Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School

Activity Plan

Date(s): School Day(s):

Unit: 4 Life Expression
Activity: Self Map & Research
Length of Instruction: see classroom procedures
Expectations to be Assessed/Evaluated: Assessment/Evaluation Methods/Tools:

A1.1 Use a variety of strategies, individually and/ Assessment Strategy: Handout

or collaborate to generate and explore ideas and to
develop plans for the creation of art works. Assessment Category: Communication

Assessment for learning

Learning Goal:

Students will research tattoo/graffiti artists and choose a style they would like to analyze and recreate.

Class Procedures/Daily Preparation:

1.(10 min.) Attendance
2. (20 min.)
- 10 min. Hook: Why is identity important and how it can help you in your future career
- Learning about what makes you unique and how your attributes are your own personal skills.
- 10 min. Who is the teacher? (Kat Self Map)
- Self Map Attributes/ Places/ Favorite things/ Relationships
3. (20 min.)
- 10 min. Have students create their own self map
- 10 min. Have students organize their thoughts into the four directions:
Where are you from? (community, culture, language, land)
Where have you been?
Where are you now?
Where are you going?
4. (30 min.)
- Students are to go into the computer lab and complete the tattoo mentor artist handout
- The handout requires students to research an artist that they would like to learn about and study their
work.
- Students should pick one of the artists works and print it by the end of the class as a model for their
own symbol.
5. (10 min.) Wrap up

Daily Homework Resources

Four directions handout Handouts

Tattoo Mentor Artist handout Computer lab

Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School

Activity Plan
Date(s): School Day(s):
Unit: 4 Self Expression
Activity: Work Period

Length of Instruction: see classroom procedures

Expectations to be Assessed/Evaluated: Assessment/Evaluation Methods/Tools:

A1.3 Document their use of each stage of the Assessment Strategy: Level
creative process in a portfolio and refer to this
portfolio to reflect on how effectively they have Assessment Category: Knowledge and
used the creative process. Understanding

B3.1 Explain how knowledge and skills acquired Assessment for learning
in visual arts could be applied in a wide variety of
careers and in areas of future study.

C3. 1 Describe legal and ethical issues associated

with the use of images, materials, and property
(both physical and virtual) in the production of art
works.
Learning Goal:

Students will create a rough work of their symbol using the research of skills that they have learned.

Class Procedures/Daily Preparation:

1.(10 min.) Attendance
2. (10 min.)
- Introduce the activity about creating a tattoo and how creating a symbol should represent all the
aspects that make that person unique.
- Introduce the health and legal aspects of making a tattoo
- Health: Clean instruments, healing
- Legal Wavers
3. (30 min.)
- Have students take all the information they gathered (Tattoo Mentor handout, 4 directions work
sheet, tattoo image) and have them create a rough draft of their symbol/ tattoo.
- Students have the option to create their own symbol or one for a classmate based on the information
written on the handouts about that person. If they decide to do a symbol for a classmate, they have to
create something that the client would like not themselves.
4. (30 min.)
- Students start thinking about what body part they would want their tattoo on and how to incorporate
it around their work
- Students should think about how they are going to incorporate their drawing onto the canvas and
what sort of techniques they will need to use to create their own approach on their tattoo mentors
style.
5. (10 min.)
- clean up and wrap up
- students should place rough drafts inside portfolio for further review

Daily Homework Resources

Rough Drawing Utensils to create rough draft

Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School

Activity Plan
Date(s): School Day(s):

Unit: 4- Self Expression

Activity: Work Period

Length of Instruction: see classroom procedures

Expectations to be Assessed/Evaluated: Assessment/Evaluation Methods/Tools:

A2.1 Use a combination of elements and Assessment Strategy: Level

principles of design to create art works that
express personal feelings and communicate Assessment Category: Knowledge and
specific emotions to an audience. Understanding

Assessment for learning

Learning Goal:

Students will create a painting based on their symbol creation.

Class Procedures/Daily Preparation: (how long should these work periods be)
1.(10 min.) Attendance
2. (10 min.)
- Set up room for students to start painting
3. (60 min.)
- Students can begin to work on their symbol and focus on its size, color, lines etc.
- Work period: walk around and assist students with work
- Give pointers on how to improve and further skill set
4. (10 min.)
- Wrap up final areas of painting
- Clean up

Daily Homework Resources

Painting Painting Utensils

 Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Activity Plan

Date(s): School Day(s):

Unit: 4- Self Expression
Activity: Work Period

Length of Instruction: see classroom procedures

Expectations to be Assessed/Evaluated: Assessment/Evaluation Methods/Tools:

A2.1 Use a combination of elements and Assessment Strategy: Level

principles of design to create art works that
express personal feelings and communicate Assessment Category: Communication
specific emotions to an audience.
Assessment for learning

Learning Goal:

Students will create a painting based on their symbol creation.

Class Procedures/Daily Preparation:

1.(10 min.) Attendance
2. (10 min.)
- Set up room for students to start painting
3. (60 min.)
- Students should work on creating the body around their symbol and think about why exactly they
chose that body part.
- Work period walk around and assist students with work
- give necessary feedback for students
- have students reflect on art work
4. (10 min.)
- Wrap up final areas of painting
- Clean up

Daily Homework Resources

Painting Painting Utensils

 Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Activity Plan

Date(s): School Day(s):

Unit: 4- Self Expression
Activity: Worksheet period

Length of Instruction: see classroom procedures

Expectations to be Assessed/Evaluated: Assessment/Evaluation Methods/Tools:

C1.1 Demonstrate and understanding of the Assessment Strategy: level

elements and principles of design, and use
appropriate terminology related to elements and Assessment Category: Knowledge and
principles when creating and analyzing art works Understanding

Assessment for learning

Learning Goal:

Students will analyze their work and the skills they used to create it.

Class Procedures/Daily Preparation:

1.(10 min.) Attendance
2. (10 min.)
Introduction of Resource Journal
- resource journal will analyze various artistic elements and how they apply to the students work.
3. (60 min.)
- Students will fill out the resource journal and critically analyze their own work.
- They will analyze the meaning behind their painting, design of painting (foal point, lines etc) and
write an overall reflection of what they learned about themselves.
4. (10 min.)
- wrap up

Daily Homework Resources

Tattoo Mentor Resource Journal Handouts