Lesson 4: Creating characters

Learning objective

To understand how to apply expressions to illustrate a character.

Success criteria

I can show

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

English

Pupils should be taught to:

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Show the children a toy (it could be one used from the previous lesson) and ask them to identify the shapes they can see in the toy. If a toy is unavailable, show the children the image of a teddy on Presentation: My toy story from Lesson 3: My toy story. Take feedback from the…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May benefit from having printed images or storyboards to support creating poses; could provide a drawing of a simple stick figure and ask them to build on it with shape if the children find drawing a person hard; may provide some images of characters to inspire them with ideas for clothes, expressions and styles; could give them time with an adult to talk about their ideas aloud.

Pupils working at greater depth

Can be encouraged to draw their friends using props; should suggest how they could make improvements to their character using mark making to show detailed texture and tones.

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