Arts Lesson Plan

Date submitted: 7/13/2008 

Author:

School:


Moira DuCoeur



Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities


Title:

Grade Level:

Arts Discipline:

My Body

Kindergarten

Drawing Human Form with Charcoal

Lesson Overview/Description:

Lesson 2 of "Kindergarten Self-Portrait": A scientific poster of the body is introduced to students as we discuss the proportion of the body parts. Students practice a drawing of the body on sketch paper. They pair with a budy and talk about the "sizes" of the arms, legs, belly, etc. I will ask what kind of lines they used when drawing certain parts of the body (shoulder vs. legs). Students are given the "head" drawn at an earlier time, on which to add the body.


Idaho Content Standards:

Humanities: Specific Content Standard goals/objectives achieved in lesson

Standard 1: Historical and Cultural Contexts

Standard 2: Critical Thinking

Standard 3: Performance

 

 

K.VA.1.1.3 visual record

K.VA.2.1.5 elements
K.VA.2.1.3 vocabulary

K.VA.3.1.2 equipment
K.VA.3.1.3 apply elements
K.VA.3.3.2 create art about self

Integration Focus: What is the reason for integrating these disciplines?

Science - Body parts
Social Studies - About "Me"


Language Arts - Naming words and position words

 

Learning Targets:

What you want students to know and be able to do as a result of learning process

Assessment Criteria:

The observable traits and dimensions of meeting the learning target—what it looks, sounds, or feels like when the student demonstrates this newly acquired knowledge or skill.

 

Students will use observation to describe the lines in a body.


Students will tell if a body part has curved or straight lines.


Students will use observation to tell about proportion of body parts.

 


Students will tell which is longer (arm or belly? head or leg? top of arm or bottom of arm? etc.).

Students will use line to draw their body in correct proportion.


Students will create their body, using charcoal pencils, showing arms extending to below waist, legs longer than belly and feet and hands shorter than arms and legs.


Students will respectfully respond to others' art with vocabulary related to line and proportion.

 


Students will compliment one other student's self-portrait noting details of line or proportion.



Responding/Reflecting: Guiding Questions before, during and after the lesson activity that help students build critical thinking skills, link big ideas with historical/cultural resources, and reflect on and assess their own and other’s art.  

1. Describe

2. Analyze

What is this a picture of? What body parts do you see?

What kinds of lines do you see in this drawing? Where do you see more of those lines?

Who would like to see this drawing that you have done? Why?

Did you show a picture of you? How do you know?

3. Interpret

4. Evaluate


Learning Sequence: Indicate steps needed to achieve learning targets

Note Idaho Humanities Content

Standard/student artistic process

element addressed in each step

1.                                                                                                      


Observe famous human body forms in portraits. Observe a scientific drawing of a human form (simple form). Question and observe the line and proportion.

  Check for understanding by: In-process assessment of student learning through questions, self reflection, teacher scan, peer sharing, checklist, or other assessment tools 


 


 


 


 

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Have students practice drawing a human body with modeling along the way for each body part. Ask students to tell a partner what their favorite part of their "practice body" is. Ask what kind of line they used on the part.

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Give students the self-portrait face they created the lesson before, and ask them to create their body on the face.

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4.                                                                                                      


Gather students to the story corner and lay their work in the middle of a student circle. Ask them to compliment one other student's work.

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Responding: Closing Reflection with Students

Did you achieve the learning targets? How effectively did you meet each assessment criteria for the lesson?
Did students draw generally correct proportion? Did they form arms, belly, legs, hands, and feet? Did students respond to other students art in a positive (it is kindergarten) and true manor? Did they use vocabulary related to line and proportion?

 

 


Key Vocabulary: Arts and Integration-focused

Arts Historical/Cultural Resources: Artists, artwork, performances, music, websites, DVDs, books...

Materials, Equipment, Space: Art or classroom supplies, tools, instruments, props, special classroom set-up arrangements

Art- curved line, straight line, "right-sized" (proportion), balance

 

Song-"Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" (English and Spanish)

Full-length mirror

Science- arm, leg, belly, hand, foot, waist, shoulders, knees, etc.

 

Artist's human body portraits (whatever is available in art room)

Charcoal pencils

Language Arts - naming words and positon words (above, below, middle, etc.)

 

Scientific body drawing (in my class)

Paper with ovals (for heads) already provided

Social Studies - What is the same about all people and what it different? What is special about me?




 











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