Lesson 5

Standards:

Standard L1.T.CR. 6: Apply basic research and skills to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

Standard L1.T.CR.1: Develop imagination to create artistic ideas and work.

Essential Questions:

• What are the elements of design? 
• What do these elements communicate? 
• What are the six elements of design?
• How can I apply the six elements of design in my own work?

Enduring Understandings:

Students will understand that elements of design are all around us.

Students will understand that designing is a process.

Students will understand that the elements of Design gives us a universal design language that we can use to better communicate our ideas.

Objective:

Students will show their understanding of the elements of design by creating a sticker design using the elements of design and identifying the elements that they see in their peer’s stickers.

Materials:

Sticker worksheets (circle and square)

Markers and Pencils and Crayons

Sticker paper

Scissors

Sticky Notes

Instruction:

HOOK: (10 minutes)

• Welcome to class! 

  • Take attendance 

• We are going to play a quick game of wordle! 

  • To play wordle, there is a word and students guess based on the number of letters. 
  • If the letter is correct and in the correct space write it in green.
  • If the letter is in the word, but not in the right spot, write it in yellow.
  • If the letter is not in it at all, write it in black.
• They get 6 tries. 
• The word of the day is: DRAFT. 

PROJECT: (30-40 minutes)

• We are going to spend the first half of class finishing up our stickers, and working on our final drafts.

  • If students get done early: 

    • Invite them to go back and finish any of the quizzes or other assignments that they need to complete on canvas for this class. 
• Put a timer with music or sound on the board so that the students can be aware of their time restrictions. 

CLEAN UP: (5-10 minutes)

• Put away all of the crayons, the markers, the scissors, ect. 
• Throw away scrap paper 
• Clean up the room
• Sit in your seats!

PRESENTATIONS: (20-30 minutes)

• Take students to the windowed area in the hall and have them tape their stickers on the windows.

• Each student will need 5 sticky notes. 

  • Students will write an element of design that they see on a sticker on the sticky note and then they will put it on the window near the sticker that the note is about.
  • Each student needs to write all 5 of their notes 
• Once the writing has finished and settled, have each person go back to their sticker and read what notes they got. 

• Ask the following questions: 

  • What was one example of line that you saw? 
  • What was one example of shape that you saw?
  • What was one example of mass/form that you saw?
  • What was one example of color that you saw? What did that color mean? 
  • What was one example of texture that you saw? 
  • What was one example of space that you saw? 
  • What was one element that was read like you wanted it to be? 
  • What was one element that was not read like you wanted it to be? 
• Gather your feedback and your sticker and come back to the classroom 

FINAL MOMENTS: (5 minutes)

• Get them back in their seats at the tables 
• Have them throw away the sticky notes and keep their stickers.
• Should the room need to be cleaned up more, do that.