line unit plan- zentangles and mendi

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Unit Title: Zentangle / Mehndi / Line Work

Grade level: Introduction to 2D & 3D Art

Length of unit: 3 to 4 weeks

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Meaning

Enduring

Understandings/Generalizations:

In what ways does line play a role in our

everyday lives?

How can line be used through art to

communicate traditions, values, andcustoms?

Essential Questions:

How does line influence artwork?

What elements of design can be focused on through the use of

line?

Knowledge & Skills Acquisition

Learning Goals: (e.g., Iowa/Common Core standards.)

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Content Standard 2: Students will understand and apply elements and principles of

design and other art structures.

B-Benchmark: Compare perspectives and functions of art to justify personal

evaluation through reasoned arguments and logical connections.

C-Benchmark: Communicate ideas to others through the visual arts.Content Standard 3: Students will consider, select, apply and evaluate a range of subject

matter, symbols and ideas.

A Benchmark: Create original artwork using subjects, symbols, and ideas from

society, cultures, and the natural world.

Content Standard 5: Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits

of their own and other’s work.

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A- Benchmark: Use written and oral communication to critique personal artwork and

the work of others.

Students will know…

What facts, concepts, vocabulary,

terminology, and other types of

knowledge will students learn in

this unit?

-Elements of Design:

-Line

-Pattern

-Repetition

-Zentangle-Doodle

-Design

-Sketch

-Mehndi

-Henna Art

Students will be able to…

What discrete skills/abilities will students be able to

demonstrate in this unit?

-Analyze and use different types of line to depict symbolism

-Explain the differences and similarities between a zentangle and a

doodle.

-Create henna design on paper form

-Add color and work on color blending

-Defend use of line through art work and their relation to how it

identifies who they are.-Incorporate zentangles into original pieces of artwork.

Resources/Materials:Materials:

-Interactive Journals (Sketchbooks)

-Imagination Worksheet

-Pencil (2B or 4B)

-Eraser

-Fine point black felt tip marker

-Colorered pencils


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-Green drawing paper (size)

-White drawing paper (size)

-Computer to find image for living object to house zentangles

Resources: (Included in lesson plan outlines)

Images to compare and contrast zentangles and doodles

Video: Zentangles

Video: Henna Art

Prezi Power Point: Henna Art:

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Prezi Power Point: Zentangle Art:

Visual Resources

Examples

Stage 2 – Evidence (Assessment)

Types of assessment: Selected-Response (tests, quizzes); Personal Communication (interview, oral

exam, discussion); Written Response (short constructed response questions, entrance/exit slips,

essays); Performance Assessment (role-play, Simulation, labs, dramatization)

Diagnostic Assessment:

How will you integrate diagnostic assessment or assess student prior knowledge in this unit?

This is the beginning unit for the introduction to art education high school course. Prior to this unit, students

worked in their international baccalaureate processing journals; this is a journal that the students include their

global contexts in and relate their artistic self too. Students were to use line to create and “About Me” page. On

this page, they included pictures, symbols, and words that demonstrate who they are in conjunction with the

world.

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What types of diagnostic strategies will you use (pre-test, KWLs, concept-maps, Thinking Maps, etc.)?

-Discussion: Types of line they notice in artwork. (Pre-test of “Who Am I” assignment to get students using line

and exit slip to talk about how they used line three different ways.

-Compare and contrast the similarities and differences of doodles versus Zen tangles. (Vin-Diagram)

What will you do if a student(s) has demonstrated mastery of the knowledge or skills you plan to teach?

-If a student demonstrates the mastery of understanding basic line concepts, they will be asked to move into

elevated uses of line: thin and thick, dark and light. They will be focusing on differentiated their use of line.

Formative Assessment (Assessment for Learning):

How will you make sure that students are learning your goals/objectives/enduring understandings throughout

the unit?

-Throughout the unit, we will discuss, evaluate, select, defend, and analyze the use of line through our own

works of art as well as other artists work.

How will you use assessment to help scaffold student learning in this unit?

-I will use feedback from each class period to develop any scaffolding that needs done immediately or for the

next class period. The main focus will be trying to use lots of visuals to reach the ELL students.

Summative Assessment (Assessment of Learning):

How will you summative assess student learning in this unit (end-of-unit test, essay, interview, performance

assessment)?

Performance Assessment: Henna Hand & Zentangle Living Object

Henna Hand Assignment Sheet.docx

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Will you have multiple assessments (one for knowledge and one for skills)?

-I will be using a rubric that assesses their use of the skill as well as a written (or oral) component that focuses

on their understanding of demonstrating their use of line.

What knowledge or skills will you target in your summative assessment(s)?

-How line can be used through art to communicate traditions, values, and customs.

Stage 3– Learning Plan


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“Who Am I” – 1 class

Line Lesson Plan- Who Am I.docx (Lesson Plan for next two class periods included.)

“Imagination Worksheet and Practice Zentangles in Processing Journals” – 2 classes-Worksheet: Imagination Workout (Line Worksheet)

-16 Zentangles in processing journals (folded)

-Examples of Zentangles

“Henna Hand” – 2/3 classes

Prezi: http://prezi.com/nt67u_vkualr/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Assignment Sheet: Henna Hand Assignment Sheet.docx

Lesson Plan: Mehndi-Henna Hand Lesson Plan.docx

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Example:

“Zentangle Living Object” -4 classes

Prezi:

Assignment Sheet:

Lesson Plan:


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