Learning Activity

Dancing to Haikus-Part 3: Gallery Walk

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

2

Overview

This activity is designed to be presented after the activities Dancing to Haikus-Part 1: Counting Syllables and Dancing to Haikus-Part 2: Dance Party.

Students will brainstorm ways to publicly display artwork related to haiku poems, then create a visual art piece to illustrate the words of a haiku poem. Next, students will explore methods to prepare their artwork for presentation, such as backing with a durable material and adding a nameplate. After preparing their haiku artwork for presentation, students will display their art in a central school location for other students to view.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.2.7

Collaborate on ways to publicly display artwork based on a theme or concept.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.VA.2.7

Vocabulary

  • Principles of design
    • Balance
  • Brainstorming
  • Composition
  • Concepts
  • Characteristic
  • Elements of art
    • Space
    • Value
  • Expressive properties
  • Foreground
  • Middle ground
  • Neutral colors
  • Resist

Essential Questions

EU: Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating objects, artifacts, and artworks for preservation and presentation.
EQ: How are artworks cared for and by whom? What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation?

Skills Examples

  • Take part in the setup of a theme-specific display.
  • Glue artwork on larger paper or mat board to create a finished look.
  • Create a name card for artwork.
  • Prepare artwork for final display by selecting from pre-made supplies, such as different colors of paper or matting that have been cut to size and different choices of labels that have been printed.
  • Look at examples of public sculptures, murals, and buildings from the surrounding community and discuss the benefits of art to the people who live there.
  • Create a community art map showing the placement of publicly displayed artwork in one's own community.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.2.8

Explore a variety of ways to prepare artwork for presentation.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.VA.2.8

Vocabulary

  • Principles of design
    • Balance
  • Brainstorming
  • Composition
  • Concepts
  • Characteristic
  • Elements of art
    • Space
    • Value
  • Expressive properties
  • Foreground
  • Middle ground
  • Neutral colors
  • Resist

Essential Questions

EU: Artists, curators, and others consider a variety of factors and methods including evolving technologies when preparing and refining artwork for display and or when deciding if and how to preserve and protect it.
EQ: What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?

Skills Examples

  • Take part in the setup of a theme-specific display.
  • Glue artwork on larger paper or mat board to create a finished look.
  • Create a name card for artwork.
  • Prepare artwork for final display by selecting from pre-made supplies, such as different colors of paper or matting that have been cut to size and different choices of labels that have been printed.
  • Look at examples of public sculptures, murals, and buildings from the surrounding community and discuss the benefits of art to the people who live there.
  • Create a community art map showing the placement of publicly displayed artwork in one's own community.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Phase

After/Explain/Elaborate
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Students will collaborate with their peers to determine methods to publicly display their artwork based on the theme of haiku poetry.

Students will explore ways to prepare their artwork for presentation, such as backing their art with construction paper and creating a name card.

Students will design an art gallery and describe the role of curator. 

Activity Details

1. Tell the students that they will illustrate their haiku using visual art techniques. 

2. The students should use provided art supplies to illustrate the words of a haiku poem. If the students have participated in the prerequisite activities, they can illustrate one of the haikus they used to choreograph a dance, or the teacher can provide a haiku poems from this website: KidZone Poetry-Haiku. Provide printed copies of a haiku poem to be displayed next to their illustration, and encourage students to create an illustration that depicts the words used in the haiku. 

3. After students have created their visual art, reconvene the class as a whole group. Show the students the online art gallery, Tate Kids Gallery. Ask the students what they notice about the online gallery. (Students may say each piece of artwork has a title, the artist's name, age, and location). Ask the students to think about ways they could display their artwork to other students in the school. Encourage students to think about presentation methods that would make their art more durable (such as backing it with construction paper or laminating it) and allow others to determine the artist (such as including a nameplate). Record students' ideas on a chart. After creating the list, determine the most feasible way to present the art, and write a list of requirements that students must complete to prepare their art. (For example, 1. Glue your haiku artwork to a piece of construction paper. 2. Create a nameplate with a title for your artwork and your first and last name.) Allow students to prepare their artwork for presentation.

4. Reconvene the class as a whole group and introduce the word curator. A curator is a person who organizes artwork for viewing by others. Tell students that they will serve as the curator by sorting their artwork into categories based on subject matter (such as animals, nature, etc.). Announce a category, such as animals, and allow students with art that would fit into this category to group together. 

5. Allow each group to decide where they would like to display their artwork within the school. Each group will create a statement to explain the theme of the gallery to visitors, such as "Welcome to the ______ Elementary School Art Gallery.  The artwork in this art gallery all have the same subject.  It is ______________.  I hope you enjoy!"

Assessment Strategies

Assessment Strategies

To assess each student's achievement of the stated learning objectives, the teacher should:

review each student's finished artwork to ensure the student prepared the art for presentation by adding a durable backing and a name card.

observe student interaction during group work to ensure students are working collaboratively to design a public display of artwork. 

Background and Preparation

Background / Preparation

This activity is designed to be presented after the activity Dancing to Haikus-Part 1: Counting Syllables and Dancing to Haikus-Part 2: Dance Party. 

 The teacher will need an interactive whiteboard, a traditional whiteboard, or chart paper to record student brainstorm ideas. The teacher will need to provide students with art supplies to illustrate a haiku poem, such as blank paper, crayons, markers, paint, etc. The teacher will also need to provide students with presentation materials, such as construction paper and cardstock. The teacher will need to provide each student with a printed haiku poem to illustrate. If the students have done the prerequisite activities, they can use the haiku poem they used to choreograph a dance, or the teacher can provide students with a haiku poem from this website: KidZone Poetry-Haiku.

Digital Tools / Resources

Tate Kids Gallery
http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/gallery

Approved Date

Owner (Author)

habradley
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