Lesson One: Apple Observations

Apple Observations

Subject Concepts
Art Concepts
Content Covered:
Life cycle of the apple

Content Covered:
Pastel drawings, finding shapes and colors, perspective and horizon lines
State Standards & Objectives (USOE/UEN):
Standard 2: Earth and Space Science
Objective 3: Compare and contrast seasonal weather changes.
a.) Identify characteristics of the seasons of the year

State Standards & Objectives (USOE/UEN):
Standard 1:
Objective 2: Develop and demonstrate skills in gross and fine motor movement
c.) develop manipulative skills
Learning Outcomes:
      The student will be able to… recite the life cycle of an apple.
Learning Outcomes:
     The student will be able to… find shapes and colors while drawing with pastels.
Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives:
Students will spend 20 minutes observing apples and participating in discussions about their observations of color, shape, and texture.
Students will use pastels to create drawings of 3-5 apples. They will use horizon lines, perspective, and observation.
Assessment:
Students will have a completed project with a drawing of 3-5 apples that are spatially appropriate. They will have multiple colors, representing their ability to observe shapes in colors.

 

Materials Needed:

9X17 gray construction paper

oil pastels for whole class

drawing pencils

apples (one per student) with varying colors and shapes and sizes

center table

material for still life 

Poster prints of Cezanne and Matisse apple still life
Lesson Sequence:
5 min: Mrs. Ackley will instruct the students about the Life Cycle of an apple.
5 min: Observations of apples- spread apples on tables and ask students to share what they observe. Colors, shapes, compare & contrast
5 min: Art History- Share still-life paintings from Matisse and Cezanne. Have children look at shapes and colors in paintings. Compare and contrast.
5 min. Have children each take one apple and use fingers to trace shapes on the apples to find colors and shapes of edges. Lead discussion by asking observation questions:
-What shapes do you feel/see?
-How does the surface feel?
-What words could describe the apple?
-What colors do you see?
2 min: demonstration of horizon lines, contour drawings.
Have children begin by drawing horizon line with you , and then looking at the still life closest to them to draw the contour of the different shapes of apples. They draw from the still life that is closest to them. They may pick 3-5 apples to focus on.
10 min: pencil drawings of apple edges.
*Make sure students understand: perspective (close apples are lower on page, far apples are higher), horizon lines, relative sizes of apples (crab apples vs. large full apples need to be different sizes)
Pass out oil pastels, using the color pallet found in the apples.
2 min: demo of finding shapes in the colors of the apples.
20 min: time to draw with pastels and see different shapes of colors.
*Make sure students understand: coloring of shapes, finding different shapes, color overlapping, etc.


Visit: http://www.uen.org/core/ to find UEN/USOE standards.                                      
Created by: Kara Leigh Grenfell

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