Title:
Scheming with Color
Level:
5th Grade
Description:
The color wheel is often seen as a simple, six colored circle, but in fact can
be made into any piece of art. Students will be challenged to create their own
version of the color wheel, including certain vocabulary that they have been
introduced to previously and at the beginning of the lesson.
Objectives:
- Students will be able to mix secondary and other colors using primary colors.
- Students will be able to creatively solve the artistic problem of the color
wheel
- Students will be able to develop their art vocabulary and be able to use it
within their artwork and during critiques.
Materials:
Sequence:
Day
one: Students
will be able to recall previously learned knowledge and verbalize their
experiences
- Students will be asked what they have learned about color wheels and colors in
their previous classes.
- A list will be composed on the board
-
Scheming with color worksheet
distributed...
- Students may work in groups for the rest of the period and complete it for
homework.
Day
two: Students
will be able to creatively consider and manipulate ideas that solve a specific
problem with restrictions
- Review worksheet
- Introduce color wheel project
- Students begin brainstorming ideas
Day
three: Students
will be able to visualize a final product and create a layout according to a
developed idea
- Students are given their paper to sketch their final idea
- Begin initial layout of color wheel
Day
four: Students
will be able to apply their knowledge of color mixing to be able to mix
secondary and other colors using only the primary colors
- Discussion about mixing colors
- Students begin mixing colors and painting their color wheels
Day
five: Students
will be able to work within a time constraint, and be able to rationalize their
needs for more time
- Review of elements to include in the color wheel
- Students will continue working
- At the end of class they will be asked if they need more time, will be asked
to rationalize their needs.
Day
six: Students
will be able to asses their own and others' work in a group setting
- Students allowed more work time
-
Self assessment
distributed and completed
- Short critique of pieces
Standards:
Understanding and applying media,
techniques, and processes:
- Students select media, techniques, and processes; analyze what makes them
effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the
effectiveness of their choices
- Students intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of
art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their
experiences and ideas
Using knowledge of structures and functions:
- Students generalize about the effects of visual structures and functions and
reflect upon these effects in their own work
- Students employ organizational structures and analyze what makes them
effective or not effective in the communication of ideas
- Students select and use the qualities of structures and functions of art to
improve communication of their ideas
Assessment:
- Self Assessment questionnaire
- Rubric completed by instructor