1. Unit outline designed by:
o Icíar Herrero (English teacher)
o Fernando Rodríguez (P.E. teacher)
o Rosa Fernández (Visual Art and
Technologies teacher)
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1. Unit outline

2. 2. Lesson Plan, designed by Rosa María Fernández Alba
LESSON PLAN
Name of teacher:
ROSA MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ ALBA
No. in class:
18
Grade:
4th ESO
Lesson time:
5 sessions
Title of Lesson:
Visual Arts and the Human Form
All cultures have means of portraying the human form for expression of cultural, social,
religious, political, and aesthetic values. In this lesson students are invited to artfully
connect, communicate, respond, experiment, and discover new ways to engage in this
ancient but very human impulse to represent self and culture.
Students will create 2D (gesture drawings) to render the form, working from a model
and from their imagination to bring content and personal imagery into their work.
Learning objectives: By the end of the lesson students will:
o Reflect on the human form (self, other and through history).
o Know that gesture sketching is used for active thinking -- Most artists plan
their artworks in a gesture sketching style.
o Become familiar with the terminology utilized in gesture drawing and working
from the figure, ink wash renderings and modeling.
o Learn techniques of gesture drawing utilizing a model.
o Learn methods of charcoal and black felt pen.
o Learn methods of ink wash renderings.
o Engage in class critiques.
o Develop vocabulary and verbal English skills.

3. Materials:
o Students' notebooks
o Continuous white paper
o Charcoal
o Students' sketchbooks (A3)
o Soft pencils
o Black felt pens
o A2/A1 sheets of paper
o Black ink and paintbrushes
o Jar for water
Resources:
o Blackboard
o Digital whiteboard with Internet connection
o Cork board panel
o Flash cards to describe different human positions
o 3/4 wooden human figure artist's model
o 6 hand-out 1 -video 'Sketching a Gesture Drawing', 2 for T and
LA.
o 20 easels
o Some blankets/cushions for the live model
o Sink with water
o Computer lab
o Goggle Drive account and Visual Arts blog
o 18 LA assessment - final lesson

4. 3. Stages of the lesson 'Visual Arts and the Human Form'
Stages of
the lesson
(+ timing)
Teaching procedures and teacher’s language: Learner activities and
learner language:
Interaction Support given
Session 1
Warm-up exercise: Human chain
1.
2 mins.
Students watch the video: 'Shapes formed by
Human bodies', Pilobolus Dance.
Students watch Whole class Digital whiteboard and youtube video (<2'):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHEM0dxxEzM
2.
15 mins.
Presentation of the activity and the related
vocabulary. Demonstration of techniques,
methods and objectives. -CHARCOAL.
Teacher (T) explains the activity:
Students have to trace around his classmates'
silhouettes (using charcoal) in different
positions on the walls.
Teacher reminds them of infinitive structure to
give instructions (and negative infinitive).
Students listen
Language Assistant (LA)
writes new vocabulary
and infinitive structure
on the board
Speaking - single words
Students write down
new vocabulary and
structures in their
notebooks
Whole class
Whole class
LA - Whole
class
Individual
- Flash cards to describe different human positions.
- New vocabulary on the board.
- Students' notebooks.
3.
30 mins.
Engagement in Creative Activity 1.
Students in pairs trace around their profiles
each other using charcoal.
Speaking - student gives
instructions
Pairs
T-pair
LA-pair
- Corridors with continuous white paper on the
walls.
4.
8 mins.
Questions, critique/sharing
Teacher gives the students the opportunity to
take a look to all the silhouettes, to notice the
variety and encourages them to talk about the
activity.
Speaking and listening T and LA
-whole class
Student -
whole class
- Corridors with students' silhouettes.

