Assessment 1 Visual Language Development Action Research Project Folio

Blair Thallmayer Cohort 2

October 9, 2007

Table of Contents

Scribbling Stage

Preschematic Stage

Schematic Stage

Dawning Realism/ Gang Stage

SCRIBBLING STAGE

Stephanie has drawn a picture that displays the stage of Longitudinal (controlled) Scribble. Her motions can be repeated (left-right, right-left) showing that she has established visual control. She is using a variety of colors.

Stephanie

Age 3 Grade Pre School

SCRIBBLING STAGE Tyler has drawn a picture

that displays the stage of Circular Scribble. His motions can be repeated in a circular motion, showing that he has established greater control. He is using a variety of colors, such as orange, blue and green.

Tyler Age 3

Grade Pre School

SCRIBBLING STAGE

Ava has drawn a picture that displays the stage of Circular Scribble. Her motions can be repeated in a circular motion, showing that she has established visual control. She is using a variety of colors, such as purple, red, and red-purple.

Ava

Age 3 Grade Pre School

SCRIBBLING STAGE

Evan has drawn a picture that displays the stage of Circular & Longitudinal Scribbling. His motions can be repeated using lines & circles, showing that he has established visual control. He is using a variety of colors.

Evan Age 6

Grade 1

PRESCHEMATIC STAGE

Brad has drawn a picture that displays the Pre-schematic Stage. He thought of what he wanted to draw, and then drew it. He used symbols grown out of longitudinal & circular scribbles to great 3 trees.

Brad Age 7

Grade 2

PRESCHEMATIC STAGE

Ashley has drawn a picture that displays the Pre-schematic Stage. She was thinking about her family, and then decided to create a picture of them. Many of her family members are drawn from longitudinal & circular scribbles.

Ashley Age 6

Grade 1

PRESCHEMATIC STAGE

Steven has painted a picture that displays the Pre-schematic Stage. He was thinking about the book “The Hunger Little Caterpillar” and decided to paint the watermelon, & it was created from longitudinal & circular movements.

Steven Age 6

Grade 1

PRESCHEMATIC STAGE

Daniel has drawn a picture that displays the Pre-schematic Stage. He was thinking about his back yard. He created the grape vines from circular, and some longitudinal movements.

Daniel Age 6

Grade 1

SCHEMATIC STAGE

Ryan has drawn a picture that displays the Schematic Stage. He was a great variety of shapes, and a guideline of the sky and the earth. His definite relationship color use is between color & objects, such as yellow sun, blue sky, green grass, and brown dirt.

Ryan Age 8

Grade 2

SCHEMATIC STAGE

Jenna has drawn a picture that displays the Schematic Stage. She was a great variety of shapes, such as rectangle, square, triangle, & circles. Her spatial relationship is definite aware that the green bush is smaller than the two houses.

Jenna Age 7

Grade 2

SCHEMATIC STAGE Amanda has drawn a

picture that displays the Schematic Stage. She was a great variety of shapes, and a guideline of the sky and the earth. Her definite color relationship use is yellow sun, blue sky, brown hair for her, & black hair for me.

Amanda

Age 7 Grade 2

SCHEMATIC STAGE Taylor has drawn a picture

that displays the Schematic Stage. He was a great variety of shapes. Her definite color relationship is green tree leaves, brown bark, red apples, and blue water. Her space schema is a smaller child on a stool, reaching the apple in the big tree.

Taylor Age 7

Grade 2

DAWNING REALISM Hunter has drawn a

picture that displays Dawning Realism. He has created a profile view of himself, aware of specific features, has a greater emphasis on his sex, & his color uses are more realistic.

Hunter Age 7

Grade 2

DAWNING REALISM Kiara has drawn a picture

that displays Dawning Realism. She has an emphasis on sex (girl wearing a pink dress), & her color uses are more realistic (black hair, blue eyes, peach skin). She is also moving slowly away from basic line (sky & earth line) & creating overlapping.

Kiara Age 8

Grade 3

DAWNING REALISM

Anthony has drawn a picture that displays Dawning Realism. He has an emphasis on sex & his color uses are more realistic (black hair, brown eyes, peach skin). He colors with an understanding of relation of color to emotion.

Anthony

Age 8 Grade 3

DAWNING REALISM

Alexis has created a picture that displays Dawning Realism. She has awareness of space of overlapping & expression of emotion focuses on accumulation of detail in the tree. She colors with emotion (season of fall).

Alexis Age 8

Grade 3