Content Focus: Casting jewelry

Language Focus: listening, writing

Vocabulary Focus: cast, symbolism, sculpt, jewelry

Standards:

• A.A.Cr.7.m: Investigate: Investigate and expand knowledge of studio skills, techniques, materials, tools, and elements and principles of art and design.
• L.8.3: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

 

Arts Integration: 

• Students will learn about symbolism during their jewelry unit. This will result in students having pendants that are personal to them and deep in meaning.
• Students will sculpt their pendants out of modeling clay BEFORE working on their castings to ensure that the end results are as successful as possible.

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate their understanding of symbolism through sculpting two different pendants that have personal meaning to them.

Activities: Students will listen to teacher instruction, talk with their table, watch a video clip, and sculpt.

Engagement/Introduction: 

• Teacher will ask students what symbolism is and allow them to turn and talk with a partner/table.
• After sharing, the teacher will show a video on symbolism and then explain how students will be using symbolism to create a pendant.
• Students will then be released to begin sculpting a pendant.

 

Assessment Procedure: Students will be assessed based on whether or not they can explain if their piece has symbolism. This can be done through submitting a picture of their pendant on Canvas and accompanying it with the following question.

• Explain how your artwork has symbolism. What does your pendant symbolize?

 

Materials: modeling clay/ air dry clay

Modifications: For students that need additional support in writing or literacy skills: The question could be read aloud and the student could then answer aloud for the assessment as opposed to writing it.

Supporting Documents: Lesson Plan, Presentation

Contact: Taylor Brzezinski (taylor.brzezinski@oshkosh.k12.wi.us)