Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Suggest ways to draw a word through marks.
- Use relevant language to describe how an object feels.
- Suggest ways to create different textures through drawn marks.
- Freely experiment with different tools, receiving encouragement when needed.
- Describe and then draw shapes that make up an object.
- Use good observational skills to add details to their drawing.
- Use an interesting range of marks that show an understanding of how to draw different textures.
- Make sketches, which may be of basic stick-like figures or may imply more shapes.
- Develop sketches into a character, with some support, adding details to enhance their character.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how drawing facial features in different ways conveys expressions.
- Recount a story and select key events to draw.
- Create scenes from their own imagination, with some support.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Make your mark
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Charcoal mark making
Lesson 2: Creating texture
Lesson 3: My toy story
Lesson 4: Creating characters
Lesson 5: Tell a story
Key skills
Generating ideas:
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Form:
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Key vocabulary
blending
charcoal
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Unit resources
Assessment – Art and design Y2: Drawing: Tell a story
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Aimed at pupils, a single page
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
Art and design: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Art
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National curriculum mapping
This document maps the National curriculum
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Assessment
A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments
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Unit vocabulary
This document lists the new vocabulary
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Equipment list
A checklist of art equipment required
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Art and design – List of artists
This document lists the artists studied
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes
English: Reading – comprehension