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Students will examine shape, pattern and color to create an imaginative drawing featuring robots. Students will use pencils and a variety of colored markers. Students will write a story about their robot.
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Lesson Objectives
Students will examine shape, pattern and color and how they are used in artwork.
Students will imagine how robots could be a part of everyday life.
Students will draw a variety of shapes and patterns to create an artwork featuring a robot(s).
Students will enhance their robots with colored markers and create an interesting environment around them.
Students will write a supporting text and story to describe their drawings and what the robots can do.
Teaching Strategies
- Facilitate a discussion about shape, pattern, and color and how they can be used in drawing things in real life and things from one’s imagination.
- Read Boy and Bot by Amy Dyckman.
- Demonstrate how to use repeating organic and/or geometric shapes to create a robot body.
- Demonstrate how to add pattern and color to the shapes to add interest and creativity.
- Guide students in creating an imagined environment around their robots.
- Discuss with students how to write a story with their robots as the main characters.
National Standards
Create
Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
VA:Cr1.1.3aMake art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
VA:Cr1.2.2aTime Requirements
Teacher Prep Time
25 minutes
Demonstration Time
20 minutes
Student Studio Time
1 hours and 30 minutes
Supplies and Materials
- 9” x 12” drawing paper
- Pencils
- Colored markers
- Black permanent marker
- Highlighter markers
- Boy and Bot: A. Dyckman, ISBN-13: 978-1101936887
National Standards
Create
Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
VA:Cr1.1.3aMake art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
VA:Cr1.2.2a
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Discuss how shape, pattern and color are used in artwork. Read Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman.
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