Portfolio Exemplar Cover Sheet

Teacher Candidate Donovan Martinez Cohort # 414

Title of Exemplar Picasso Portraits

Portfolio Category x I II III IV V

ACEI Standard Development, Learning, & Motivation

ACEI Standard Element(s):

Development, Learning, and Motivation--Candidates know, understand, and use the
major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to development of children and
young adolescents to construct learning opportunities that support individual students
development, acquisition of knowledge, and motivation.


Semester Fall 2012 Date N/A

1. Description of exemplar and how it demonstrates meeting this ACEI Standard and
Elements.

During the Fall 2012 semester in my field placement at Kalihi Kai Elementary
School, I introduced a lesson on the famous artist Pablo Picasso. This lesson was inspired
by the Art Talk segment of our Visual Arts Methods course at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa College of Education. I wanted to teach my students to appreciate art and to
practice the art of mutual respect when creating art pieces.

The idea of having my students construct Picasso (Self) Portraits versus regular
self-portraits to support individual students development, acquisition of knowledge, and
motivation were mainly because I wanted my students to understand that the beauty of art
is in the eye of the creator. It is the viewers responsibility to look at it with mutual
respect. This idea of respect for one anothers art pieces will help establish a learning
environment or community in which students are not afraid to be ridiculed when taking
risks. Taking risks is an important step in the process learning.


2. Reflection on my professional growth in knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to the
ACEI Standard and Element(s).

When I was planning this lesson, I was excited to see my students reaction to the
style of Pablo Picassos art. Not too many of my students, if any, were familiar with
Picasso. While I was presenting the PowerPoint, there were a variety of responses. My


lesson engaged my students as they were inquisitive about Picassos art creations and
were excited to create their own.

The skills I gained from this lesson included the ability to teach lessons through
digital media, in this case a PowerPoint presentation, and communication. I was able to
use the PowerPoint presentation as a visual, but was also able to use my communication
skills to navigate through the presentation while keeping students engaged with content
knowledge, question and answer, as well as humor.

Dispositions I gained from this experience is exampled by my professionalism. I
came to class dressed properly, my time management, and organization was excellent. I
communicated and collaborated with both my Visual Arts instructor from the University
of Hawaii, as well as my mentor teacher to come up with ideas for this lesson so that it
would tie in to our current unit in my 5
th
grade classroom.




Teacher: Mr. (Donovan) Martinez
Title of Lesson: Picasso Portraits
Grade Level: 5
Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes. 12:45-2:00pm.
Special Student Considerations: NA
Before Class: Remind students to bring markers, crayons, etc.
Standards & Benchmarks: FA.5.1.4 Create an original artwork that demonstrates a concept or idea from
another discipline. FA.5.1.5 Analyze works of art from selected historical periods.

Introduction
& Session
Instructions

Introductions & Greeting: (10 min) 12:45-12:55p
- Welcome students back to their Art Lesson.
- Thank students for their behavior during previous lessons, by being well-behaved, you allow
me to continue with these fun activities. If you would like to continue doing these fun art
activities, show me by putting all your creativity into todays lesson.

Session Instructions:
- Write rules on the board: (1. Stay seated quietly; 2. Listen carefully, follow directions; 3. Raise
your hand; 4. Respect each other.)
- Powerpoint presentation and art experience.

Mini-Lesson
& Create
Connect and cite one example (from previous class/knowledge):
- We talk about respecting each others art, today we will practice that by pairing up and
drawing a Picasso style portrait of our partners.

Say what youre going to teach: (10 min) 12:55-1:05p
- Today you will learn about the famous artist Pablo Picasso and how he was a very
revolutionary and influential artist.
- You will then learn how to create a Picasso style portrait.

Teach:
- Create a portrait using Picasso-style elements.

Active Engagement: (5 min) 1:05-1:10p
(Power Point Presentation)
- What do these paintings have in common?
- What do you see in this picture?
- How do these set of paintings differ from the last?
- Select students to draw a portrait of myself, to model how they will do their art experience.
~e.g. Can I have a volunteer come up and draw the shape of my face.

Create: (45 min) 1:10-1:55p
- 1) Use your own markers, crayons, etc. Paper will be passed out.
- 2) Students will be partnered up and create a portrait of their partner, following my directions,
using Picasso-style elements.
- 3) Your artwork should have:
~(On the back) A Picasso Portrait of (your partners name) by (your name).
~A Picasso-style portrait of your partner on the front



Closing Closing reflections on art creation: (10 min) 1:55-2:05p
- Ask for students to stand up and share. Thank them for participating for this lesson as well as
art lessons prior to.

Closing reflections on teaching & overall lesson:
- Have mentor teacher suggest/approve partners prior to activity.

Reflection &
Notes




Based on the work of Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, Columbia University
Materials
Blank white paper, art materials: crayons, markers, color pencils, etc.