Drawing / Lesson Plan 1

 

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Unit: Art

Theme: Drawing

 

Introduction

Drawing happens when one makes a picture or diagram with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint. For instance, "a series of charcoal drawings on white paper" are considered drawing. Modes of drawings can be broken down into three different types: realistic, symbolic, and expressive.

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Learning Objectives

  •  Understand why children face difficulties when drawing
  • Explain Edward's theory about left brain-right brain
  • Gain an awareness of the complexity of the brain 
  • Experience the importance of drawing for children


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WARM UP

Mindfulness

 

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Creative Storming

Students simulate the creation of a shaped object and pass it to the next student. Each student changes the object using hand gestures.

 

Question 1

Write a reflection about the activity and explain how you thing it could help your students. 

 

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Main Lesson

 

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When one googles "why is drawing so hard?" One gets the following:

If you're wondering why is drawing hard, one important thing to know about drawing is that it requires involvement of the right side of the brain, a side people are not used to use that much. It can be very tricky to change the way you draw with your brain at first, but that needs to happen in order to draw well.Jul 11, 2017

Why is drawing hard? And what to do about it to draw better ... - SweetMonia


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Article: Drawing on an Outdated Theory? 

by Jess Dorn

It is sometimes said that our brain consists of a left hemisphere that excels in intellectual, rational, verbal, and analytical thinking and a right hemisphere that excels in sensory discrimination and in emotional, nonverbal, and intuitive thinking. However, in the normal brain, with extensive commissural interconnections, the interaction of the two hemispheres is such that we cannot dissociate clearly their specialized functions.

Questions

3. Why do so many children have problems with drawing?

4. What is Edward's theory? Explain

5. Why is the theory more of a useful analogy at this point? Explain

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Video





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 Question 5

Why should kids draw?
 
 
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A Note to Remember
 
 Drawing is only difficult if students feel judged or if they judge themselves. If the teacher creates a safe and creative environment, drawing could be a genre that would make any child feel creative, successful and accomplished.
 

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Case Study


Drawing a Self-Portrait.



 
 
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Activity 2
 
    Individual Work
 
Create a lesson plan to teach drawing using the MDCPS Competency Based Curriculum & the Visual and Performing Arts Department shown bellow.

 
 

 Visual & Performing Arts Department, Division of Academics

https://vpa.dadeschools.net/#!/

 


POST YOUR LESSON PLAN ON DISCUSSION BOARD

 

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Journaling

 

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Glossary

 

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Sources

 


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Students' Work


Self-Portraits
 
 
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Wysh Ben Tom Norchad Julia
 
 
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Sami, Hailey, Ally W, Alexis, Marina, Michelle
 
 
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Genevieve, Heather, Maddie, Alexa, Jen, Ellie, Lexi, Dan
 

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