Teacher:
Subject/Content Area:
Date(s): 8/27-9/10
Tyler McDaniel
Lesson Learning
Objective(s):
Analyze works by Henry Moore and define abstract sculpture and nonobjective art (Show-Me Standards 2.3, 2.4), (Fine Arts 2,3).
Produce at least 5 sketches of ideas for their abstract sculptures (Show-Me
Standard 2.5), (Fine Arts 1).
Produce an abstract sculpture using wood, wire, glue, panty hose, and
paint (Show-Me Standard 2.5), (Fine Arts 1).
Evaluate the differences in two pieces of artwork (Fine Art 5).
Direct Instruction
Vocabulary:
GLE Code(s): PP.1.B, PP.2.A., AP.2.A.,
DI- Kinetic and Potential Energy/Artwork
PI- mobile, stabile, balance, symmetry, aesthetics, three dimensional
List or describe the main
Essential Nine or other
instructional strategy for this
lesson :
Identifying similarities and differences- student will discuss and analyze
the difference between abstract and non objective art.
Briefly describe the main
Instructional Strategies and
Student Activities:
Visuals:
I will have 3 examples of other students work, showing a wide range of
possible outcomes. This way the students realize there are many different
ways to approach the project.
V. Supplies and Equipment
Blocks of wood (various sizes)
Wire (clothes hangers or any other)
Panty hose
Paint
Hot glue or super glue
VI. Teaching Procedure
A. Introduction Slide Show
1. Discuss the students previous knowledge of abstraction and the
concepts behind it.
2. Discuss what the students then think about abstract sculptures.
3. We will look at some abstract sculptures by Henry Moore, and have the
students talk about what they see. Have them explain what kinds of line,
colors, forms, or shapes they might see.
4. I will then give them a brief background on Henry Moore the 20 th
century abstract sculpture artist.
B. Demonstration
1. I will show the students how they will be creating their sculptures. I
will take a piece of wood and drill two holes in it anywhere I see fit. Then
I will take a clothes hanger and cut off the curved part and insert the two
ends in the holes and hot glue them down. I will then bend and mold the
pieces using my hands or pliers to create an abstract shape. I will then
stretch a piece of panty hose over the wire and base creating one uniform
sculpture. I will then discuss paint and how they might cover their
sculpture to create an interesting piece.
C. Work Period
1. I will have the students start to work on their abstract sculptures.
D. Closure
1. Since this will be a multi-day assignment I will have them clean up
their area and their paint they might have out. Then put their sculptures on
the back table where they won’t get messed with, and so they can dry.
How will students be
assessed on the above
objective(s)?
Formative:
Formative- Students make use of knowledge of abstract art and nonobjective art to create an abstract artwork.
Students abstract sculpture assessed using formal rubric
Summative:
Summative- Common assessment over abstract, non objective, and Henry
Moore.