Faces tell feelings - Part 6 - Emotions collage

Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.

A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Visual Arts Education

By Jan Kimosh

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Learning outcomes

Students should learn how typefaces can also convey an emotion. They should relate their words to the images chosen from magazines and apply to create a unified picture.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

4 Days

Materials/resources

• Task sheet of printed words from computer lab
• Magazines
• Paper 12 x 12 inches
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencils and erasers
• Colored pencils
• Watercolors
• Watercolor brushes
• Water containers
• Smocks
• Folders for storing cutout pictures and words
• For teacher: Write names of emotions and expressions on individual index cards. (may do 2 of each word)
• Markers
• Paper (12″x12″)

Technology resources

None

Pre-activities

Completion of Unit - Faces Tell Feelings

Part 1 - Computer search and find
Part 2 - PowerPoint presentation
Part 3 - Computer animation

Activities

Day One:

1. Students bring printed sheet of words completed in computer class to art class.
2. Students go through magazines and newspapers to find images that will communicate their chosen word. (If they find images that other students may use, they may cut them out and share.) Save images in folder.
3. Students carefully cut and trim photographs and store in their folders.
4. Students put name, teacher’s name, and grade level on folders and turn in.

Day Two

1. Demonstrate: Teacher takes a separate word printout (done by teacher or computer teacher), and cuts into pieces, or sections, or separates words. Show how the pieces may be overlapped and formed into a shape of something that also conveys that word such as: heart, teardrop for sadness, lightning bolt for anger, diagonal line shape for anger, upside down smile face for sadness etc… Explain that some shapes will look like an object, and others may just be an abstract shape that they feel conveys the feeling chosen.
2. Students cut and form shape with their printed word sheet.
3. Students have teacher check layout of their design before they glue pieces.
4. Students glue pieces to paper. (Cut shape before or after gluing.) Stress careful gluing of all edges.
5. If students have additional time, they may begin to arrange images on blank paper along with their word art.
6. Put pieces in folder (if word art is still gluey, lay on top of folder) and turn in.

Day Three

1. Review what students have done in week 1 and 2.
2. Instruct students to arrange their word art and cut images on paper in a pleasing way. Emphasize overlapping, color blending, and establishing a center of interest.
3. Students arrange elements on piece of paper.
4. Students have teacher check on work before they glue.
5. Glue pieces. Stress carefully gluing and spreading a thin layer of glue to all edges. Make final piece as flat and smooth as possible.
6. Students print name, teacher’s name, and grade level on back of collages and turn in.

Day Four:

1. Teacher demonstrates use of watercolor and overpainting word art and images as a way to unify total collage.
2. Students paint over collages in chosen areas.
3. Students clean up supplies and area.
4. Students complete assessment rubric.
5. Students turn in collage and rubric.

Assessment

See rubric attachment.

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Comments

This lesson in the second in a series of six lessons created by the computer teacher, Susan Getter and elementary art teacher, Jan Kimosh at Our Lady of Lourdes School during a summer LEARN NC/NCSSM/Ackland Art Museum workshop. Look for lessons 1, 4, and 5 in the Computer Technology Skills section of the lesson plans.