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Clay, clay tools, slip, wheels, plastic bags, water.

Teacher Activities Student Activities

Introduction (5 minutes):
Instruct students to begin working within
their groups for the day.
Group 2 has their last on the wheel before
switching back to hand building.
Pay attention to which group you are in
so that you know when what days your
group is wheel throwing.

Development (35 minutes):

Handbuilding-
Give students a demonstration on how to Watch whole class demonstration on
smooth coils using clay tools and rubber smoothing coils and listen to final
and wooden ribs. Instruct students to create project assignment for coil building.
a 4 coil high smoothed vessel. Move into groups on wheel or in
Introduce final project for coil building- handbuilding as necessary.
present vessels from different cultures Handbuilding- work on coil pot
around the world. After students finish construction.
with smooth coil pot, they may design their Wheelthrowing- work on centering clay
multicultural vessel on the paper provided. with 15 oz.
Once finished with this, they may build a
maquette.
Wheelthrowing-
Recap centering and have students practice
with 15 oz of clay.

Conclusion (10 min)- Clean up wheels, Clean up all supply materials and
clean up clay tools and cover projects with wheels.
plastic bags.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, and what to think about for next lesson)
If students are done with 7 coil high pot, start them on next smooth coil mini project.
4 / 15 Name: Aurora Macek
DAILY PLAN
Ceramics
Lesson Title: Multicultural Vessel Design / Throwing a Cylinder Grade Level: 9-12

Concepts and Skills:

Concepts (handbuilding)- multiculturalism, functionality, vessel forms, surface
decoration
Concepts (wheelthrowing)- physics, centripetal motion, viscosity, speed, direction,
motion.
Skills (handbuilding)- coil building, slipping and scoring, clay manipulation,
construction.
Skills (wheel throwing)- centering, pugging, wedging, pulling, coning.
Vocabulary: slip, score, rib, knife tool, needle tool, wedging, coil, bone dry, leather
hard, kiln, mark making tool, rumpshaper, slip cast, mold.

Illinois Visual Arts Learning Standards and/or

Illinois Professional Teaching Standards:
VA:Cr2.1.II, VA:Cr2.3.III, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr6.1.II, VA:Re7.1.III, VA:Re7.2.III,
VA:Cn10.1.III

Overall Lesson Objective:

Handbuilding-
Given a demonstration on coil building, a discussion on functionality of vessels, a
demonstration on vessel design, and examples of vessels used by different cultures
around the world, students will research and select a vessel from a different culture
and replicate its form and style of surface design using clay and coild building
techniques.
Wheelthrowing-
Given a demonstration on centering, coning, opening clay, and pulling walls of clay,
students will demonstrate their understanding of wheel throwing by throwing a 4”
cylinder that displays even wall thickness.
Daily Objectives:
Handbuilding- Given a demonstration on using clay tools and smoothing coils,
students will demonstrate understanding of coil building techniques through craftful
construction of a smooth 4 coil high vessel.
Wheel throwing- Given 15 oz of clay and a demonstration on centering and coning,
students will actively practice centering clay and coning.
Assessment Criteria:
Handbuilding- craftsmanship, structurally sound, evidence of research, coil technique,
form.
Wheelthrowing- uniformity in thickness of walls, craftsmanship, centering.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson: Note: All background materials, research
documents, and handouts should be listed below and included as attachments.
Packets on multicultural vessels, vessel design handout.

Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Clay, clay tools, slip, wheels, plastic bags, water.

Teacher Activities Student Activities

Introduction (10 minutes):
Explain to students that group 2 will be on
the wheels today, but that everyone needs
to watch the demo on hand building before
they more to their stations.
Pay attention to which group you are in
so that you know when what days your
group is wheel throwing.

Development (35 minutes):

Handbuilding-
Give students a demonstration on how to Move into groups on wheel or in
smooth coils using clay tools and rubber handbuilding as necessary.
and wooden ribs. Instruct students to create Wheelthrowing- work on coil pot
a 4 coil high smoothed vessel if needed. construction/ smoothing.
Show students who are finished how to Handbuilding- work on centering clay
make their maquette for reference. with 15 oz.

