I. Curricular Framework

Concept:

Expression

Essential Question:

What is the value and importance of increasing your visual perception skills?

Bridge:

Magnification

Content:

Visual Perception

Outcomes:

II. Standards Aligned

III. Instruction and Assessment

1. Connect: Connecting to the Concept Experientially

Challenging the student to test their perception.Objective: The student will identify the need for increasing visual perception.

Activity: The teacher develops slides or pictures of ordinary objects in close-up and unusual positions. Show the slides/pictures of the objects without disclosing what the items are. Have students write down what they think the object is. Then give each student a closed paper bag containing an unidentified object. Do not allow students to look in bag. Have them slip their hand into the bag and handle the object. Have them draw what they think the object looks like.

Assessment: Student work.

2. Attend: Attending to the Connection

Examining our true perception abilities.
Objective: The students will identify and discuss their perceptions of what they experienced as opposed to what they actually experienced.

Activity: Show the slides and help students to identify the objects or pictures. Give each student a magnifying glass and allow them to examine the object in the bag. Have them compare and contrast their perception of the object and the actual object.

Assessment: Participation.

Assessment, Phase One, Level of Engagement, Fascination:

3. Image: Creating a Mental Picture

Picturing the concept of perception.
Objective: The students will illustrate the concept of perception.

Activity: Have students further examine the object they had in their bag. Instruct them to do a drawing of the object looking at the details of the object through a magnifying glass. Play instrumental music as students work. Compare and contrast the two drawings the students have done. Did their perceptions of the object change?

Assessment: Student work and participation.

Assessment, Phase Two, Seeing the Big Picture:

4. Inform: Receiving Facts & Knowledge

Getting our perceptions straight.
Objective: The student will identify and discuss the need for increasing visual perception.

Activity: Lecture on the need for increased visual perception. Discuss the need for eye-hand coordination. Show examples from DaVinci's sketchbook of objects being drawn in a variety of positions in order to familiarize the artist with the object. Discuss and demonstrate the various techniques for drawing.

Assessment: Quiz.

Assessment, Phase Three, Success with Acquiring Knowledge:

5. Practice: Developing Skills

Practicing our new found perceptions.Objective: The student will illustrate the use of visual perception.

Activity: Give each student a natural object to examine. Guide them through a contour drawing of the object, check for understanding pointing out needed details. Have the students change the direction of their object and do another drawing on their own. They may do several positions on one paper.

Assessment: Student work.

Assessment, Phase Four, Success with Acquiring Skills:

6. Extend: Extending Learning to the Outside World

Broadening our perceptions.
Objective: The student will extend the concept of visual perception and apply their knowledge of self-expression to illustrate a theme.

Activity: Have students do a contour drawing of their hand. Then have them brainstorm all of the things their hands do for them. Ask them to identify one activity which is most meaningful to them. Illustrate that theme in a drawing. Play music as the students work. The picture must convey the theme and show a clear understanding of the importance the hand plays.

Assessment: Student work.

7. Refine: Refining the Extension

The relevance of our perceptions.
Objective: The student will analyze and critique their work.

Activity: Have students analyze their own work. On a sheet of paper, ask them to write a critique discussing their ability to look beyond the normal perception of an object or theme.

Assessment: Student's written critique and teacher critique.

8. Perform: Creative Manifestation of Material Learned

Celebrating different perceptions.

Objective: The student will integrate a variety of valid perceptions into one theme.

Activity: As a group, ask the students to examine the work and identify a theme that runs throughout the drawings. Have them arrange the pieces into a class quilt to be displayed in the school.

Assessment: Student/teacher reactions.

Assessment, Phase Five,Performance, Creative Use of Material Learned: