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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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 be encouraged to experiment with how they hold materials, creating lines using the side as well as the tip; could be encouraged to 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

  • control

    Holding your drawing materials in a certain way.

  • curved

    A line that bends smoothly, like a smile.

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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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