5. Session 2
2D gesture drawings
1.
8 mins.
Students are given a hand-out to fill the gaps
guessing the answers from a given list.
Students offer answers
and one of them writes.
Reading, speaking,
negotiating.
Groups of 3. Hand-out 1 -video 'Sketching a Gesture Drawing'.
2.
10 mins.
Students watch the video: 'Sketching a Gesture
Drawing', Expert Village
Students check their hand-out answers.
Students listen
Students read and
correct their mistakes
Whole class
Groups of 3.
Digital whiteboard and youtube video (<3'):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tStMdJ11JSs&feature=share&list=PL1E761116D3FA
8F83
(twice, if necessary)
3.
10 mins.
Presentation of the activity 2 and the related
vocabulary. Demonstration of techniques,
methods and objectives. -SOFT PENCILS -
Teacher explains the activity:
Students have to create quick sketches (with
soft pencils) of the model given on the tables.
Students listen
LA writes new
vocabulary on the
board
Speaking - single words
Students write down
new vocabulary in their
notebooks
Whole class
Whole class
Whole class
Individual
- Wooden human figure artist's model to display
human positions.
- New vocabulary on the board.
- Students' notebooks.
4.
20 mins.
Engagement in Creative Activity 2.
Students in groups of 6 sit around 3 tables to
make the sketches (timed gesture drawings).
Students will have to complete a two minutes
gesture drawings for 5/6 different positions.
Listening T and LA
advises while working.
Groups of 6
T-group
LA-group
- 3 wooden human figure artist's model to display
human positions.
- Students' sketchbooks (A3).
5.
7 mins.
Questions, critique/sharing
Teacher gives the students the opportunity to
take a look to all the sketches and encourages
them to talk about the activity.
Speaking and listening T-whole
class
Student -
whole class
- Cork board panel for all those artworks

6. Session 3
6.
30 mins.
Presentation of the activity 3 and the related
vocabulary. Demonstration of techniques,
methods and objectives. -BLACK FELT PEN-
Language Assistant introduces adjectives of
description, pronouns and new vocabulary.
Teacher explains the activity:
Students have to create quick sketches (with
black felt pen) of live model.
Students listen
Students listen and
participate when they
are asked to
Speaking - single words
Students write down
new vocabulary in their
notebooks
Whole class
Whole class
Students
offer
answers
Whole class
Individual
- LA to be the teacher's model.
- PowerPoint interactive presentation. It includes
semaphore activities.
- Students' notebooks.
7.
25 mins.
Engagement in Creative Activity 3.
Students, in easels, around a live model to
make timed gesture drawings.
Students will have to complete a one, two, and
three minutes gesture drawings for 5/6
different positions using black felt pens.
Listening T and LA tips
while working.
Individual
T-student
LA-student
- A volunteer student to be the artists' model.
- Some blankets and cushions for the live model
- 20 easels
- A2/A1 sheets of paper

7. Session 4
8.
15 mins.
Presentation of the activity 4 and the related
vocabulary. Demonstration of techniques,
methods and objectives. -BLACK INK-
Teacher explains the activity:
Students have to create quick sketches (with
black ink) of live model.
Students listen
LA writes new
vocabulary on the
board
Speaking - single words
Students write down
new vocabulary in their
notebooks
Whole class
Whole class
Whole class
Individual
- LA to be the teacher's model.
- New vocabulary on the board.
- Students' notebooks.
9.
30 mins.
Engagement in Creative Activity 4.
Students in easels around a live model to make
timed gesture drawings.
Students will have to complete a two, three,
and four minutes gesture drawings for 5/6
different positions using black ink.
Listening T and LA tips
while working.
Individual
T-student
LA-student
- A volunteer student to be the artists' model.
- Some blankets and cushions for the live model
- 20 easels
- A2/A1 sheets of paper
- Sink with water
10.
10 mins.
Questions, critique/sharing
Teacher gives the students the opportunity to
take a look to all the drawings from activities 3
and 4, and encourages them to talk about the
activity.
Speaking and listening T-whole
class
Student -
whole class
- Cork board panel for all those artworks

8. Session 5
Figure and Gesture drawing using ICT - Final Review, Synthesis and Assessment
1.
20 mins.
Review Gesture Drawing
Human figure in art
Students listen
Students listen
Whole class
Whole class
Digital whiteboard and youtube video (<11'):
http://youtu.be/M3QzApLXI4I
PowerPoint on Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/elemICT/examples-of-
the-human-figure-in-art
2.
25 mins.
Figure Drawing Practice with ICT model
-FREE TECHNIQUE-
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-
tools/figure-drawing/
Tools for self-educating
artists.
Software provides you
timed models
Individual or
pairs
- PC with Internet connection
- Students' sketchbooks
3.
10 mins.
Questionnaire - Final reflection sheet
It will be a Goggle Doc Form 'Formulario' on
the Visual Arts blog.
Students type answers
on the blog
Individual - Goggle drive form 'formulario' on the Visual Arts
blog.
(similar to: plastinglish: 'formulario' example)
While
stage 2
develops
...
3-4 mins.
each pair
Assessment - LA will have an interview with all
the students (in pairs)
Speaking LA - students
in pairs
- A corner in the classroom, corridor or another
class
- 18 LA assessment - final lesson

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