Author: Katrina Bowles

CMS Lesson Plan Oil Pastel Unit/ Impressionist Artist
Teacher: Mrs. Katrina Bowles Lesson Date: Week of 10/12—10/16/2015
Subject: Visual Art 6th, 7th & 8th Grades

GSE Assessment Limits/Standards: (What are the skills being taught? Which standards are being specifically addressed in this lesson?) / VAHSPACU.2: Demonstrates an understanding of how art history impacts the creative process of art making. / VA8PR.7.f.: The student understands and applies media, techniques and processes. (Oil Pastels) / Elements of Art– Review of the Elements of Art and Design vocabulary and further practice using the oil pastel medium. / Gestural Sketches— A gesture drawing is a laying in of the action, form, and pose of a model/figure. / Oil Pastel Medium- painting and drawing medium in stick form from a mixture of pigments, non-drying oil, and wax binder / Impressionist Genre of Art– Students will be exposed to the lose brushstrokes of the Impressionist style artist, such as, Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renior, Lautrec, etc.	Please indicate whether this plan is Monday, or Block specific plan. You will need a plan for Monday and one for your Block A days and your Block B days each week. / Monday– No School. / Tues./Wed.– / PowerPoint presentation on the Impressionist Artists, including Monet, Degas, Cezanne, and Cassatt. / Afterwards, students will view a brief instructional video, on VirtualInstructor.com about blending colors using the oil pastel medium. Students will be given a small piece of manila paper to re-create their own small oil pastel of a red apple for practice. / Thurs./Fri.— / Students will review the Principles and Elements of Art and Design through answering a series of questions. / After the PowerPoint, and in-class discussion of who the Impressionist artists were, students will be given a choice of reference handouts featuring the artist Cassatt, with a mother and small child, or a Degas, featuring two ballerinas. / Students will be given additional choices of other Impressionist style artists to re-create over the Projector Board.
Lesson Objective/Learning Intention: (What will my students KNOW by the end of the lesson? What will they DO to learn it?) / Monday– Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Students will practice both quickly drawing and “painting” a small image of a red apple using the oil pastel medium after viewing an on-line video demonstration from Virtualinstructor.com. / Thurs./Fri.- Students will review definitions of both the Principles and Elements of Art and Design through a series of questions. Afterwards, they will be given several options of Impressionist style paintings to help model their individual oil pastels after.

TIME	INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE	FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
		Note: A variety of formative assessments should be used at key points throughout the lesson.
5 Min.	Get started/Drill/Do Now: (What meaningful activity will students complete as soon as they enter the classroom?) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.– Get out supplies for today’s lesson...1/2 sheet of manila paper and a red, dark blue, yellow and white set of oil pastel crayons. / Thur./Fri.— Get out supplies for today’s lesson...a new sheet of paper used for oil pastels, a sharpened #2 pencil with an eraser and their choice of a reference image from the supply table up front.	While students are getting out all necessary supplies, teacher will take role through Infinite Campus.
5 Min.	Engage/Motivation: (How will student interest be sparked? Is there prior knowledge that should be tapped? Is there vocabulary that must be cleared? Is there brainstorming that student need to complete before the lesson begins?) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.- Discuss with students the differences in society, daily life and the role of women, as well as, fashion for both genders in the late 1880s, as opposed to today’s standards. / Thur./Fri.— Students will finish up work on their “Practice Apple” project to be turned in for a Progressive grade.
15 Min.	Whole Group Instruction: (Focus lessons [explicit teaching/modeling, strategy demonstration, activate prior knowledge], shared reading, shared writing, discussion, writing process.) / Monday—Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Powerpoint Presentation looking at the works of the Impressionist Artists: Monet, Degas, Manet, Renior, Cassatt and Lautrec. Also, discussing what they were known for...i.e. Monet painted his lily pond, Degas painted ballerinas, etc. / Thur./Fri.— Students will view a short interview regarding the Impressionist’s Movements famous Art Dealer, Paul Ruel, as well as, a brief biography on the artist Degas. / Brain Gym Break!!!	Summative Assignment: / Students will complete their very own rendition of a famous Impressionist style art work.
3 min per student / & / 60 / Min.	Group Practice/Small Group Instruction: (teacher-facilitated group discussion, student or teacher-led collaboration, student conferencing, re-teaching or intervention, writing process) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed. – Students will view a seven minute demonstrational video about how to draw an apple with both highlights and shadows using the oil pastel medium. / Thurs./Fri. - Students will select their own choice of an “Impressionist” style painting to re-create. (More advanced students will be prompted to select a more difficult image to complete). Teacher assistance of selecting the right image to suit the needs of a particular student and getting started with the pre-liminary and gestural sketches to start the paintings.
35 / & / 60 Min.	Independent Practice: (individual practice, discussion, writing process.) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Students will work individually and with the Instructor for additional help on learning how to blend colors using the oil pastel medium. / Thur./Fri.– Students will be expected to have at least the pre-liminary sketch completed by the end of the period.	Tues./Thurs.—Students will practice blending colors by completing a “Practice Apple” project.

