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LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE for Arts Integrated Lessons
Grade
6th
Level:
Grade
Enduring
Understanding:
Title: Mythical Creatures
Author: Lori Burnham ([email protected])
Overview:
Day 1 - Students will reference the creatures from Greek Mythology and
create their own mythical creature by making a pencil drawing.
Day 2 – Students will use their pencil drawing from Day 1 to create a
clay sculpture of the creature they created.
Day 3 – Students will paint their clay sculptures to create a finished
piece. Students will walk around the room and look at their peers’
sculptures and compare and contrast how all the sculptures turned out.
Objectives:
SWBAT: Identify similar themes in Greek Mythology to create their own
mythical creature.
SWBAT: Use a variety of medium to create 2D and 3D artworks on the
same subject.
SWBAT: Engage in a small exhibit of the artwork.
SWBAT: Compare and Contrast various artworks.
People develop ideas and understandings of Society, culture and
history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Artists and designers develop excellence through practice and
constructive critique, reflecting on, revising and refining work over
time.
Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be
developed.
Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials,
concepts, media and art‐making approaches.
Content Standard(s):
RI 6.7: Integrate information
presented in different media/formats
to develop.
SL 6.1: Pose/Respond to questions and
comments with detail.
SL 6.4: Use appropriate eye contact,
adequate volume, and clear
pronunciation
Materials:
Day 1  Drawing Paper
 Pencils
Art Standard(s):
Create:
Anchor Standard 1. Generate and conceptualize
artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard 3. Refine and complete artistic
work.
Presenting:
Anchor Standard 5. Develop and refine artistic
techniques and work for presentation.
Responding:
Anchor Standard 9. Apply criteria to evaluate
artistic work.
Connecting:
Anchor Standard 11. Relate artistic ideas and
works with societal, cultural, and historical
context to deepen understanding.
Other Resources:
 Computer
 Projector
 Powerpoint
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Day 3 –
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Air Dry Clay
Plastic Containers
Water
Wooden Clay Modeling Tools
Trays (to place clay sculptures on
to dry)
Sponges (to clean tables off)
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Document Camera
Mythical Creature Reference Photos
Acrylic Paint (Various Colors)
Paper Plates
Paint Brushes
Paper Towels
Trays (to place clay sculptures on
to dry)
Water
Plastic Containers
Vocabulary:
FROM THE NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS--
Create:
Anchor Standard 1. Generate and conceptualize
artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard 3. Refine and complete artistic
work.
Presenting:
Anchor Standard 5. Develop and refine artistic
techniques and work for presentation.
Responding:
Anchor Standard 9. Apply criteria to evaluate
artistic work.
Connecting:
Anchor Standard 11. Relate artistic ideas and
works with societal, cultural, and historical
context to deepen understanding.
Assessment Strategies
FORMATIVE: Observation and Checklist
SUMMATIVE: Rubric
Instructional Activities & Strategies
ENGAGE:
Day 1 – Students will be shown multiple Greek mythical creatures and asked to
artistically analyze them.
Day 2 – Students will review first week’s lesson and receive their creature drawings
back.
Day 3 – Students will look at and analyze clay sculptures. They will then receive
their dry clay sculptures back.
BUILD:
Day 1 – Students will have a discussion about themes or similarities between the
creatures. Teacher will make a list on board of the items students have named.
Day 2 – Teacher will give a demo on how to attach clay and sculpt it using wooden
tools.
Day 3 – Students will be instructed to paint their clay creature sculptures and shown
how to do this with making minimal mess.
APPLY:
Day 1 – Students will create a pencil drawing of their own mythical creatures based
on discussion about the Greek creatures.
Day 2 – Students will create a clay sculpture of their pencil drawing.
Day 3 – Students will use acrylic paint to “bring their sculpture to life” and finish the
clay piece.
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REFLECT:
Day 1 – Students will share the aspects they incorporated into their drawing of their
own creature.
Day 2 – Students will discuss with teacher if they needed to change elements of their
drawing to adapt to the different medium.
Day 3 – Students will walk around the room to look at other students’ creatures.
Teacher will then lead a brief critique and compare and contrast between the drawn
piece and the sculpture piece.
What STUDIO HABITS of MIND will students use
in meeting the content standard in the lesson?
Observe:
Engage & Persist: Students will be using Greek
Mythology for subject matter and can use
knowledge learned from ELA class to make
connections.
What STUDIO HABITS of MIND will students
use in meeting the art standard in the
lesson?
Students will observe multiple images of
Greek mythical creatures.
Students will be asked to use prior
knowledge to interpret the animals and
possible purpose.
Reflect: Students will reflect on Greek
Mythology to create their own mythical
creature.
Stretch & Explore:
Express: Students will express knowledge
about Greek Mythology.
Students will create artwork with a
medium they are familiar with (drawing),
and explore the medium of clay.
Students will express an idea into a 2D and
3D artwork.
Develop Craft:
Student will create artwork with a medium
they are familiar with (drawing), and
explore the medium of clay.
Envision: Students will reflect on Greek
Mythology to create their own mythical
creature.
Understand Art (or other) World: Students will
understand that their stories can be
transformed into visual art.
Students will understand that legends and
stories are inspiration for many artworks.
Note: not all Habits of Mind will be used in every lesson.
You can use brief phrases.
Visual Thinking Strategy:
1. What thought provoking art image did you select (which relates to your lesson topic)?
2.
What are your questions (for leading the discussion)?
-Literal level questions (“What do you see?”):
What do you see in this image?
-Inferential level questions (“Why do you think?”):
Why do you think artists depicted these creatures?
-Generalization-moral-relating level questions (“How does this relate to…?” “What is the
moral to this story?”).
How are these images similar?
Ask also about the viewpoint and the message the artist is trying to convey. Think about
and connect your students’ prior knowledge and experiences to the artwork they are
viewing.