Summerbridge Hong Kong 2016 Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Isaac Mervis Course: Art in Social Date: June 25, 2016
Movements

Aim/Objective: Students will be able to . . .

 Define art and give examples of mediums
 Be more cognizant of the art all around them

Key Vocabulary:
Medium, creativity, expression

Materials Needed and Physical Classroom Prep:

Pre-made slips of paper, pens, paper, dry erase boards, dry erase markers
*Could use paper and pens if no dry erase boards or markers
3-4 Paintbrushes, 3-4 colors of paint, newspapers/tarp, canvas

Procedure: Time:
Do Now/Hook:
 As students arrive, “Can’t Stop The Feeling” will be playing 10 min
 We will put a tarp down, put a piece of canvas up on the wall, dip
paint brushes in paint, and use our paint brushes to create a splatter
painting
 While the students are not painting, we will be singing and dancing
 This will exemplify what students generally perceive as art

Direct Instruction/Modeling:
 Each student will pick a piece of paper
 The pieces of paper will have either a picture of an object (such as 20 min
architecture, carpentry, a ceramic) or instructions (such as “draw a
picture of something in the room,” “do a silly dance,” “write an
original sentence,” “use the desk as a drum”)
 We will go around in a circle and the students will say their name and
present their object or action
 After all have shared, we will go around to each person, do a cheer
with their name, and decide if we think what they did is considered art
 They are all art. Students will then work together to create a definition
of what art is by giving me words and mediums that are associated
with art (if not, I will provide a simple definition)
 This shows students that art is more encompassing than they think,
and that they are capable of creating art themselves

Student Practice/Application:
 Students will look around the room and try to find 1-2 works of art 10 min
 Once they have gotten them, they will give a brief explanation of what
makes them art

Wrap up/Closure:
 Summerbridge Hong Kong 2016 Lesson Plan Template

 Today we learned what is art

 Art is all around us everyday 3 min
 Different definitions for everybody
 A definition I like - The expression of human creativity and
imagination
 I want you guys to be on the lookout for art that is on our everyday
lives

Clean Up
 Put objects back
2 min
 Give me pieces of paper
 Erase boards and give them back
 Give markers back
 Clean off paintbrushes
 Put away paint
 Pick up newspapers and throw away

Homework:
To get students more perceptive and aware of all of the art around them, the students will
write down three works of art that they see at home. Try to find creative examples that
most people wouldn’t think of.
Relevance to SB Goals:
_X_ English Language Development:
_X_ Love of Learning:
_X_ Building Confidence:

Plan for Upcoming Days:

For lesson 2, the students will gain an understanding of social movements. In lesson 3,
we will learn how art can contributes to social justice movements.