Lesson Plans

3rd Hour
11-10-14 to 11-14-14
Teacher: Calla Page (under supervision of Tammi Browning)
Title of Lesson: Clay Slab Vessel
Grade Level - 9th-12th grade (Art 1)
Anticipated Time Needed for the Entire Lesson: 10 class periods.
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following
or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
Essential Question: How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to
formulate artistic investigations?
Content Area Standards:
VA:Cr1.2.IIa- Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and
contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
Outcome(s)- Learning Targets
Students Can:
Create a slab vessel from clay.
Vocabulary:
Slab
Slip and Score
Greenware
Bisque-fire
Glaze
Kiln
Materials

Clay
Glaze
Clay tools

Brief Description of Lesson

Students will create a container that is a geometric shape using the slab technique.
Scope and Sequence (Ordered Flow of Lesson)
Day 1
Teacher will introduce students to the slab technique for building clay
vessels.

Days 2-5
Students will build their clay slab vessel.
Day 6
Students will glaze their vessel after firing.
Assessment
Success will be assessed via evidence of a finished clay slab vessel.
Accommodations:
Adjust accordingly to the slower or faster pace.
A B will participate in this activity
N A and T C I will continue to adjust requirements of the assignment according
their understanding, while still fulfilling all aspects of the learning target. Allow
for slower pacing.
S G S struggles with mood swings that inhibit him from focusing on his work.
Some days it is difficult to keep him on task. I will continue to explore strategies
that are successful for him.