SecretDoors

Author:YoshiMakino
Datecreated:02/11/20153:54PMEDTDatemodified:03/01/201511:43PMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

17

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

rural

Free/ReducedLunch

95%

EthnicityofStudents

12Latina/o
1AfricanAmerican/White
4White

EnglishLanguageLearners

DM:Listening:EarlyIntermediate,Speaking:EarlyIntermediate,Reading:Beginning,Writing:Beginning
VM:Listening:Intermediate,Speaking:Intermediate,Reading:Beginning,Writing:EarlyIntermediate
BM:Listening:EarlyIntermediate,SpeakingIntermediate,Writing:Intermediate,Reading:Beginning
TheresixstudentswhoareFEP

StudentswithSpecialNeeds

StudentswithIEPs
DH:hasdifficultieswithlanguage.Shedoesnoralwaysunderstandvocabularyandmayneedthingsexplainedseveral
times.Readinglevelisbelowbasic.Shealsohasdifficultyinsocialsituations.Needsvisualsupport.
VM:isreadingatbelowbasic.Shehasdifficultieswithfinemotorskills.Itshardfortogetherwordsout.Sheshoulduse
chromebooksforawritingassignment.Whenshe'sstressed,sheshouldbesenttoroom15forabreak.
BM:difficultywithlanguage.HisEL,readingandwritingisbelowbasic.Hehasdifficultyauditoryprocessing.Doeswell
pairedwithapartner.Mayneedextratimeonassignments.
Z:hasdifficultywithfluency.Hasapoorshorttermmemory.Transitionsandnoisemaybehardforhim.Canuse
headphones.Cangoforawalktoregroup.Heneedsextratimewithassignments.
LM:hasdifficultywithauditoryreasoning,drawingconclusionsandreadingcomprehension.Sheneedstoprocessthings
visually.

Subject(s)

Art

Grade/Level

Grade7

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions
LearningOutcome(s)
Standards

CAVisualandPerformingArtsContentStandardsforCaliforniaPublicSchools(2013)
Subject:VisualArts
Grade:GradeSeven
ContentStandard:2.0CREATIVEEXPRESSIONCreating,Performing,andParticipatingintheVisualArtsStudents
applyartisticprocessesandskills,usingavarietyofmediatocommunicatemeaningandintentinoriginalworksofart.
Area:CommunicationandExpressionThroughOriginalWorksofArt
Standard:2.5Interpretrealityandfantasyinoriginaltwodimensionalandthreedimensionalworksofart.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

Formativeassessmentwillbeusedthroughoutthelessonbyaskingthestudentsquestions.Theteacherwillalso
circulatetheroomcheckingthestudents'work.
Summativeassessmentwillbeinformofarubric.

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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES

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InstructionalMaterials&
Technology(handouts,etc.)

Equipment
Powerpointpresentationoffantasyandrealdoors
documentcamera

Exampleofassignment

MaterialandTools
xactoknifeforteachertocut
metalruler
triangle
Blackpens
foamcorepiecestomakedoors
paperforbackground
magazines
watercolors
brushes
tapetomakehinges
paperglue
scratchpaper

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities

Hook:Todaywearegoingtolookatfantasydoorsfrom"TheHobbit,""HarryPotter"andfrom"TheLiontheWitchand
theWardrobe,"andrealdoorsfromallovertheworld.Foryournextassignmentyouwillmakeyourownsecretdoors
whichleadsintoafantasyworld.
Vocabulary:translucent,opaqueandthumbnailsketch,reality,fantasy,scale,andarbitrarycolor.
ThestudentsarehandedoutaXeroxandareinstructedtofolditintoabooklet.Eachbooklethas6vocabulary
wordsanddefinitions.Theteacherpresentsapowerpointpresentationofthevocabularywordsandexplainsthe
definition.Thestudentssaythewordsoutloud.Foreachdefinitionthestudentsdrawthedefinitionsoranswerashort
questioninthebooklet.Theteachercirculatestheroom,checkingthestudents'work.
Theteachershowsanexampleoftheassignmentandexplainsittotheclass.Thestudentsaretomakeadrawingofa
placewithadoor.Thedoorwillbecutoutoffoamcore.Thedoorwillopenandwillleadtoafantasyworldcreatedusing
collage.Thedrawingwilluseblackmarkerandcoloredwithwatercolor.Theteacherasksquestionsusingthevocabulary
words.Isthewatercolorpainttransparentoropaque?Doestheworldbehindthedoorhavetoberealistic?
Theteacherhandsoutarubricandhasstudentsreadthecriteria.Theteacherexplainseachcriteriaandasksifthere
areanyquestions.
Thestudentsgetontopairshave2minutestodiscussanddrawthumbnailsketchesofatleast4doorshapes.The
studentssharewiththeirclassthedifferentshapesthey'vecomeupwhiletheteacherliststheshapesontheboard.
Nextthepairslistideasfortheirdrawing'sscene/place.Whatdoestheworldaroundthedoorlooklike?Theymustlistat
leastfiveideasinfourminutes.Thestudentssharetheirideaswiththeclass.
Theteacherasksthestudentstopicktwooftheideasanddrawfourdifferentthumbnailsketchesofdifferent
possibilities.Theyshouldalsotryoutdifferentdoorshapes.Thestudentsneedtoconsidertheorientationofthepaper.
Theteachercirculatesandchecksthestudents'work.
Theteacherapprovesthestudents'choiceofthemostsuccessfulthumbnailsketch.Theydrawtheirdoortoscaleon
scrappaper,thentheycutitoutandtraceitontothefoamcore.Theteachercutsthedooroutforthestudentswhile
theyflipthroughmagazinestolookforimagestocollagebehindthedoor.
Theteacherusesthedocumentcameratodemonstratetracingthedooronapieceofscratchpaper.Sheshowshow
toandcutoutthedoortousethenegativeasaframetocomposeandtracethebackgroundfroma
magazine.Theteacherdemonstratesputtingahingethedoorwithtape.Usingthistechniquethestudentscutoutthe
backgroundfromthemagazine.Theycutoutotherobjectstheywanttouse.Thestudentsbeginsketchingtheirworldin
pencilontothepaper.Theydrawthedoorframeandglueonthecollage.Theyuseblackmarkertodrawoverthepencil
linesanderaseexcesslines.Theyusewatercolortopaintintheirdrawings.
Critique:Astudentgoestothefrontoftheclassroomandshowshis/herartpiece.Theotherstudentsraisetheirhand
andusetheprompt,"Iliketheartpiecebecause..."Afterwardsthestudentgivesanyadditionalcommentsandsaysif
therewasanythinghe/shewouldhavechanged.

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DifferentiatedInstruction

ThelessonutilizesavocabularylessontomakesuretheELLandSPEDstudentshaveaclearunderstandingoftheart
terms.Thelessonusesapowerpointtoshowdefinitionsvisually.Thestudentsinteractwiththewordsbydrawingor
answeringaquestion.
Theteacherexplainsthelessonasmuchaspossiblebyusingarealexampleoftheworkandbydoingexamples.
TheteacherdifferentiatesforVMbyhavinglesserexpectationsofqualitysinceherfinemotorskillsaren'tverywell
developed.Shewillneedextraassistancewithhingingthedooranddrawingthedoorframe.

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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson

Sincetheteacherneedstocutthedoorsoutusinganxactoknifeshewillbepreoccupiedbythisactivityanditwillbe
moredifficulttohelpthestudentsduringthistime.

PostLesson
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