Stephanie Murnane

Student Teaching Internship

December 1, 2003

 

 

Lesson: Environment Relief Sculptures                           School: Walnut Springs Middle School

Media: Clay / Acrylic Painting                                       (Westerville City Schools)

Grade Level: 7^th                                                            Cooperating Teacher: Jancy Cossin

Time Frame: 8 – 42 minute classes

 

Lesson Overview

            Students will be creating relief environment sculptures out of clay. Students will be researching their chosen environment using technology to obtain visuals of animals, plants, trees, and other environmental ideas for their sculptures. Students will learn about background, middle ground, and foreground and to create all three in their relief sculpture.

 

Goals

1.      Students will research environments from around the world using technology.

2.      Students will plan, draw, and color their plan for a relief sculpture.

3.      Students will create a relief sculpture using clay.

4.      Students will paint a finished sculpture using acrylic paint.

 

Evaluation and Assessment

1.      Students will be assessed on their drawing skills and use of color in their design.

2.      Students will be assessed on ceramic and relief vocabulary through a written test.

3.      Students will be assessed using a rubric to grade their relief sculptures. (see attached)

 

Vocabulary

Relief:

            Sculpture – A three dimensional work of art, or the art of making it.

            Relief – a relief is a type of sculpture in which form projects from a background.

            High Relief – a form that extends at least halfway out of the background.

            Background – The part of a scene which appears to be the farthest away from the viewer,

                    usually nearest to the horizon line.

            Middle Ground – lies between the foreground and background.

            Foreground – The area of the picture, usually towards the bottom of the scene, which appears to

                    be closest to the viewer.

            Depth – The third dimension. The apparent distance between the front and back or near to far,

                    creating the illusion of depth.             

            Overlapping – When one object/thing lies over another, partially covering the object behind.

Ceramic:

            Carving – The process of cutting into the surface of a material to change its shape

            Construct – The process of building onto a surface to change its shape

            Slip – Clay and water combination

            Score – the act of making marks into clay for the purpose of construction.

            Bone dry – When clay is completely free of moisture, ready to be fired.

            Kiln – The oven clay is fired in to become finished

 

Visual Art Examples

            Teacher visuals – magazine pictures

            Picture resources of animals, plants, trees, ecosystems

            PowerPoint presentation on Environmental Relief Sculptures

            Handouts – Planning/Design

                               Full color design

                               Vocabulary

 

Supplies

            Visual Art Examples (listed above)                    colored pencils

            Clay                                                                 computers

            Clay tools                                                         magazines (visual references)

            Newspaper                                                      plastic bags

            Slip containers                                                  masking tape

 

Assessment

(See attached)

 

 

Organizational Overview and Time Frame

Day 1 – Introduction to Environment Relief Sculptures

Time Frame – 42 minutes

 

Objectives                    1. Students will learn about the assignment and expectations

                                    2. Students will learn about relief sculptures

                                    3. Students will learn vocabulary dealing with the assignment

                                    4. Students will begin their planning/research worksheet

 

 

8:51 – 8:53                    Target Time – All students have two minutes to be prepared and ready for class.

 

8:53 – 8:55                    Introduction to Today’s Agenda – See objectives listed above

 

8:55 – 9:10                    PowerPoint Presentation on Assignment/Vocabulary

           

9:10 – 9:15                    Brainstorm ideas on the board pertaining environments we can use in the

                                    creation of our sculptures

 

9:15 – 9:30                   Students work on their planning sheet

 

9:30 – 9:33                    Cleanup

 

9:33                              Dismiss