My latest lesson plans were for WAX PAPER LEAF-PRESSES! Students will use leaves to make a picture, design or animal that also incorporates the art principle of pattern. My CT okay'd it, so you will be seeing them at the art show in November. Yay!
I was sad that we could only pick 5 pieces of work, so I am making the students do it for me!
Once they are finished their projects with names on the back, we will have a mini art show. Each project will have a post-it with a number on it and the students will record their top 5 (other than their own) and why they chose them. So the pressure is off. Phewy! :) Here is the self-assessment they will be completing once they are finished their own leaf-press. They will use the same criteria when doing their peer-assessments.
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Self-assessment: Leaf-Press Pattern
Name: __________________________ Date:
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Circle one.
1
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2
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3
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4
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I
arranged my leaves in no particular order.
I
did not use a pattern.
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I
arranged my leaves to make a picture, design or animal.
My
pattern is hard to see.
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I
arranged my leaves nicely to make a picture, design or animal.
My
pattern is basic and visible.
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I arranged my
leaves carefully and with much thought to make a picture, design or animal.
My pattern is complex
and compliments my overall design.
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I
gave myself a mark of _________ because
_____________________________________________
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What do you think of this criteria? I had a hard time with the wording. Any suggestions to make it better?
wax paper press picture (above) retrieved from:
http://thebroodinghen.blogspot.ca/2010_08_01_archive.html
wax paper press picture (above) retrieved from:
http://thebroodinghen.blogspot.ca/2010_08_01_archive.html
I know what you mean, I have the toughest time coming up with assessment that gives clear guidelines and can be fit on some sort of scale... Just like anything else, I think (HOPE) that it will get easier with practice!
ReplyDeleteWhat grade level is it for Cheyenne? I know what you mean about only picking five...it actually makes me uncomfortable. Unlike someone moving on to a spelling B championship because they spelled all the words right or going to the track meet because they had the fastest time in their age group, determining the "best" artwork is subjective. I know I say this a lot...but are we teaching students to be creative or are we teaching them to follow rules that pre-define what creative is supposed to look like? I'm all for criteria to set students on the right track but in a differentiated classroom we should provide open-ended opportunities for students to express their creativity, in which case, I would expect each picture to turn out distictly original. How can we encourage creative risk-taking if we too harshly judge the end result? How do we say one is more "right" than the next? (Just thinking out loud). I respect that your rubric is for self-assessment and to keep students on track. I like that your criteria provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their creativity without being confined by your interpretation of what the end result should look like. You will get lots of variations of the same skill/theme--I really feel like that's what we are striving for! It would look amazing in a large, grouped display. Your art plan looks beautiful...I can't wait to see the end results at the art show!!
ReplyDeleteJust a couple of thoughts - first, Laura has made an excellent point about being careful not to set criteria that limits creativity - I don't think you have done that here because you offered the options of "picture, design, or animal". Second, I would ask students to try a few different arrangements and put their project together with the one that they think is most interesting or attractive. Then, in your criteria, you can describe the behaviour of trying images and choosing the best one rather than use adjectives that may be less clear, like "nicely".
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