I am ready for the new year already! But so many things have happened in the past few months....We will focus on the good.
Last week I was able to schedule a meeting with a local high school and it sounds like I will be working with them to develop some art lessons and programs for students! The teachers I met with are looking for a complex and very involved program which could include interactive and Skype art classes, multiple media explorations, interdisciplinary and cross-curricular units, among other ideas. I AM SO EXCITED. I want to start today! Unfortunately I have to wait until next semester.. but that doesn't stop me from planning in advance ;)
In other news we will be teaching at a local middle school next week and I had to develop a lesson around an in-class activity my professor came up with. He had us putting together newspaper poetry wherein we were cutting out words from newspaper headlines and advertisements and rearranging them onto pieces of paper.... I saw it as more of a language arts lesson to be honest.
I found an artist online named Eric Wedum who had a blog for awhile that featured illustrated headlines http://f-ckyeahheadlines.com. I thought this would be a more art-centered way of having the kids work with newspaper cuttings. I have included the lesson, with teacher sample, below:
Weekly News
Rationale For Teaching:
Newspapers are one of many ways we gain knowledge of events in the world. However, the headlines can sometimes be fairly vague and even confusing!
Newspapers are one of many ways we gain knowledge of events in the world. However, the headlines can sometimes be fairly vague and even confusing!
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| Spicy vegetables are so terrifying... |
Newspapers are a method of visual communication.
· Headlines
in newspapers have a lot of information to cover in few words.
· Interpreting
headlines can lead to misunderstandings.
· Font
usage communicates which stories or words are more important than others.
· We are in
control of our understanding and knowledge of words.
Essential
Questions:
· What is
interpretation?
· What
words can we gather and learn from headlines and advertisements in newspapers?
· How do we
interpret words into visual language?
· What messages are found in the
media?
National
Standards:
· ART.VA.II.5.4
Select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
· ART.VA.IV.5.3
Demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts interrelate in making and
studying works of art.
· ART.VA.V.5.1
Explain how visual arts have inherent relationships to everyday life.
Artists/Artworks
(images for instruction):
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| “Natural Deodorant Unable to Perform During High Pressure Situation” |
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| “CDC: Beware the leafy greens, poultry and dairy” |
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| “Heat Forces Chocolate Maker to Close” |
Books and
Links:
Vocabulary:
Newspaper, headlines, stories, creative writing,
interpretation
CREATIVE
PROCESS:
Day 1. Students will be divided into
groups of five, made to resemble each day of the week (Mon-Fri). Students need
to find 20 words and clip them from newspaper headlines and advertisements.
· Students
arrange words into new headlines and glue their headlines onto one sheet of
paper for the whole group.
Day 2. Discussion
and viewing of Eric Wedum’s work (visual board, teacher sample). Explanation of
project.
· Students
will begin to illustrate their headline story on a new sheet of paper. The
headline will be glued to the image in a visible place (top or bottom of page).
Day 3. Students will continue to work on
their illustrations, finishing on day 3. Students will display their headlines
on a ‘calendar’ on the board, pinning their drawing underneath the
corresponding day for their groups. Group discussion will follow.
Elements
of Art: line, shape, form, color, texture, value, space
Principles
of Design: pattern, variety, proportion, emphasis
Assessment
Strategies:
· Pre-assessment: (prior to creating or discussions):
o
KWL- What do you know about newspapers?
· Formative Assessment: (During
creative process)
o
Draw
o
Peer critique
· Summative Assessment: (After
creative process)
o
Group presentation
o
Group critique and conclude KWL
SO That's the gist of it... We will be teaching the 5th graders on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of next week. I have high hopes for the imaginations of the students :) Just in case there are any sick or absent students I also cut out some 'sample' headlines to work with and interesting or fun words.
I will post again after the practicum is over - until then.. time to sleep. And dream up wonderful lessons to teach to at-risk high school students.
Ms. K
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