Secondary Lesson Plan Template

Name of class:

Ceramics 1

Length of class: 90 minutes

LEARNING GOALS

Standard 1
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and
processes
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Student will be able to create a teapot using clay techniques.

Student will be able make connections between form and function
while using clay.
CONTENT

SKILLS:

Pottery Terms:
Clay
wet clay,
leather hard,
green ware,
bisque ware,
green ware
slab, coil,
wheel thrown

How/When to join clay together slip and

score
How to attach a handle, spout lid
How to make something hidden

Tools
slab roller,
extruder,
needle tool,
rubber rib,
wooden rib,
needle tool
Teapot Terms:
Handle
Lid
Spout
Hidden
RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED

Clay

Clay tools: rubber rib, wooden rib, needle tool, slab roller, extruder
(etc)
Slip
Throwing Wheel
Kiln
Glaze
Clay examples
Computers/Internet
LEARNING PLAN (How will you organize student learning in this lesson?
ACTIVATE

Students will be shown several art pieces at the beginning of

class. Small groups will discuss the form of each piece. The
teacher will then show the large group that each piece of art pours
water. This will activate the students interest because the lesson
will open by the teacher explaining how these are examples of
hidden teapots.
ACQUIRE & APPLY

1. Discussion/Lecture:
Large group openly discuss new key terms and review
vocabulary/concepts with handout and by writing/drawing them on
the board. Refer to examples that they viewed at the beginning of
class. Explain how techniques can be used to engage a viewer.
Have them fill out a Graphic Organizer so that they can write or
draw pictures of tools, techniques, thoughts, and ideas.
2. Reflect:
Allow students a few minutes of silence so they can complete their
graphic organizers, write down/plan out/sketch their ideas, and to
reflect on what was just presented.
3. Share/Collaborate:
Break into small groups to compare each others graphic
organizers and to discuss their ideas of a hidden teapot. Small
groups will discuss the relationship between form and function.
They will be provided with prompted discussion questions (written
on the board/handout). These questions will organize their
discussion and will help them start thinking about how they are
going to create a hidden teapot.
**Use the large and small group discussion to evaluate the student
involvement and excitement. Use a thumbs up/down/middle to
gauge how well the students understand the assignment and how

enthused they are. Computers/Internet is available for further

research.

ASSESSMENT

Pre-Assessment:
- Previously made slab pots, coil pots, and wheel thrown pots
will show which techniques need to be demonstrated and
discussed again.
Formative Assessment:
- Graphic Organizers
- Sketches
- Large and small group discussions
Summative Assessment:
- Rubric - Construction, Craftsmanship, Creativity,
Functionality

Differentiation

Instruction
- Multiple Intelligence:
- Writing on board and handout, pictures on board and
handout, tangible examples within classroom, small group
discussion, large group discussion, computers available for
online videos/further research
Assessment
- Student interest they choose how to hide their teapot
allows for accountability
- Student choice they choose what technique to use (slab,
coil, wheel thrown, etc)
- Rubric can be adjusted as needed