SKETCHBOOK SYMBOLS
PROJECT/UNIT DESCRIPTION/EXPEDITION:
Students will be working on designing a composition that will be used as a cover for their sketchbooks that they will be using for the rest of the semester. They will draw symbols on small square pieces of paper that they can cut or just paste onto their cover that will represent what is important to them.
Students will be working on designing a composition that will be used as a cover for their sketchbooks that they will be using for the rest of the semester. They will draw symbols on small square pieces of paper that they can cut or just paste onto their cover that will represent what is important to them.
ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING:
- Decisions about art - making can be developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments |
INQUIRY/LEARNING TARGET:
-Students will draw symbols that represent what is important to them. -Students will create a composition of their symbols on their sketchbook cover. |
KEY CONCEPTS:
-Planning -Ideation -Artistic Process -Expression |
SKILLS:
-Express an idea -Brainstorming -Compare & Contrast |
ART FOCUS:
Create symbols that represent what the student is interested in and what is important. |
LITERACY FOCUS:
Students will be engaged in small group conversations led by the teachers. |
DOCUMENTATION:
Below are images of the finished sketchbooks that the students created. Each individual sketchbook cover focuses on personal symbols.
REFLECTION & FINDINGS: