Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Rousseau's Jungle Lesson


Miss Liza Camhi
Art Lesson Plan
Rousseau Jungle Drawing
Grade: 3rd
# of sessions: 3

Art Resources: Virgin Jungle by Henri Rousseau, Jungle animal pictures VA, and teacher product.

Art Materials: one 8”x11” sheet of white paper per student, rulers, pencils, erasers, and crayons.

Major Goals/ N.V. State Standards addressed in this lesson:
1.0 Students know and apply visual arts media, techniques, and processes.
2.0 Students use knowledge of visual characteristics, purposes, and functions.
3.0 Students choose, apply, and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
4.0 Students understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
5.0 Students analyze and assess characteristics, merits, and meanings in their artwork and the work of others.

Objectives- Student will:
- create a drawing using organic shapes and line.
- create a drawing using pencils and crayons.
- learn about the art and life of Henri Rousseau.
- create a drawing in the style Henri Rousseau.

Relation to life/Why this is important: Student will learn how artists use their imagination in order to create their artwork. Student will learn how outsider artists taught themselves to create art with no formal training.

Interdisciplinary Connections: History and Science

Vocabulary: Henri Rousseau, Outsider Art, pattern, and organic shapes.

Procedure: Day 1: Teacher will introduce Virgin Jungle by Henri Rousseau and discuss subject matter and elements of art. Student will discuss how they can tell the painting is not completely realistic. Student will play art history game by arranging facts about Henri Rousseau in order with the classmates at the table. The teacher will call on students to help create a class outline of Rousseau’s life using their art history facts in order. Student will review jungle animal VA. Teacher will demonstrate how to sketch a jungle composition on white paper. Student will sketch jungle scene in pencil and begin tracing in black. Day 2: Student will review vocabulary, Virgin Jungle by Henri Rousseau, and teacher product/visual aide. Student will finish tracing sketch in black crayon. Student will begin coloring in drawing. Day 3: Student will review vocabulary, Virgin Jungle by Henri Rousseau, and teacher product/visual aide. Student will finish coloring his drawing.
Lesson Criteria

Criteria
Excellent
Satisfactory
Needs Improvement
Student drew at animals in his jungle scene.
Student drew one or more jungle animals in his jungle scene.
Student drew one or more jungle animals in his jungle scene, but could have been neater.
Student did draw a jungle animal.
Student drew a jungle scene.
Student used ¾ of his page to draw his jungle scene.
Student used ½
of his page to draw his jungle scene.
Student used less than ½
of his page to draw his jungle scene.
Student created a frame for his jungle scene.
Student created a colorful, neatly colored frame for his drawing.
Student created a frame for his jungle scene, but could have been neater.
Student did not create a frame.


Behavior
Student demonstrated listening to and following directions in class.
Student demonstrated listening to and following directions in class by knowing how to complete the assignment.
Student demonstrated listening to and following directions in class with little need for repetition of directions.
Student did not demonstrate
listening to and following directions in class by needing several repetitions of directions.
Student was respectful to his peers and teacher during lesson.
Student was respectful to his peers and teacher during lesson by not disrupting the class.
Student was respectful to his peers and teacher during lesson with few disruptions.
Student was not respectful to his peers and teacher during lesson with several disruptions.

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