Visual Literacy Lesson Plan Assignment

Art Standards: 5.5.2.2.2 Create: Generate and develop original artistic ideas: Generate plans for art that
investigates a social, cultural, or personal theme.

Art Objective Students will create their own version of The Starry Night using oil pastels.
Description of Students will be learning about Vincent van Gogh’s piece “The Starry Night”. Students
Activity: will brainstorm windows they look through in their house that has some sort of
significance to them. Then students are going to be creating an image of the view they
see when looking through a window within their own household using oil pastels.
Art sample used The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
for lesson:
Grade Level for 5th Grade
Lesson:
Materials needed: Oil Pastels, Paper, The Starry Night art piece

Prior knowledge None

(if needed)
ACTIVITIES
Time Teaching Learning
“Vincent Van Gogh’s piece the  
starry night shows his view from
(30 Sec) outside his window. Today we are Students Listening
going to be creating our own
version of this piece using oil
pastels.”
“Notice the color palette he chose
when creating this oil painting. So,
Students raise their hands and answer questions
we know cool colors and warm
using their prior knowledge.
(2-5 min) colors. What are some cool colors?
What are considered some warm
colors? What moods are essentially
attached to cool colors? To warm
colors?”
“Now that we’ve answered those
questions when brainstorming for
our own piece I would like you to Students Listening
(2 min)
be intentional on what color
palette you choose based on the
mood you want to evoke in your
project.”

“I will be handing you a blank piece

of paper that we will be using as
our brainstorming sheets before
(5 min) we start to plan our own piece.”

“Now I want you to think of a room Students begin filling out the paper
in your house that has significance (Ex: 1. Bedroom, 2. Trees, fence, grass, pool)
to you. Then I want you to think
about the windows within that
room and the view you would see if
you looked through them. Write
down the room you thought of
with a 1 next to it. Then I want you
(20-30 Min) to write down some things you
would see if you looked out the Students finish filling out the sheet and begin
window of that room with a 2 next completing the final artwork piece using oil
to it.” pastels.
(5 min)
“Now I am going to come around
and look over your sheet. Once I
see you have it filled out you can Students complete the project and look over the
move on to creating your view you checklist before turning in the project.
see out the window.”

“When you complete your project,

I would like you to look over the
checklist on the board if you can
answer yes to every question on
the checklist your project is ready
to turn in”
Checklist:
Do the colors I chose make sense
for my artwork?
Is my artwork original?
Does my artwork have at least 3
key things that shows the teacher
the view I see from that window?
Is my project created neatly?

Assessment 1. Finished Brainstorming Sheet 1. Criteria:

Filled out completely
checked off by the teacher before continuing to
the project.
2. Finished Window Artwork
 Project 2. Criteria:
Has at least 3 things/components that shows the
teacher their view out the window.
The intentional use of color.
The artwork is complete neatly and has a sense of
originality.
Explanation of The students will be learning a little bit about the piece “The Starry Night” using that
visual literacy then as the inspiration to create their own piece of artwork. The students are exposed
skills to an old piece of artwork where you get a look into another person’s view. This could
be in a unit of first-person artwork. Artworks that artists give the audience their view of
somewhere or something.