This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
Students will plan and design a still life composition. When composing the still life, students will choose objects that emphasize a variety of shapes and textures, and arrange the objects to reflect balance. Next students will create a photographic still life and use it as inspiration to write a poem. Then students will present the still life photograph and poem to the class.
Students will discuss a narrative work of art in order to interpret and understand the theme from the "Open Court" unit on "Risks and Consequences." Students imagine the events occurring before and after a narrative scene, sketch their ideas, then write a story describing the action and publish their story and illustrations in a book. The works of art and sketches provide a focus to practice writing three-part stories with dialogue and using adjectives and prepositions.
Students will examine a scene depicting Herakles (known as Hercules to the Romans) and the Hydra on the face of a black-figure "hydria". They will then read Greek myths and choose one to depict in the style of the vase painter, known as the Eagle Painter.
Model for an interactive introductory presentation for students who are distance learning. Created for 3rd graders, but can be adapted for other ages.
Great list of ways that Teams and Teachers in your division can collaborate with their ITRTs. Patrick Hausammann of Clarke put this together and it is a great starting point for your own list!
Ryan Dixon of Virginia Beach developed this website to support students and parents as they move to virtual learning. Feel free to use this idea for your own students and parents web site!
Blenna Patterson and Darlene Lane of Radford developed these short, printable reminders about using technology tools, to accompany their Tech Tips videos (see https://sites.google.com/rcps.org/rcpsplc/tech-tips)
Cori Sowers of Danville collected all the recorded Presentations of the Summer 2020 Teaching with Tech Virtual Conference held in Danville.
Help students recognize their habits when using technology using this 24-hour tracking challenge!
Patrick Hausammann of Clarke developed this chart to explain the work done by ITRTs and Tech Support personnel. It's a great starter for your own list to share with administrators, teachers, and others.
Students explore how an artist emphasized the narrative in a work of art that depicts a single moment from the story. They then write a newspaper article, using visual clues in the painting to imagine how the narrative depicted may have unfolded.
Students use pitch to explore the characters in a story.
In this Thematic Exploration, students will explore the different ways artists represent individuals in portraits. They will learn to gather clues about the time period in which the portrait was created, the lives of the subjects, and the thoughts of the artists.
Using portraits from the VMFA's collection, students will explore the Who, What, When, Where, and Why of portraiture. Guiding questions are woven throughout the activity, alongside a close examination of seven different portraits from a variety of different eras and cultures. Students are encouraged to observe, interpret, analyze, and reflect thoughtfully in each step. This activity also includes summative reflection questions to wrap up the conversation, as well as an optional "Create Your Own Portrait" activity.
Students explore different ways to change a simple sentence and melody to understand the concept of theme and variation.
This lesson focuses on artworks that depict things people use for a meal. Students will build vocabulary and enhance language arts skills while learning about still life in a painting. Activities emphasize prepositions of location -- through discussions about objects depicted in the featured work of art.
A few tips for how to get your group going and keep it healthy.
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations to celebrate their "Open Court" "City Wildlife" unit.
This lesson plan explores elements of wonder, distortion, fantasy, and whimsy in The Nursery "Alice," Lewis Carroll's adaptation for younger readers of his beloved classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Copyright is important for all teachers, students, and bloggers to know about. And it doesn’t have to be as complicated as you think. We’re here to break down the basics of copyright and other related topics like fair use, public domain, and Creative Commons.