Kenny Age 12

UNCG Art Education Program Art Education Lesson Plan Guide

Note entering competencies:  Are there specific skills, abilities, or previous experiences required for the students to be successful in this lesson?  Are there specific multicultural concerns to be addressed or special need/abilities?
 

1.	Focus and Review:  (time:____________)
...	a.  List vocabulary, tools, procedures, artist models      b. List supplies, tools needed -- quantities, locations  Note any special safety factors      c. List Visual Resources (objects, posters, prints, slides, film, video, books, Internet sites)      d. List text reference (if applicable)
2.	Statement of Objectives:
...	a. List General Objectives b. List Specific objectives (What you expect the student to know or do from this lesson) c. Explain in a paragraph the concept or rational for the lesson (Why do it?) d. Write out the list of objectives you will give the students .
3.	Teacher Input     (time:____________)
...	a. What you will say to the students as your focus and review b. What you will say to the students as the Objectives of the lesson (see 2d above)  Safety? c. Motivational dialogue to spur thinking and creativity (if appropriate for this lesson) d. Directions and Demonstrations:  modeling the activity e. Check for Student Understanding  (Provide one or more ways for students to self review; information on board, display or handout) f. Distribution of materials
4.	Guided Practice -- teacher and student do the activity together (time:____________)
...	If applicable:  list steps here
5.	Independent Practice:  (time:____________)
...	IF students are to proceed independently describe what you expect them to be doing and what you will be doing to supervise this process.   If this is a multi-day lesson:  list what you expect to be accomplished each day.
6.	Closure: (time:____________)  This is the most difficult part of the lesson to manage in actual practice and should be thought out clearly before the lesson is taught.
...	a. Briefly review the main ideas of the lesson, repeating two or three main  ideas of the lesson and the vocabulary new to this lesson b. Preview the next work session or lesson c. Clean-up:  Give directions for ending the work period, cleaning up, and storing the work and supplies. d. Assessment and Evaluation:  How and when will you help the students reflect on the results of their work.  In what ways can the students demonstrate, tell, document, or write their understanding of their work or of the lesson?  Look at your specific objectives;  this will help you structure the points of evaluation for the student. Here are some kinds of  Instructional strategies and/or Assessment that you can consider:   Teacher Observation/Feed Back ____ Student Project Work Sheet_____ Discussion ____ Writing Activity_____ Peer Teaching ____ Test ____     Quiz____ Group Activity _____ Homework_____ Project Assessment Rubric _____ Critique Assessment_____ Individual Student Interview_____ Portfolio Review_____ Key  R--Reading    W-- Writing    S-- Speaking   D--Demonstration  [Use a Key letter to clarify assessment or instructional strategy/activity when needed]
...	Resources
...	a. Theoretical Sources for Teaching  [Quote "chapter and verse" to support your lesson rational;  e. g.,   Art Education Theorists, N. C. Standard Course of Study;  Visual Art Curriculum,  Local Adopted Curriculum, Other] b. Technical References for Teaching  [“How-to” information; e. g.,  for a lesson on blockprinting, books on blockprinting] c.  References for the students  [text books or visual resources]
...	Teaching Performance Evaluations and Reflections:
...	Where your objectives met?   Why or why not?   What of an unexpected nature emerged from this lesson?  Did you make the project yourself before you taught the lesson?  What will you change next time? Do you have visual samples (actual work, slides, digital images, video), written samples, or other documentation of student performance along with the lesson plan to document your teaching?

This lesson Plan is a variation of the six step lesson plan recommended by the NC Department of Public Instruction and Madeline Hunter's Lesson Plan format
(c) 1998-99 Roberta Rice, Coordinator for Art Education, UNCG

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