Stage 1 – Desired Results
Content Standard(s):
Ceramics- Personal Totem (Pinch pot construction)
Students will create a unique piece of artwork that utilizes a basic ceramic construction technique.
Students will utilize and examine personal images in the creation of their artwork.
Students will increase technical and critical thinking through an understanding of process, concept and
application.
Students will develop self-critique and evaluation skills.
Understanding (s)/goals
Students will understand that:
-Visual design is important in a dynamic work of art
-Fully thought out processes are critical in the
construction of multistep projects.
- Direct observation is necessary in the artwork
conceptualization/construction process.
Essential Question(s):
-What makes a good design?
-Why is design important in a 3D composition?
-How does the addition of complexity aid in the
success of design?
Student objectives (outcomes):
Students will be able to:
-Understand there are different responses to a given problem.
-Alter their original concept to allow for new ideas, while still maintaining a cohesive structure.
-Experiment with personal symbols and adaptation of observed objects.
-Comfortably discuss and compare their work with other students in a critique setting.
Performance Task(s):
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Other Evidence:
-Student will apply media, techniques, and
processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and
sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in
their artworks.
-Complexity/Craftsmanship
-Critique
-Basic design knowledge
-Structural understanding and application
TEKS objectives:
-consider concepts and themes for personal
artwork that integrates an extensive range of
visual observations, experiences, and
imagination.
-compare and contrast the principles of design,
including emphasis, repetition/pattern,
movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, balance,
proportion, and unity, in personal artwork.
-solve visual problems by planning and
attempting a variety of solutions.
-create original artwork to communicate
thoughts, feelings, ideas, or impressions.
-use response to artwork critiques to make
decisions about future directions in personal
work.
-evaluate and analyze artwork using a method
of critique such as describing the artwork,
analyzing the way it is organized, interpreting
the artist intention, and evaluating the
success of the artwork.
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities: Approximately 1 ½ weeks
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday/Thursday:
Friday:
Discussion of project.
Handing out of “mystery
objects”.
Molds.
Mask.
Mask.
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday/Thursday:
Mask.
Mask.
Critique.
Creation of molds.