Learning objective
- To develop a range of mark making techniques.
Success criteria
- I can experiment
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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
Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall: How to hold and use drawing tools in different ways. How mark making can be used to replicate texture. What an observational drawing is. Drawing techniques that help to draw objects from observation (such as seeing shapes).
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Can be shown how to break the charcoal and shape the end to make different types of marks; may benefit from a demonstration of how to hold the charcoal in different ways and to move their hand in different ways to vary their marks; may need words read aloud or explained to them; could alternatively, record an adult saying the words on a talking tin or tablet device.
Pupils working at greater depth
Can experiment with adding marks in chalk or removing charcoal with an eraser, using the eraser as a drawing tool; could be given phrases to convey through marks (see slide 3 of the Presentation: Charcoal mark making).
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: mark-making that is varied,
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Vocabulary definitions
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charcoal
A drawing material made from burnt wood.
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lines
Marks on a surface that can be different lengths, widths and create shapes.
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Example work
St Annes Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
St Annes Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
Whitefield Community school, Manchester
Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School, Loughborough
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 3rd January, 2024