Min.	Evaluate Understanding/Assessment: (How will I know if students have achieved today’s objective?) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Students are prompted to ask questions regarding their understanding of the Impressionist movement throughout the Powerpoint Presention. / Thur./Fri— Today, throughout the entirety of the class period, the teacher will assist students who need help to ensure that they are sketching the image properly and beginning to apply the oil pastels correctly to achieve the Impressionist style.	The “Practice Apple” and the “Impressionist Style Oil Pastel” will both be critiqued at a later date to ensure student understanding of composition, color blending and style.
3-5 Min.	Closing Activities/Summary/DLIQ: (How will I tie up loose ends, reinforce/revisit the objective and connect the lesson to the unit?) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Clean-up. Review with students key artists who were connected to the Impressionist movement. / Thur./Fri.— DLIQ handout for each class period reviewing what was learned throughout the week.
	Enrichment/Extension/Re-teaching/Accommodations: (How will my lesson satisfy the needs of all learners?) / Monday— Off School. / Tues./Wed.— Review any information that the students did not appear to fully understand. / Thur./Fri.— Students who need to be re-taught a particular skill will be helped individually by the instructor throughout the class period.

Whole Group	-Anticipatory guides/sets -Book/author talks -Cornell Notes / -Close Reading -Questioning the Author (QtA) -Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR) / -Text annotation -Think aloud -Think/Pair/Share (Q&A Session) / -Artist Talk/Powerpoint
Guided Practice/ / Small group	-Anticipatory guides/sets -Book/author talks -Cornell Notes / -Close Reading -Literature Circles -Questioning the Author (QtA) / -Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR) -Reading conferences -Reciprocal teaching / -Strategy groups -Text annotation -Think aloud / -Think/Pair/Share -Writing Conferences -Demonstrational Video (on-line) / - Reference Handout (one per student) - Student/Teacher Re-teaching Session
Independent Practice	-Anticipatory guides/sets -Book/author talks -Cornell Notes / -Close Reading -Literature Circles -Questioning the Author (QtA) / -Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR) -Reading conferences -Reciprocal teaching / -Strategy groups -Text annotation -Think aloud / -Think/Pair/Share -Writing Conferences / -Students will use the “Gestural Sketch” project that they completed last week a jumping off point to help duplicate the different gestural poses in the different reference handouts.

Resources/Instructional Materials Needed: (What do I need in order to teach the lesson?) / Powerpoint Presentation featuring a description of the Impressionist Movement, as well as, art from some of the most famous artists of that genre, including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renior, Cassatt and Lautrec. / Reference handout of an Impressionist style image to work from, oil pastels, smudge sticks and paper. / Seven minute demonstrational video on how to blend oil pastels to create the “Practtice Apple” project at http://thevirtualinstructor.com/oilpastelapple1.html
Notes: Supplemental “how-to” videos from the internet may be useful for students on how to properly mix colors and blend using the oil pastel medium.