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LESA BROSKY
Teaching Portfolio
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A collection of drawing, ceramic, mosaic and painting lessons from my student teaching and long-term
substitute teaching experiences.
Student Examples
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Bubble Wrap DinosaursGrandview Elementary School2nd Grade
General Goals: Students will use recycled objects to create a textured illustration of a dinosaur in its natural habitat.
Grade2 :Dinosaurs
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After researching and choosing a dinosaur, students sketched a dinosaur of their choice.
Then, students cut
out the drawings and
traced the image onto
recycled bubble wrap.Grade2 :Dinosaur
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Grade2 :Dinosaurs
Students also ripped paper to depict a natural
habitat.
Students used paint to add color
and design to their dinosaurs.
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Grade2 :Dinosaurs
Bubble Wrap Dinosaurs:Finished
Examples
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Patriotic PrintsGrandview Elementary School3rd Grade
General Goals: Students will create block prints of historical United States buildings or monuments
Grade 3: Prints
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INTRODUCTION: HISTORY
Using a PowerPoint, students identified a number of U.S. monuments and their importance.
Grade 3: Prints
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INTRODUCTION: BASIC SHAPES
Using Smart Board technology, the entire class broke these monuments and buildings into basic shapes.
Grade 3: Prints
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PRELIMINARY SKETCHESStudents used basic shapes to create sketches of an important US building or monument of their choice.
Grade 3: Prints
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Students copied their sketches to foam
board to create block prints.
Grade 3: Prints
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Grade 3: Prints
Patriotic Print display during the Presidential Inauguration
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Derry TrainsGrandview Elementary School5rd Grade
General Goals: Students will create and critique prints that represent the history of their community.
Grade 5: Ink Prints
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Student Examples:Train Prints
Inspired from the Local Train Industry.
Grade 5: Ink Prints
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Student Examples:Train Prints
Inspired from the Local Train Industry.
Grade 5: Ink Prints
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Student Examples:Train Prints
Inspired from the Local Train Industry.
Grade 5: Ink Prints
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This game gave students an opportunity to give and receive constructive criticism.
The Lesson Ended with a Critique Game
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Still Life DrawingIndiana Junior High School 7th Grade
General Goals: Students will become knowledgeable of the techniques used to draw an image realistically.
Grade 7: Still Life
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CONTOUR AND GESTUREFirst, students practiced drawing using contour and gestural lines. They chose their best work to reproduce on a larger scale.
Grade 7: Still Life
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Students were taught how to use tones and shading.
Before Critique
After Critique
Grade 7: Still Life
Students critiqued each other in order to make
one final drawing.
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Student ExampleGrade 7: Still Life
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Student ExampleGrade 7: Still Life
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Student ExampleGrade 7: Still Life
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Student ExampleGrade 7: Still Life
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Ceramic VesselIndiana Junior High School 7th Grade
General Goals: Students will become knowledgeable of the techniques used to create a coil vessel that demonstrates shape, form, balance, pattern and repetition.
Grade 7: Ceramics
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CeramicVocabulary Display
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Display I created for the color/design portion of the lesson
Grade 7: Ceramics
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After the color and design lesson, students designed their own
ceramic vessel
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Then, students coiled clay into these vessels and painted them
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Side View Aerial View
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Side View Aerial View
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Side View Aerial View
Grade 7: Ceramics
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Mosaic MirrorsIndiana Junior High School 9th Grade
General Goals: Students will become more familiar with the history of mosaics and radial design and incorporate that knowledge in creating their own piece of mosaic artwork.
Grade 9: Mosaic
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Every Student:
•Created their own radial design
•Cut their own glass pieces
•Glued tesserae to recycled ceramic plates
Grade 9: Mosaic
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Student Examples (before wiped clean)Grade 9: Mosaic
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Student ExampleGrade 9: Mosaic
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Student ExampleGrade 9: Mosaic
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Student ExampleGrade 9: Mosaic
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Abstract PaintingIndiana Junior High School 9th Grade
General Goals: To introduce the students to the history and production of abstract painting by creating an abstracted self portrait.
Grade 9: Abstract
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Students were required
to draw a proportionate self-portrait
BEFORE
Drawing an abstracted self-portrait
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Students then used acrylic paint to paint their drawings
Grade 9: Abstract
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Grade 9: Abstract
Students then used acrylic paint to paint their drawings
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Math Integrated Art Lessons
Some learning support teachers requested I integrate a few art lessons to help reiterate math
concepts
Integration
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Math Integrated Art Lessons
Some learning support teachers requested I integrate a few art lessons to help reiterate math
concepts
An AM and a PM clock drawingdemonstrating
time specific activities
Integration
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Math Integrated Art Lessons
Some learning support teachers requested I use a few art lessons to help reiterate math concepts (measuring, counting, geometry, telling time) in our art classes
Drawing with
measurement
Integration
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Integration
Math Integrated Art Lessons
Some learning support teachers requested I use a few art lessons to help reiterate math concepts (measuring, counting, geometry, telling time) in our art classes
A Jasper JohnsInspired Multiples
Design
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Math Integrated Art Lessons
Students created a book about counting by 5’s
Integration
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I find it important to beautify the school by showcasing student work
Displaying Work
Displaying Student Artwork
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A student art display I created
for Open HouseDisplaying Work
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“Cutting, soldering and coiling! Oh My!”9th Grade
Stained Glass/Ceramic Display Case
Displaying Work
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Displaying Work
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Displaying Work
My 9th graders’ stained glass windows decorated the windows around the school.
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Beautiful 7th Grade shoe drawings filled the
hallways
Displaying Work
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Patriotic Printmaking
Display
Displaying Work
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Volunteer Work
Bringing Art into The Community
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While pre-teaching in Philadelphia, I was privileged to volunteer with the Urban Garden Organization.
We converted litter filled vacant lots into beautiful and useful community gardens.
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While student teaching at Grandview
Elementary,I created this backdrop for the school musical.
Volunteer Work
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As part of CALM (Children and Artists Linked Through murals), I was able to help create this mural in the
Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital cafeteria.
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Volunteer Work
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With the help of a few of my talented learning support students, we created this festive banner for a local
business in Tidioute, PA.Volunteer Work
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As part of the IUP NAEA, we created a children’s alley
during an arts festival.
At no expense, children could
create fun, multi-cultural art projects!
Volunteer Work
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During another IUP NAEA project, we held an all-day contest open to the community:
During “Chalk the Walk”, anyone
could use chalk to express opinions on a political or
social issue. Volunteer Work
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