Lesson Plan for Teaching a Leisure Activity
Lesson Title/Topic: Origami week 4
Duration:2 hour
By participating fully in this activity, student will be able
Learning
Objectives/Outcomes to:
 Students will learn patience and
structure while learning and continuing a
new leisure skill.
 Students will learn how to follow
direction and stay focused on the
presenters while demonstrating the task.
 Students will be able to take the skill and
use it when they are on their own and to
teach others.
 Students will review bases and will learn
how create new objects and animals in
origami.
Introduction/Warm
As introduction, take a few minutes to show
Up
students what origami figures they will be
making a frog and a spinner.
Summary of
Tasks/Action
Leaping frog:
1. Pattern side down, fold in half making a
rectangle.
2. Crease an “X” pattern at the top of the
rectangle. Then turn over
3. qFold the top corner down to the bottom
of the X and unfold.
4. Turn over again and pop the center of
the “X” away from you.
5. As you lower the top edge it should look
like the Waterbomb base at the top of
the figure.
6. Fold the bottom edge to the bottom of
the waterbomb base.
7. Fold the right and left loose points
upward to lie near the top head corner
and be the arms.
8. Fold a long mountain pinch at the center
of the lower section.
9. Fold the right and left vertical edges
inward to meet at the center. Part of the
fold may begin under the arm folds.
Supplies/Equipment
Examples of
figure/animals
4 pieces of paper for
each child
10. At the bottom, lift each loose corner
from the center and fold it outward, on a
slant, as if opening window curtains.
11. Fold the bottom flat edge up to touch the
top corner, press softly along the new
folded edge.
12. Bring the same flat edge down to the
bottom folded edge, again fold softly.
13. Rotate the model one half turn so the
head and arms are at the bottom.
14. Hold the front layer of the top edge in
two hands, reinstate the Mountain Pinch
from step 9. Swing the center fold to the
right , flatten it as a tapered pleat.
15. Pull the top corn of the new slant folded
edge down slightly to the left. Flatten the
new folded edge that forms, creating a
notch along the top edge. Turn over.
16. On the front layer, taper the head edges
near the nose. Slightly lower the arms
17. Rest the Frog on the table. Compress the
folder edge at the rear of the head,
pressing it down to the table. Slide your
finger off the frog with a snap and watch
it leap!
Spinner:
1. Fold the paper in half horizontally,
vertically, and then diagonally in both
directions.
2. Valley folds one edge in to meet the
center fold and crease. Repeat for the
opposite edge.
3. Orient the folded paper vertically. Valley
fold the top left corner across diagonally
so that the top left half meets the center
line. Crease and unfold. Repeat for the
top right, bottom left, and bottom right
corners.
4. Valley folds the top edge of the paper
down to the center. Crease and unfold.
Repeat for the bottom edge.
5. Pull down the top edge to the center
again and using the folds you just made,
3 pieces of paper
pull out the sides to the left and right to
make a trapezoidal shape. Repeat for the
bottom edge.
6. Take the right point of the upper
trapezoid and fold it up to form a flap.
Fold the left point of the lower trapezoid
down to form another flap. The paper
will now resemble a windmill.
7. Fold each flap of the windmill back onto
itself to create four small squares.
8. Bring the center point of each small
outward and cajole it into a long
diamond shape.
9. Take the point of the small triangular flap
between the long diamond shapes and
fold them out as far as they’ll go.
10. Fold the tip of each diamond toward the
center of the paper so in resembles a
long kite.
11. Repeat step 1 with another piece of
paper. (start of part B)
12. Fold each corner into the center of the
square to make a smaller square
13. Repeat step 12 to make a smaller square.
14. Flip the paper over so all the folds are
facing down and repeat step 12 again.
15. Turn the square back over, flap side up.
Fold out each of the flaps from the center
to meet the outside point of each corner.
16. Repeat step 1 with another piece of
paper. (start of step C)
17. 17. Repeat step 13 three times.
18. Fold the small square in half , crease, and
unfold. Repeat on the other half.
19. Turn the paper over so the flaps are
facing down. Push in each crease to form
a four-pointed star.
20. To complete the top, take part B and tuck
the corners of the square into the flaps of
part A. Then take part C and slide the tips
of the star under the flaps in part B. Use
Part C to spin the top.
Wrap-up/Reflect Closure
After each student has finished the spinner.
Debrief by asking them a few questions.
 What was the hardest figure to make?
 What figure did you enjoy making the
most?
 Did you feel that making more objects is
more fun than learning the basics?
 Which base was easier to make? Which
base was easier to make something
from? (Preliminary Base and Bird base)
 Did you learn anything new from these
figures?
 Did you enjoy the figures that you used
more than on sheet of paper with?
 Would you like to learn more figures in
the future?
 Would you like to do this as a hobby or
with friends?
Have a discussion with them as see what they liked
and did not like.
Adaptations (For
Students With
Disabilities):
Safety Considerations
Using larger paper (such as scrapbook paper) can help students with
disabilities to make certain folds more precise. The bigger the paper the
easier the task of making origami is.
Giving students assistance when needed is also important when doing
origami. This is also important for students who do not have a disability.
Some potential Safety considerations are the use of scissors and paper
cuts.