Unit Name/ Topic: Britto Name Design

Anticipated Time Allotted for Unit:

2-3 weeks

Key Vocabulary:

Bold, pattern, composition, primary colors, secondary colors, warm colors, cool colors, analogous colors, complementary colors, monochromatic.

NYS Learning Standards:

1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

  1.1, 1.2

2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

  2.1,2.2,2.3

3 Refine and complete artistic work

11 Relation artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context

  11.2

Content/ Skills Taught:

Art history - Britto

Color wheel and color relationships(families)

Composition, pattern, unity, variety

Lettering - topography

Areas for Differentiated Instruction:

Options for name usage- if needed, simplified pattern usage

reteaching , modeling, using video to support instruction

Learning Activities:

How to draw letter- demo practice

Creating color wheel and charting color families- ways to remember color families

Patterning practice, observe and analyze Britto’s art, brainstorm about how he uses pattern and what types of patterns

Create additions examples by asking kids to come up with additional patterns and listing on board for reference

Rough draft

Final drawing and application of colors bases on “rules” to learn the color wheel

Assessments:

*participation in Britto discussion- observation

*evaluate each student as they draw, help reteach or demo when they need help/direction/correction…

*evaluate and provide feedback as they work to steer them to success

*final evaluation of completed work

Resources:

Documents created by myself include images, biography of the artist and Video on artist.