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Year Group: 9

Term: Autumn Term + Spring Half Term

Unit Duration: 18 weeks

Number of Lessons: 18

Unit Title: Mechanical

Unit Assessment: Mixed Media-based assessment related to Mechanical

Fertile Question: What makes a sculpture more than just a solid object?

Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should have when starting this unit:

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Literacy / Key Vocabulary / Subject Terminology that students should cover:�

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Suggested materials teachers could / should use:

• Bitesize Website
• National Gallery of Art

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Home Learning Tasks students should complete:

• Coursework Based Tasks

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• Basic drawing and painting skills through prior exploration
• Experience controlling artistic tools
• Basic ability to discuss and reflect on artworks verbally and in writing
• Basic understanding of the Formal Elements

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Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

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• Recap how to build and develop observational drawings skills through line and tone
• Recap how to develop our painting skills through layering and blending
• Recap how to build a collage through the fundamentals of composition
• Understand the difference between 2D and 3D media with reference to a variety of artists
• Learn how to construct a variety of mixed-media sculptures
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Junk
• Learn the fundamentals of clay
• Learn how to create slabs
• Learn how to slip and score
• Research, develop and integrate an artist's style into your own creative practice
• Develop our sculptural outcomes through experimentation and development

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Stretch: Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

• Build confidence, independence, and creative problem-solving by making choices about their own work
• Develop the ability to reflect on artworks and artists using technical language