POWER POINT

LESSON PLAN

 

Date: 20^th October, 2015.

Class:  Form 4

Subject: Visual Arts

Topic: Colour Schemes

Time/Duration: 1hour 45minutes (3 periods)

Number of Students: 20

Exceptional Learners:  Janice (Colour Blind)

Prerequisites:  Know the basics of colour theory

 

Objectives: Students should be able to 

                Learn the vocabulary associated with colour schemes.

                Define and identify the different colour schemes and the emotions they evoke.

 

              Be able to use the colour schemes to produce works of art.

 

Materials, Media and Technology

Painting supplies, paint chips, sketch pad, Power Point presentation, Handouts, Pencil crayons, Scissors.

 Note Well: All coloring/writing utensils and arts and crafts materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils, pencils, sharpies, colored paper, etc.) with the name of the color will be labeled for Janice.

 

Procedural Development

Ask a few leading questions as it relates to colour schemes to stimulate the students and allow them to brain storm.

Take the class outside to observe the things around them. Encourage them to jot down outstanding details and emotions they are feeling in certain spaces around the school compound as it relates to colours.

 Return to classroom and allow students to talk about their observations and emotions.

 

 Go through Power Points

 

Have each student choose a color scheme.

 Ask them to create an abstract composition using acrylic paint and title their work.

 

 Hang the pictures on the board. Ask the class to guess which color scheme was used.

 

Assessment

This will be done based on a portfolio that will be produced over a given period of time. Classroom critiques will also be a part of the assessment process.

 

Closure/Conclusion
Instruct students to bring along a variety of small items in the color schemes of their choice for next class. These items may include but not limited to; scraps of fabric and paper, buttons, trimmings, sequins, pencil shavings, wool, plastic bags etc.

 

 Reflection

This lesson had only one main problem.  About seven of the students were unprepared for working. They did not have their painting supplies. This was solved by simply having the students team up with another classmate who was willing to share their supplies. Apart from that the lesson was particularly interesting for the students, as they enjoyed the outdoor activity very much.  We ended up staying outdoors longer than I had anticipated. It was fine with me because they were having fun and learning at the same time.

After they had viewed the Power Point presentation, they were given a handout with the basic information of the lesson. The students had a lot of thought provoking questions about colour, but we did not have enough time to dig deeper into the topic, since I needed them to do the other activity of creating their art pieces planned. I challenged them to come up with additional questions for us to discuss next class. I am looking forward to continuing this lesson.

 

Below is a link to a Power Point presentation that was created for the lesson plan above. Click on the link to view the presentation

 

 http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=laurencia1978





Reflections

A PowerPoint presentation entitled 'A splash of colour, working with colour schemes was produced. It was used as a visual aid to stimulate their creativity and build on the previous knowledge about colours that they had. A short video was shown at the beginning of the presentation, which served as a refresher course for the class. The presentation then identified and gave examples of the different basic colour schemes and how different colours can appeal to our emotions in different ways. Another short video was shown to help them make the connection between colour and emotion.

I faced a few challenges while the presentation was being produced. Firstly, I had no previous experience creating a PowerPoint as part of my lesson so it was a bit daunting. After almost completing it, I accidentally deleted the presentation and had to start over which  caused some frustration then to add to frustration, my laptop decided to give me some technical difficulties.( I was a basket case). However, fortunately I eventually sorted out the entire ordeal.

I recognised that some improvements could have been made. In terms of some of the examples given, they could have been more creativity displayed. The duration for a few of the transitions could have been adjusted to create a better flow of the presentation.