3D: Alluminum People

The lesson starts off with a short power point on Alberto Giacometti and his figures. The students will then be given time to practice creating a human figure with 3-4 pipe cleaners. This will be a small version of the final product. They will then move their figure so that the person is showing some sort of movement. The students will then begin to make their final figure that shows movement. They will cover the figure with aluminum foil and mount it on a foam block with their name on it.

This would be a great lesson to have language arts integrated with. Students would write small facts about their person involving the movement that they are showing. The students would then use the facts to write a newspaper article about their figure. 

Oil Pastels: Turtles

This lesson starts off with the students and the teacher going over a short power point. After the power point the teachers will demonstrate different techniques with the oil pastels. The students will be given time to practice the techniques that they will have to use in their final project. The students will then be instructed to draw a turtle and use at least three of the techniques to draw their oil pastel turtle.

This would be a good lesson to incorporate language arts with. The students could write a short story using beginning, middle, and end to tell about their turtle. They could also talk in first, second, or third person. 

Clay: Pendants

To start the lesson the students will be given a bag of objects. Students will close their eyes and try to guess what is inside the bag. The students will then talk briefly about what they know about fossils. Next they will practice different techniques for wedging clay. They will then practice imprinting into the clay. After practicing they will roll out their clay using the tools so that the clay is the right thickness. After they roll out their clay they will imprint into the clay. After the imprinting they will color their clay using metallic colors. 

This lesson would be great to incorporate with science as the lesson discusses. To go further I would have the students write about what time period their fossil they created was from. They would need to write a paragraph about the fossil (4-6 sentences). This would be good so that the students can show their learning.  

Printmaking

This lesson started off with pictures from Lynda Goldberg, "Fern Dreams." The students will be prompted to explain what they see and the different textures they can see as well. This type of printmaking is called mono print. The students will be shown how to do printmaking and will be given a gel plate that they will use to do this. The students will also be instructed to create their own shape that they will use in their final project. Once the students practice they will have to create four different prints on a sheet of paper and with two of the prints they have to show two colors. Students must also answer the three questions:

1.What is printmaking?

2. What is a mono print?

3. What is texture?

This lesson could be integrated with social studies in an interesting way. Before starting this lesson the students could research famous labels or other things that were made using printmaking. Each students could then have an old design that they must recreate and make a print of. Each student would be creating their own prints and when we would display them as a class we would use a timeline to show the difference of prints over the years. 

Crafts: Egg Carton Animals

The lesson starts with a white sheet of paper in front of each students. They are given the instruction to choose a primary color and draw as many nouns as they can think of. They then need to take another primary color and write more nouns down. Each student will then be given an egg carton with construction paper parts to an animal (frog, bear, fish, or bird). The students will be instructed to color their egg carton a secondary color. Once the students are done colors they can cut out and put their animal together. The students will then glue their animal to their noun sheet and write on a notecard: I see a (color) (animal) staring at me. 

This lesson is already incorporated with language arts. This could be used as a project after a lesson about nouns. A teacher could teach a normal lesson about nouns and explicitly teach. After the lesson as a closing activity or post-assessment this lesson could be used as a fun activity for the students to do. 

2D: Tree of Life

This lesson will start off with a mini lesson about the artist Gustav Klimt and his tree of life. The teachers will then show different techniques of making swirls. The students will then be instructed to create their own tree of life using metallic paint. Once the students are done painting they will be instructed to cut out at least three circles or squares that represent your family. My painting has five circles for my dad, my mom, my brother, my brother's girlfriend, and myself. 

This would be a good lesson to incorporate language arts into. Once the students are done with their paintings I would have them write a story about their tree and in their story they must explain who each circle represents and explain why you chose the paper you did for that person. This would be a great creative writing lesson for language arts.  

Painting: Georgia O'Keefe

This lesson is about painting. The lesson starts with a mini lesson about Georgia O'Keefe to introduce the lesson of painting. She was known for up close paintings of flowers but she also painted other things as well. After the mini lesson the students were given examples of different ways to paint or different techniques if you will. The students are then given time to practice the different techniques and are then told to use the techniques they were in their final project. The students are told to draw a picture of a flower that uses the different techniques of painting. 

This lesson would be a perfect on to integrate science into. Since this lesson has to do with flowers it would be a perfect idea to have the students talk about the different parts of a plant. The students would need to draw a small diagram of a flower and label the different parts of a flower. Once the students have labeled all of the parts they will label their drawing with whatever part of the flower is showing.