ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOK

ELEMENTARY ASSESSMENTS

Submitted by Jacqueline Coyne, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Lesson Title:
Tansai Sumi Painting

Grade Level or Course:
Grade One

Targeted Goals and Objectives from the 2000 North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12:

1.02 Uses logical sequence to complete an activity.
1.03 Develop fluency in use of symbols for visual expression.
1.05 Carefully observe and examine the world around them.
2.01 Become familiar with additional basic art media, techniques and processes which may include: fibers - papermaking and paper weaving.
2.03 Use various techniques to create visual effects using texture.
3.01 Use variety of geometric and organic shapes in creating own work.
3.04 Use a variety of techniques and imagery incorporating pattern and repetition.
3.06 Create visual textures with basic drawing, sculpture and painting tools.
4.02 Create, discuss and/or write simple stories about one's own artwork.
5.01 Recognize that art from other times and cultures does not look the same.
5.02 Recognize that artwork from many cultures can be made of material that the student has experienced (wood, stone, paint, etc.).
6.02 Begin to use one's mistakes as part of the creative process.

Assessment Item

• Monitor the students and discuss their drawings and painting techniques, check the structure of the subject and if the student has used the entire surface.

• Students will write about their artwork or a story or poem that is about their artwork.

• Discussion of work: What have you learned? What have you enjoyed doing most? What did you discover about Japanese artists? What did you learn about drawing their subject? What are your subject and environment?

Scoring Information:

• Composition should fill entire space

• Students should be able to control paint, to create lines of different widths, and to outline accurately

• Students should have control of watercolor and have kept their colors clean and not muddy

• Students should be familiar with the terms, Sumi-e and Tansai Sumi

• Student's written work should relate directly to their artwork either explaining or enhancing the meaning or understanding of their completed artwork.

Teacher notes:

Use evaluation criteria when monitoring students' work as you monitor each lesson. You may need to re-teach different aspects of a lesson on an individual basis and re-evaluate.

Other related items:

The teacher may try to teach students to write Haiku poems as their written portion of the lesson.

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