Learning objective
- To explore control and pressure to create different types of lines.
Success criteria
- I can talk
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National curriculum
Art and design
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
As this is the first unit in Key stage 1, there is no knowledge to recap with the children.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Knowledge organiser to describe the lines they have drawn; could choose a limited number of lines, squares to experiment on or drawing materials; could use the Activity: Types of line to guide and help describe their line drawings.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should experiment with how they hold materials, creating lines using the side as well as the tip; could use multiple types of lines or materials on one square; could experiment with overlapping different lines or materials.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using the taught vocabulary to describe
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Vocabulary definitions
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control
The way a drawing material is held.
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curved
A line that bends smoothly, like a smile.
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Example work

St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham

St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham

Garswood Primary School, Garswood

Roby Park Primary School, Liverpool
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