Wheelthrowing-
Recap centering and have students practice
with 15 oz of clay. Demonstrate how to
open up clay and pull walls when students
are confident on centering.
Clean up all supply materials and
Conclusion (10 min)- Clean up wheels, wheels.
clean up clay tools and cover projects with
plastic bags.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, and what to think about for next lesson)
If students are done smoothing 4 coil pot, start them on the construction of their maquette and the design of their
cultural vessel.
5 / 15 Name: Aurora Macek
DAILY PLAN
Ceramics
Lesson Title: Multicultural Vessel Design / Throwing a Cylinder Grade Level: 9-12

Concepts and Skills:

Concepts (handbuilding)- multiculturalism, functionality, vessel forms, surface
decoration
Concepts (wheelthrowing)- physics, centripetal motion, viscosity, speed, direction,
motion.
Skills (handbuilding)- coil building, slipping and scoring, clay manipulation,
construction.
Skills (wheel throwing)- centering, pugging, wedging, pulling, coning.
Vocabulary: slip, score, rib, knife tool, needle tool, wedging, coil, bone dry, leather
hard, kiln, mark making tool, rumpshaper, slip cast, mold.

Illinois Visual Arts Learning Standards and/or

Illinois Professional Teaching Standards:
VA:Cr2.1.II, VA:Cr2.3.III, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr4.1.I, VA:Pr6.1.II, VA:Re7.1.III, VA:Re7.2.III,
VA:Cn10.1.III

Overall Lesson Objective:

Handbuilding-
Given a demonstration on coil building, a discussion on functionality of vessels, a
demonstration on vessel design, and examples of vessels used by different cultures
around the world, students will research and select a vessel from a different culture
and replicate its form and style of surface design using clay and coild building
techniques.
Wheelthrowing-
Given a demonstration on centering, coning, opening clay, and pulling walls of clay,
students will demonstrate their understanding of wheel throwing by throwing a 4”
cylinder that displays even wall thickness.
Daily Objectives:
Handbuilding- Given a demonstration on using clay tools and smoothing coils,
students will demonstrate understanding of coil building techniques through craftful
construction of a smooth 4 coil high vessel.
Wheel throwing- Given 15 oz of clay and a demonstration on centering and coning,
students will actively practice centering clay and coning.
Given 15 oz of clay and a demonstration on pulling walls, students will accurately pull
a cylinder 3” with even wall thickness.
Assessment Criteria:
Handbuilding- craftsmanship, structurally sound, evidence of research, coil technique,
form.
Wheelthrowing- uniformity in thickness of walls, craftsmanship, centering.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson: Note: All background materials, research
documents, and handouts should be listed below and included as attachments.
Packets on multicultural vessels, vessel design handout.

Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Clay, clay tools, slip, wheels, plastic bags, water.

Teacher Activities Student Activities

Introduction (10 minutes):
Explain that group 3 will have its first day Pay attention to which group you are in
on the wheel today and they are to focus on so that you know when what days your
centering. group is wheel throwing.
Handbuilding explain that students need a
7 coil high pot unsmoothed, a 4 coil high
pot smoothed, a cultural vessel design, and
a maquette before they begin working on
their final projects. Move into groups on wheel or in
Development (35 minutes): handbuilding as necessary.
Handbuilding- Wheelthrowing- work on coil pot
Walk around the room and approve construction/ smoothing.
students coil pots when they are finished Handbuilding- work on centering clay
along with cultural vessel design so they with 15 oz.
may begin working on final project for coil
building.
Wheelthrowing-
Recap centering and have students practice
with 15 oz of clay. Demonstrate how to
open up clay and pull walls when students
are confident on centering. Clean up all supply materials and
wheels.
Conclusion (10 min)- Clean up wheels,
clean up clay tools and cover projects with
plastic bags.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, and what to think about for next lesson)
If students are done smoothing 4 coil pot, start them on the construction of their maquette and the design of their
cultural vessel.
Multicultural Vessel Assessment Criteria (Scaffolding Assignments)

7 coil vessel
1 2 3
Coils Coils were not even Coils were Coils displayed an
in thickness and somewhat uneven even thickness,
there were not in thickness and there were 7 coild
enough coils. had 5-7 coils. total.
Structural Slipping and Slipping and Slipping and
Soundness scoring technique is scoring technique scoring techniques
poor and the vessel needs some work are sound and coil
shattered when and part of the pot did not break
dropped. vessel broke when when dropped.
dropped.

4 coil vessel
1 2 3
Craftsmanship The vessel displays The vessel was The vessel is a good
no craft. The coils slightly small. Walls size. Walls of vessel
were not evenly of the vessel are are even and clay is
smoothed and the mostly even and evenlu smoothed,
walls have varying coils have been cannot see the lines
thickness smoothed. from the coils used
throughout. to construct the
vessel

Wheelthrowing-
Assessment made by cutting 3” cylinder in half with a while tool directly after
throwing, and giving each student personal feedback on ways they could improve their
pulling techniques to obtain a perfectly pulled form.