Lesson #7: Assembling the Collage
Envelopes with cut shapes and collage materials, tracing paper, scissors, ebony pencils, student drawings of the still-life, glue sticks
Students will glue their cut shapes directly on their 12x16 still-life drawing.
Instruct the students to exchange their collages with a partner. Hand out a sheet with accountable talk questions such as:
The first thing I notice about this work is.....
I like the way the artist....
Something special about this collage is......
I'd like to know........
One suggestion for improving this collage is.....
Use the back of the accountable talk sheet to write a paragraph explaining what you should do next in creating this collage.
STRANDS ADDRESSED:
Art Making: assembling a collage
Literacy: reflect on the process of making art, problem solving