Greensteds School | Lesson Plan | Year 10

Session title Direct Observation / Observation Drawing – Jacaranda Seed Pods

Learning objectives Students to experiment with a range of drawing materials and techniques

Students to develop and extend their knowledge of the ways in which Jane Blundell used drawing to record floral subjects.

Plan

Time Teacher Activity Learner Activity Differentiation Assessment Materials/Resources

10 Min Introduction to Topic To be active listeners and to ask questions related to topic

Show the digital or visual presentation, showing a range of Jane Blundell’s drawing and painting techniques.

Have all the learners participate in the activity

Quick Questions to make sure that the students have understood the topic

7 Min STARTER ACTIVITY

A demonstration of the technique to be used with particular reference to bold lines and strong areas of light and shade.

Hand-outs, Pencils, Erasers

7 Min Students to produce the first drawing from observation analysing the seedpod, with particular emphasis being placed on the drawing techniques shown in the exemplar material and demonstration.

Weaker students to work with the able ones.

Help the less able students to build the drawing from simple shapes such as circles,

Walk around the class and monitor the assignment to correct any mistakes.

One or two of the able students to walk around

A2 / A3 size Paper, Pencils, Erasers, and Reference provided, Soft Pastels, Acrylic Paints, Ball point pen, Brushes, water as a mixing

squares. classroom monitoring and helping their peers

medium.

3 Min Group review of work in progress, highlighting good examples and reminder of how tone and line can be used by detailed observation and careful application.

Quick Question / Answer session

10 Min The students create more studies, exploring alternative viewpoints and compositions. Attention could be drawn to the variety of mark making techniques available and alternative materials to be considered, including pastel, pencil and paint. Different coloured backgrounds could be considered and the effect that they might have on the work produced.

Those student who manage to finish their work quickly, will be asked to check their work and think about how they might improve it or how they can develop their work further? In what way might they be able to build on this work? How might they apply a particular pattern? Can you think of other alternatives? What would happen if you used different colours?

Teacher will provide the less able students with one to one support where possible and do small demonstrations on scrap pieces of paper.

Walk around the class and monitor the assignment to correct any mistakes.

A2 / A3 size Paper, Pencils, Erasers, and Reference provided, Soft Pastels, Acrylic Paints, Brushes, water as a mixing medium.

5 Min Teacher to swap the assignment between learners

Learners to swap their work with their partners and award a mark out of 10 using the SLAP (Size, Line, Accuracy, Proportion) Method.

Refer to the exemplar material examined at the beginning of the lesson, note any connections that could be made with the work of the students and identify good practice.

Learners to mark / grade each other’s work.

Learners to Critique one another’s work by mentioning the positive and negative points.

3 Min Extension work Ask the students to look at other artists who have produced either drawings or paintings from still life using a variety of seedpods as the central element. Note the particular qualities of the chosen medium and provide additional illustrations for the next lesson.