Easter Mosaic - 2:10-3:30

Desired Results
General Learning 7- Students will create emphasis by the treatment of forms and qualities
Outcome(s) 8 - Students will create unity by integrating the parts of a composition into the whole
10iii - Students will use media and techniques, with an emphasis on mixing media and
perfecting techniques in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography
and technographic arts.

Specific Learning
Outcome(s) 7-A: A. The centre of interest can be made prominent by contrasting its size, shape, colour or
texture from the other parts of the composition.

8-C: Transitions of colour, texture or tone relate the parts of a composition to a unified whole

8-E: Interesting negative space complements and binds the positive areas into an harmonious
whole

10iii-D:Continue to make two- and three dimensional assemblages from found materials,
reaching for more sophistication leading to specifics, such as puppets, mobiles, mosaics,
papier-mâché

Learning Students will:

Objective(s) - Create a paper or digital 2-D mosaic of a cross that contrasts with the warm or cool
toned background
- Utilize negative space to balance the forms and create unity.

StageAssessment Evidence
Summative Finished Product Formative Question & Answer Discussion
Assessment (Effort Grade Only) Assessment

StageLearning Experience
Tech Slides Resource Chromebooks
EdPuzzle Video Colour Construction Paper
to Do s to Bring
Google Draw Glue
Scissors

Time Content/Description What will I be doing?

80 min Intro & Lesson: (15 min) - Use sign language

- Agenda for the class to communicate with
- Today’s Learning Outcome: (Students will read aloud) my students when
possible.
 - I can create a paper or digital 2-D mosaic of a cross that - Circulating the room
contrasts with the warm or cool toned background, to ensure the
- I can use negative space to balance and create unity in my students are on task
art. and following the
- What is a mosaic? proper steps
- I will show a bunch of examples of a mosaic and then for - Check in with the
the students to look at as they come in from recess. digital students after
- Ask the students first (with hands raised using sign giving instructions to
language) what a mosaic is. the others. I will give
- A mosaic is a type of artwork that is often displayed on a real-time tutorial if
floors and walls as decoration. It is made up of small desired.
regular or irregularly shaped pieces of material assembled - Helping where
in a picture or pattern and set with mortar (cement). necessary
Common materials include ceramics, glass and stone. - Playing music
- What is the history of mosaics? - Continually tidying
- Mosaics date back to the ancient world! The first mosaics - Encouraging the
that are recorded are from 3 BC - that means even before students and
Jesus’ time! providing verbal
- Mosaics are extremely durable pieces of art, and many feedback using
ancient roman mosaics dating from 300-1400 AD are still terms related to the
around today in Italy and Greece. lesson.
- Mosaics were commonly used to decorate churches in the - Supervising clean
Medieval times. up, ensuring all are
- Modern Day Mosaics contributing and
- Where have you seen mosaics? acting appropriately.
- Nowadays, mosaics are used quite often to liven up city - Give tasks to
spaces, bathrooms, gardens, and art galleries. students who are
- Mosaic materials fooling around,
- There are two components to mosaics, the mortar and the distracting others, or
mosaic pieces. standing around.
- The mortar is a cement which holds all of the pieces - Scan the classroom
together. For our art purposes today our “mortar” will be before the students
glue. leave to ensure all
- Mosaic pieces can be made up of glass, pebbles, ceramics, materials are put
tiles, shells, beads, and or paper. away, the ground is
- Negative Space clean, and
- If you can recall back to our silhouette art we talked about belongings are taken
negative space. home.
- Can anyone remember what negative space is? - Give a reminder
- Negative space is space around and in between the main about upcoming due
subject of the artwork. dates (reading
- In our example of today’s art, can you identify what the report)
negative space might be?
- The negative space is the space between each of
your mosaic pieces that help to compliment the
positive areas of the artwork
- Warm & Cool Tones
- I will show a quick picture of cool and warm tones on the
board
- If you are wearing a cool tone can you stand up?
- If you are wearing a warm tone can you stand up?
- The students will take their seats and I will resume.
- Colours come in families, cool and warm tones
 - When thinking of cool tones you can think of winter and the
colours associated with winter such as blue.
- Warm tones are the opposite, think warm = fire.
- Contrast
- Contrast is when one subject in the artwork is very different
from the rest. Contrast = difference.
- In our example of art, can you identify what pieces are
contrasted?
- The black cross is contrasted from the light and
bright surrounding pieces.
- This draws our eye to the center of the artwork →
to the cross.

Instructions: (~10 min)

The students will have two options on how to complete today's art. I will
present each option and provide a brief overview of each one.

I will then ask who would like to do the online art. Those people can grab
their chromebooks quietly and begin watching the instructional video (with
headphones) while I teach the remaining students how to do the physical
version.

Digital :
- Materials: Chromebook & Headphones
- Students will open GC Art and click the link to watch the ED puzzle
video.
- The video will outline how to download Google Draw, Add an image
and make mosaic shapes using the draw tool.
- The students should choose to either use warm tones or cool tones
for their surrounding colours.

Physical:
- Materials:
- Cream construction paper (background)
- Black construction paper (cross)
- Coloured construction paper (surrounding pieces)
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Step 1: Name on back of cream paper
- Step 2: Trace out a cross on black construction paper and cut it out.
- Step 3: Snip off a piece and glue it down where you would like to
start the cross. Continue cutting and gluing into the shape of the
cross being sure to leave room for the negative space. Trim away
extra as needed and add pieces as needed. Try to keep the outer
edges straight to define the shape well.
- (I will use a powerpoint with shapes to demonstrate this on
the board to conserve resources)
- Step 4: Choose warm tones or cool tones.
- Step 5: Cut and glue your mosaic pieces to fill the entire
background with your tiles.
 - I found that it was easiest to cut a bunch of pieces first and
then glue them all down, fitting them in like a puzzle and
trimming as necessary. One by one is too time consuming.
- Add your colours around the cross as you desire!
- Step 6: Trim any overhanging pieces and fill in any gaps.
- Step 7: Hand in and offer to help others cut pieces for their mosaic

Work time (~40 min)

- After giving the instructions the students will have time to work.
- The students may visit as they work as long as they remain on task
and seated at their desks.
- I will play some music in the background as they work.
- Materials will be available for them on the side counter.
- Warm and cool colours will be separated on the shelf.

Clean Up (15 minutes):

Since it is the end of the day, we will have a 10 minute classroom clean up
starting around 3:15.
- Clap signal followed by ‘hands on top’ to get the students’ attention
and stop busy hands.
- I will give a run down of my expectations and clean up of materials
- I will put a timer on the board and the students can start cleaning
- Near the end I will have a mystery piece of garbage (the person
who picks it up will earn a starbuck).
- When the students are finished tidying and have completed their
classroom jobs they will stand behind their desks for further
instruction.
- Depending how much time is left, we will either play the game 11 or
I will dismiss the students (what they ate for breakfast style).

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Follow Up