A Day I Will Never forget
Theme: Art
Grade Level: 1st—8th grade
Lesson Overview
This lesson is to assist students in developing a piece of artwork that tells about a day in their life that they will never forget. The teacher will share a day in their life that they will never forget and describe what they might include in an art project about that day. After the teacher shares, students will break into groups of two or three and discuss their own days to remember. Next, students will get a piece of art paper and use a medium of their choice to create their drawing.
Lesson Objectives
Materials
Art paper, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, markers, pastels, watercolor paints, brushes, water, paper towels
Questions
Process
Grade Level: 1st—8th grade
Lesson Overview
This lesson is to assist students in developing a piece of artwork that tells about a day in their life that they will never forget. The teacher will share a day in their life that they will never forget and describe what they might include in an art project about that day. After the teacher shares, students will break into groups of two or three and discuss their own days to remember. Next, students will get a piece of art paper and use a medium of their choice to create their drawing.
Lesson Objectives
- The students will gain insight into their own identity.
- The students will grow in their understanding of how to share an event in their life with others.
- The students will explore the role of art in self-expression.
Materials
Art paper, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, markers, pastels, watercolor paints, brushes, water, paper towels
Questions
- What is a day in your life that you will never forget?
- What would you include in a drawing of that day?
Process
- The teacher will share “a day in their life that they will never forget.”
- The teacher will describe what they might include in an art project about that day.
- Students will break into groups of two or three and discuss their own days to remember.
- Students will get a piece of art paper and use medium of their choice to create their artwork.
