Unit Overview: Students will create a line drawing in order to demonstrate use of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.
I like to use this lesson as a fun way to introduce/review horizontal, diagonal, and vertical lines in the primary age groups of elementary. Teaching these lines is important because they are the foundation to shape, landscapes, portraits, pattern, and more. You can never review line too often.
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Unit Overview: Students will create a personal parade drawing using observation and imagination in order to demonstrate contour line and visual story.
As a first year teacher, I love this lesson as a way to get to know students. There were four prompts to make this parade. I had students follow the prompts that were given them, but be creative within those prompts. The prompts had to do with observation, imagination, hybrid drawing, and memory. First in their parade, students drew a picture of themselves leading the parade. They also had to create a banner, sign, or display that showed the name of their parade. Within this prompt, the students could be creative by making themselves any way they wanted. If they wanted to be a Jedi, clown, dancer, band leader, etc, they could draw themselves in that manner. Second in their parade was an observational drawing. Students were required to draw something that they could see. They could draw anything in the classroom. I even brought some fun objects in to draw. Students were allowed to animate the objects after drawing them from observation. Third in line was a drawing from imagination. I read a prompt and students created an animal based on that description. The description was such: This creature has large fuzzy feet, big ears, and a long spiky tail. This was a fun and exciting prompt for the students. Fourth and last, students created a hybrid drawing. I introduced students to what a hybrid drawing is and showed examples of "hybrid animals" to students. After the slideshow, I told students that they must combine a minimum of two objects together to create one hybrid object. The outcomes were creative and delightful. This lesson helped me to get to know my students in a creative and artistic way. It allowed me a glimpse into the student's life and told me about what they admire, celebrate, and deem important. |
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