Learning objective

  • To explore and describe texture through touch and rubbings.

Success criteria

  • I can observe and feel different surfaces and
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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Drawing materials. Ask the children to discuss which drawing material they think was used to create each of the three pieces of artwork.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Activity: Texture words as support with describing different textures; could look specifically for objects that have the textures shown on the Activity: Texture words.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should describe a range of textures fluently and confidently; could display their rubbings in different ways, such as placing rubbings with similar textures together in their sketchbooks.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining what texture is;

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Vocabulary definitions

  • rubbing

    Placing paper over a textured surface and colouring to copy the texture onto the paper.

  • texture

    The way that something feels when it is touched.

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Susan Coles

Art and design specialist

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Susan is an educator, artist and an active advocate and well-known champion of art craft and design education. Her roles include: Secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft, Design Education, Past President, and now Honorary Fellow of the National Society for…
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