Nicole Fisher

February 2016

HUGHES HIGH SCHOOL INTERSESSION: ART EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE TEACHING & LESSON PLAN 2015
A PART OF A LARGER INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERSESSION AND INITIATIVE BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

LESSON 1: SENSE OF TOUCH

Timeline:

Materials:

Questions to Help Further

Inquiry

5min Set up

Paper bags

15 min Bio Intro

to Touch

Various items of
size, shape and
texture to place
in bags

Key for what is

in bags

Field journals for

each student as
a recording
device

2-3 mins Intro

to Activity
20-22 mins
Touch Activity
5-10 mins
Conclusion/Disc
ussion
5 mins Clean Up

Sharpies for
writing in
journals
Lesson plan
copies for all
instructors

Students will develop and

build on investigative skills
Students will understand
and be able to explain
touch as a sense
Students will demonstrate
ability to listen to others
Students will demonstrate
and build upon ability to
engage in critical thinking
Students will demonstrate
and build upon ability to
engage in group discussion
Students will show
appreciation of multiple
perspectives
Students will develop and
build upon descriptive
language
Students will become more
attentive

ILOs (Intended Learning

Outcomes):

Why do you say that?

Do you like this feeling that
this touch gives you?
Why?
Do you not like the feeling
that this touch gives you?
Why?
Is what youre touching
familiar or foreign?
Is what youre touching
remind you of a memory?
Is what youre touching
pleasant to touch? How?
Why?
What is the first thing that
popped into your head
when touching this?

Keep in mind that whatever

students decide to draw, as their
record of their experience has no
right or wrong. However they
choose to represent through
drawing is valuable.

Managing the Room: (Kelly Bartholomew)

the engagement of the students in the activity is the main focus, engage
them in conversation about what they are experiencing as the activity goes
on. All adults are encouraged to participate in the activity to help students
feel comfortable as we all explore together.
Words to Help With Description (Writers Write, 2016)
Abrasive, Ample, Angular
Bald, Barbed, Bendable, Blemished, Blistered, Bloated, Blunt, Bristly, Broken, Bubbly,

Bulging, Bulky, Bumpy, Bushy

Caked, Carved, Chafing, Chapped, Chunky, Circular, Clammy, Clean, Coarse, Cold,
Cool, Corrugated, Cratered, Crenellated, Crocheted, Cushioned
Damaged, Damp, Dehydrated, Dense, Dented, Dirty, Distended, Distorted, Doughy,
Downy, Drenched, Dry, Dusty,
Embossed, Enameled, Encrusted, Engorged, Engraved, Etched, Even
Fat, Feathery, Filmy, Firm, Flat, Fleecy, Flimsy, Fluffy, Fluted, Fragile, Freezing, Frigid,
Frothy, Furry, Fuzzy,
Gelatinous, Glassy, Glazed, Glossy, Glutinous, Gnarled, Gooey, Gossamer, Grainy,
Granular, Grating, Gravelly, Greasy, Grimy, Gritty, Grooved, Grubby
Hairy, Hard, Harsh, Hollow, Hot
Icy, Impenetrable, Imprinted, Indented, Inflated, Inlaid, Inscribed, Ironed, Irregular,
Itchy
Jagged
Knitted
Layered, Leathery, Level, Limp, Lined, Long-haired, Loose, Luke-warm, Lumpy
Malleable, Metallic, Moist, Mosaic, Mushy
Narrow, Neat
Oily, Ornamented
Padded, Patterned, Pleated, Pliable, Pockmarked, Pointed, Pointy, Polished, Pot-holed,
Prickly, Printed, Pulpy
Ragged, Rasping, Razor-sharp, Refined, Ribbed, Ridged, Rigid, Rough, Rubbery, Rusty,
Rutted
Sandy, Saturated, Scalding, Scarred, Scored, Scraped, Scratched, Sculptured,
Serrated, Shaggy, Sharp-edged, Sheer, Silky, Slick, Slimy, Slippery, Smooth, Soaked,
Soapy, Sodden, Soft, Soggy, Soiled, Solid, Sopping, Spiky, Spiny, Spongy, Springy,
Steely, Stiff, Sticky, Stubbly, Stuccoed, Sweaty, Swollen, Syrupy
Thick, Thin, Thorny, Throbbing, Tiled, Tough, Tweedy
Unblemished, Unbreakable, Uncomfortable, Uneven, Unyielding
Varnished, Velvety, Veneered, Vibrating, Viscous
Warm, Waterlogged, Wavy, Wet, Wide, Wiry, Withered, Woollen, Woven, Wrinkled
Yielding
Zigzag

Biology Lesson- Jon [Not a part of the DAAP Art Education Licensure
Program / Nor a Student He is part of the larger initiative between Hughes
High School and the University of Cincinnati
Activity Introduction - (Ben Gross)
Today we will do an activity to explore your sense of touch and examine how
touch affects your perceptions. Everyone can go and stand in front of a bag.
(Then recite rules of the activity).
Instructions and Rules - (Nicole Fisher)

You will go around to the different brown paper bags around the room
and place your hand in the bag
Feel the object or objects in the bag
You will have 1 minute per bag
Take the time to consider how it feels when you touch whats inside

Write at least three words describing how the object(s) feel

Draw how the object(s) feel, their textures, or the object(s) themselves
As you feel the object(s) feel free to react, but please do not say what
you think the object(s) is/are

Conclude Activity & Begin Discussion - (Frances Newbery)

What
What
What
What
What

object(s) like did you enjoy touching. List adjectives on board.

object(s) like you not like to touch? List adjectives on board.
object(s) are familiar to you?
else can we feel with?
are some things we touch everyday and what do they feel like?

Final Remarks - (Kelly Tobias)

Bag Key / Guide:
1. Crayons
2. Feathers
3. Empty
4. Tea bags
5. Hair
6. Straws
7. Balloons
8. Kisses
9. Pellets
10. Corn
11. Sand
12. Lock
13. Fabric
14. Silicone
15. Orange
16. Sand
References:
209 Words To Describe Touch. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2016, from
http://writerswrite.co.za/209-words-to-describe-touch