Salmen High School
Unit Plan Template
Teacher Name: REESE
Unit Title:
COLOR
Content Area: ART 1
Grade: 9-12
Duration: 2 WEEKS
Standards and Benchmarks:
VA-CE-H3; use the elements & principles of design for individual expression while exploring compositional problems
Objectives:
Create and understand the uses of a 12-color color wheel; mix a wide variety of colors based on the primaries; mix a range of values/use a monochromatic color scheme; understand & apply the concept of contrast to create focus; use basic tempera painting techniques to apply color to drawings; demonstrate correct procedures in preparing a palette, use & clean-up.
Resources and Materials:
Still life set up; student-created contour line drawings; tempera paints; cardstock, heavy drawing papers, practice papers; variety of brushes, water containers; teacher demos
Differentiation:
Student selection of images to work from; individual assistance
Preparing Students for the Lesson:
· Transitions
· Expected behaviors
Teacher demonstrations; practice work; discussion (similarities & differences between wc & tempera paints/ creating values with various media)
Assessment:
Written definitions & notes (color wheel information); creating & dividing a color wheel; mixing & placing correct colors & labels for color wheel; contour line drawings; final tempera painting of still life using basic techniques; craftsmanship; observation of work habits, focus, effort.
Daily Learning Activities
*Skills Development and Evaluation Assessments
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 1
Intro & demo: create and divide a 5” circle into 12 equal parts. Place 3 color groups on color wheel . (notes/drawing)
demos; preparation of a palette using primary colors; mixing secondaries & teriary groups of colors to place on color wheel.
Continue working on color mixtures for color wheel.
Finish color wheel
Create a contour line drawing from area of still life.
Week 2
Complete drawing as needed; demo; working with a monochromatic palette (creating a range of values).
Work on painting of still life.
Continue still life painting.
Complete painting.
* exam vocabulary on board
Trim & label color wheel as directed.
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6