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Lesson Title: Shield Design

Content Area: Digital Art Teacher: Corstange

Grade Level: 8 Time Required: 2 days

Standards:List the state or national standards that you are using in this lesson.

ART.I.VA.M.3 Select and use the visual characteristics and organizational principles of art to communicate ideas.

ART.II.VA.M.6 Organize information and ideas for media productions.

ART.III.VA.M.4 Describe and compare the characteristics of personal artwork to the artwork of others.

ART.IV.VA.M.3 Anaylze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place (such as climate, resources, ideas, and technology) influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.

Objective: Students will create a shield in Illustrator Students will learn how to use the basic tools in

Adobe Illustrator

Materials needed: Computer and the program Adobe Illustrator Samples of artwork created by Britto and former

students Handouts

Overview: What is the purpose of this lesson?

Students will use the tools they have been learning about in Adobe Illustrator to create a complete project: a shield.

Essential Question: How does art impact our place in the world?

What will I differentiate?

Content Process Product

How will I differentiate?

For readiness Interest Learning Profile

Learning Environment Combination

As a result of this lesson, students will…

Understand (big ideas, principles, generalizations, rules, the “point” of the discipline or topic within the discipline)

Art is used to communicate ideas Art is used to organize ideas Visual arts help us understand connections in the world

Know (facts, vocabulary, how to’s, information that is memorizable)

Pattern Repetition

Do (Skills) (thinking skills, skills of the discipline – skills you will assess)

Using specific Illustrator tools Creating a shield

Instructional Groupings:(How will you have students work together? Whole group, small group, partners, quads, homogeneous, heterogeneous?)

In the beginning of the lesson, students will view former students work. We will discuss shields and what is typically found on them. Students will follow along individually to create their own shields.

Pre-Assessment: (How will you find out about where your students are at for this lesson? What will your pre-assessment look like?

Students will discuss shields and what is typically found on them. Students will decide what tools in Illustrator will be used to create a shield.

Examples:

Steps in the Lesson:Include ideas for whole-class instructions, differentiated activities, guided notes/practice, independent work, engagement strategies, etc…

Day 1: Students will view former students work. They will discuss what is typically found on shields. Students will follow along with the teacher to create their shield.

Day 2: Students will continue to follow along with the teacher to complete their shields. Students will save their files to the flash drives. Students will complete a self-evaluation.

Formative Assessment Strategies:How will you inform yourself throughout the class period the status of the students’ understanding?

Walk around the room, check for understanding by noting their progress with the lesson and answer any questions students have while they are working.

Closure Activity:This may be a chance to share, or explicit restatement of the goals of the lesson, a summarization opportunity, etc…

Students will complete a Self-Evaluation.

Post-Assessment:How will you collect and use data to inform your next lesson?

A class critique will be held to allow students to talk about their own work and the work of their classmates.

Additional Resources:Any websites or materials that you used?

www.google.com