Heavyweight paper, construction paper, watercolor palettes, paintbrushes, cups, string, visual aids "Klimt and his Cat" by Berenice Capatti.
pencils
white board and table for set up
I can point out key details in the children"s book, "Klimt and his Cat" by Berenice Capatti. I can create a composition that includes line, shape, pattern and symbols that will express my personal feelings using gold paper, construction paper, crayon and watercolor. I can write a brief paragraph describing the symbols and pattern I used to express my feelings.
Students will be introduced to the history, culture and techniques used by the artist Gustav Klimt through the children's book, "Klimt and his Cat" by Berenice Capatti. The students will understand the way in which line, shape, pattern and symbols can be used to express personal feelings. Students will create a composition that incorporates Klimt"s decorative style by incorporating line, shape, pattern and symbols using gold paper, construction paper, crayon and watercolor. They will have the choice of creating a portrait, a self-portrait and/or a landscape composition. Once they have finished their artwork they will write a brief paragraph describing the symbols and pattern used to express their feelings.
Volunteers can help hand out materials and assist students during the lesson.
Grade 1
Grade 1: Mathematics: Geometry: Reason with shapes and their attributes: Cluster #1. Distinguish between defining attributes versus non-defining attributes; build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure #6: Students Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
Grade 1: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
1.1a Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
Grade 1: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
1.2a Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
Grade 2
Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Grade 2: Mathematics: Geometry: Reason with shapes and their attributes: Cluster #1. Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or given number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.
Grade 2: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
2.2a Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions and curiosity.
Grade 2: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
1.2a Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
Grade 3
Grade 3: Mathematics: Geometry: Reason with shapes and their attributes: Cluster #1. Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared attributes can define a larger category. Recognize rhombuses, rectangles and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Grade 3: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
1.3a Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
Grade 3: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
1.3a Create Personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
Grade 4
Grade 4: Mathematics: Geometry: Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles: Cluster #3 Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.
Grade 4: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3: Describe in depth a character, setting or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
Grade 4: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
1.4a Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art of design problem.
Grade 4: Visual Art: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
2.4a When making works of art, utilize and care for materials, tools and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others.
