Wish you were here lesson plan

Teacher: Ms. Grace Ahn

Grade Level: 8^th Grade

Title: Wish you were here….

 

Brief History and Background: Consider the purpose of postcards and how they are used to facilitate personal messages. Usually, one will purchase a postcard with an image on the front side that typically represents the location one is currently at, while on the reverse side, one will find a few sentences jotted down. With this said, it seems obvious that there is limited writing simply because the image says it all. This lesson plan,

“Wish you were here”, will encourage students to think and visually express what they considered to be home or their special pla

ce.

 

Standards:

NETS: 1.a,, 1.b,1.c, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d, 3.b, 3.c, 3.d, 4.b, 4.c, 4.d, 5. C, 6.d

PA: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

 

Goal: Students will use mixed media to create a postcard in which they will then scan into the computer and publish on the class on-line gallery/blog.

 

Objectives:

Students will research postcard art via the Internet or the school library

Students will reflect and think about what they consider to be home

Students will produce a postc

ard of their own depicting their personal home using mixed media

Students will learn how to upload their image onto the internet and publishing it in the classroom virtual art gallery/blog

 

Resource Materials/ Visual Aids:

-Post cards

-Student and teacher exemplars

-Computers for online research and publishing

-Library books on postcards

 

Supplies/ Material:

-White matte board cut to size 6”x8”

-Pencils

-Erasers

-Scissors

-Water Color

-Color markers

-Acrylic Paint

-Brushes

-Nature Magazines for cut out

-Glue

-Pen and Ink

 

Teacher Preparation:

Teachers must have white matte board cut to size prior to the students arriving. Materials should be organized and readily available for students. Since this project is mixed media and some students may use materials other might not, be prepared to have a wide variety of materials for students to use. When introducing this lesson, teacher should have an exemplar of the final project created by the teacher and other students. The teacher should also have material for students to research ideas. Therefore, library books should be made available, as well as internet sites which are appropriate for children to research. Perhaps have a few links already opened in a web browser or have the web site addresses written on the board for students.

 

Teaching:

Introduction: Begin this lesson by asking the students to think about what they consider home to be, and what they see in their minds when they think about home. This should lead into a short 5-minute discussion on home, special and personal spaces that have significant meaning and are what the students consider home. After the short introduction and discussion, show students the exemplars of what they will be creating. Explain that after they create their postcard, it will be scanned and published online in the art class virtual gallery/blog.

 

Directions:

1. Have student’s research through books and web pages on postcard art.
2. Have students produce a few sketches on what the consider home.
3. Once they have an image or idea they are confident with, they can begin on the white matte board
4. Students may use pen, markers, watercolor, magazine collage or paints to create their image. There is no specific medium they have to use however, it must be thoughtful and creative.
5. When completed students will share with the class what they have produced and explain their thought process and reasoning for their design.
6. Students will then learn how to scan, and upload their image onto the class virtual gallery/blog

 

Critique/ Evaluation/ Assessment:

Students will engage in a discussion and critique of the work they produced. Each student will present their work and talk about how they were able to visually represent their idea of home. Evaluation and assessment will be based on participation, creativity, respect, positive attitude, and completion of work.

 

Time:

This lesson will expand over three class periods:

Day 1- Research and sketches

Day 2- Production

Day 3- Critique/ and Virtual Gallery/Blog upload

 

Vocabulary:

Virtual

Blog

Gallery

Upload

 

Safety Concern:

N/A