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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The HeART of All Things Clay - Lesson Plan 1

Title: Self-Expression through Clay                                                                                                
Level or Course: Grades 8-12
Time Needed: 95 minute sessions
Over all Goals:  Description & Purpose. Include: 
·       What “big idea/concept” is the focus of this lesson? This is the larger theme that is explored in the lesson these are broad ideas such as identity, loss, etc.
o   Begin exploring how certain emotions can affect art.
o   What traits can represent certain emotions?
·       Why is it important for students to participate in this experience?
o   Emotion can play a huge role in developing an artists’ work, and this lesson is to make students aware of this before we start diving into more detailed ideas.
·       What art content/concept or technical skill are the students learning?
o   Abstraction
o   Turning sound into an object

Objectives: What do you hope to accomplish? Include multiple objectives that address content, academic skills, social skills, etc.  Use the following format: TLW (The Learner will). Each objective should include WHAT the student will learn and HOW the student will learn it. The assessment is directly connected to these objectives.
TLW learn how emotion can affect their artmaking, by manipulating clay while listening to different kinds of music.
TLW reflect on how emotions affect art by discussing the similarities and differences of the pieces with their peers.
TLW recognize what traits can represent certain emotions by observing expressive works of art and discussing what emotion each work is portraying.

NAEA Standards:  Generally a lesson focuses on a few of the standards. 
Creating- Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
               Proficient: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
Accomplished: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Advanced: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Responding - Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
               Proficient: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
Accomplished: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
Advanced: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.


Visuals: Art History, Artist, information & examples
“Finding Inspiration for Art Projects : Art Ideas for Inspiration: Matching Music to an Art Project” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB8uWTfDr0
Brandy Cattoor, Nielly Francoise, Mabbery + Walker,  Bastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard
Supplies, Materials and Resources Needed: Materials, Technology websites, youtube, PowerPoint:
            Youtube, 3 balls of clay per student, PowerPoint
Vocabulary: an element or principle of design, or art concept that is being introduced that relates to the lesson.
Abstract: expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed.
of or relating to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another.
Self-expression: the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
Manipulate:  to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.
Shape/Form: Shape implies spatial form and is usually perceived as two-dimensional. Form has depth, length, and width and resides in space. It is perceived as three-dimensional.

Teaching Procedure Plan (with time needed for each part)
PROMOTION (30-45 min.)
A.  Motivation/Hook/Introduction: Open with an activity that will engage the students, with a technical skill, PowerPoint, introduction to an artist or activity that relates to the lesson.  (4 min.)
Class will begin with a video demonstrating making art along with music. (2 min.)
                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB8uWTfDr0
Once video is done playing, talk about her use of gestural/abstract lines and how the music influenced each movement. (2 min.)
B.  Instruction or Demonstration (3 min.)
            Play video of teacher demonstration the activity for today. (3 min.)
The teacher should explain the thought process they had while making the piece- Explain why they chose certain shapes/forms for certain parts of the song.  
This part needs to include what concept or skill the students are learning and how they will model this in the lesson.
C. Work Period. Supply distribution, task analysis of student-teacher interaction, clean up procedures.  What is happening step by step in the lesson, what are the students doing for each part of the lesson plan and how does it unfold?  (38 min.)
            Class will walk over to clay station, and each student will grab a mound of clay.
The teacher will then demo how to wedge clay for the students, before allowing them to wedge their own. (5 min.)
                        Emphasize the importance of wedging well! They do not want air bubbles in their clay.
             After students wedge their clay, have them divide their clay into 3 parts. (2 min.)
                        Form 3 parts into balls, and put 2 off to the side. Minimal size of two fists.
(Before/between songs, students can take the ball of clay, and separate it into smaller pieces to make working faster.)
            Make sure students don’t have any questions before beginning the video.
Remind them to keep it abstract. Focus on shapes and “movement” that they feel when listening to the music- the motions you feel when you hear the music (not enough time to focus on making one specific object).
            Begin playing music. (15 min.)
                        As students finish each piece, have them set it to the side, and grab a new ball of clay
Once students have completed each song, allow them time to get up and look around at everyone else’s works. (2 min.)
Have everyone sit back down, and discuss if there are any similarities or differences between their works. (5 min.)
If students feel comfortable enough, have them volunteer to explain why they chose a certain shape/form.
            Return back to the songs, and discuss how the 3 songs made them feel. (2 min.)
Then discuss if the different shapes they used reflected these different feelings they had during the music. (2 min.)
Cleanup (5 min.)
Spend remaining class looking at expressive art, and talking about the different emotions coming through the works.
            How does it express that emotion? What characteristics gave it away?
D.  Closure: Reflect/Share. What strategies will I use to encourage sharing, complex communication, and critical thinking? What questions will I ask the students to engage them to discuss their art?
After everyone has had a chance to create a piece to go along with the music, there will be time for everyone to look at what other students have done.
When the class is done observing other student’s work, they will then talk about it.
            What were some things your works had in common?
            What were some differences?
            Does anyone want to discuss why they chose a certain form?
            What part of the song inspired you to create that shape?
When looking at the images of other expressive works, students will be asked to talk about the emotions they get from the painting.
            What do you think the artist is trying to portray through this piece?
            What characteristics tell you that?
            How does color play into the emotions of the work?
            Are there any similarities between these works and the works you created with the music?
E.  Rubric/Assessment/Evaluation: This needs to be measurable and specific. How will the the objectives be assessed? How will I know if the lesson was sucessful and the studentscan demonstrate in their work knowledge of what the lesson covered.
            1=Strongly Disagree, 5=Strongly Agree
            I understand the topics presented in class today: 1  2  3  4  5
            Here’s what I thought class was about:
            I felt I did well on the assignment: 1  2  3  4  5
            This assignment was interesting: 1  2  3  4  5, because:
            My favorite part about this assignment was:
            My least favorite part about this assignment was:

            Additional comments/suggestions:

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