6th Grade Art Lessons, Elements of Art Unit & Weather Art Projects for Grade 6

Plan and Teach Art with a NO Prep, Fun, Ready-Made Grade 6, Elements of Art, COMPLETE Art Lesson Unit! This Elements of Art Unit introduces and teaches the Elements of Art and the Theme of this Unit with an introduction video and lesson activities, includes 7 Step-by-Step Art Tutorials for each Element, AND includes 7 Choice-Based Art Lessons to allow for experimentation and play-based, student-choice learning. This Grade 6 Art Unit teaches the Elements of Art through the theme: WEATHER for high engagement and increased student interest.

Do you want your Grade 6 students to make art, learn about the Elements of Art, and develop their drawing and art making skills? Are you short on time or are you looking to access a fully planned art unit that teaches the Elements of Art, includes full step-by-step art tutorials AND Choice-Based Art Lessons? Do you need a full video that you can play in your classroom to introduce the Elements of Art and the Theme of the Unit at an age-appropriate level? Are you looking for highly engaging, high interest art lessons to help you plan and be ready for teaching art like a pro no matter your art skills in minutes? This Art Resource is Ready for easy black-line printing!

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THIS GRADE 6 ELEMENTS OF ART RESOURCE INCLUDES:

*Fully-Planned, Non-Editable PDFs in a Folder

1) UNIT PLAN

-a unit plan to share the scope and sequence for this unit

2) 2 INTRODUCTION LESSONS TO THE ELEMENTS OF ART LESSONS

-1 Video in the folder that introduces the Elements of Art, Why Artists use them, and the theme of this unit: WEATHER

-2 Introductory Lessons with full lesson plans and worksheets to introduce the Elements of Art and practice drawing each element of art plus sheets to color and practice using the elements before they full artworks to scaffold learning.

3) 7 Fully-Planned Art Lesson Tutorial, 1 Artwork for Each Element of Art and in the theme: WEATHER

Each includes:

-Complete Lesson Plan with Lesson Hook, Participation Strategies, Steps for Instruction, and how to Conclude the Lesson

-Step-by-Step Tutorial for making the Artwork

-Includes Artwork Examples & Display Sign

-Rubric, Assessment, & Reflection

THE 7 FULL ART PROJECT TUTORIALS:

-Element of Art Line Artwork: In this art lesson students will be windy day line art to practice and explore a variety of different types of lines, and use them as a way to visual interest and texture around the composition. This is a great way to add detail to artwork and create pattern with line.

-Element of Art Color/Colour Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating a weather artwork that focuses on using a warm color scheme, cool color scheme, and full hue color scheme with color mixing using pencil crayons in each of the sections of the weather artwork. This will be a watercolor painting design. There is also a poem included about planets and color schemes to inspire and hook students on the lesson, but also integrate literacy into the art lesson. This is a great lesson for exploring pencil crayons/colored pencils.

-Element of Art Value Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating Value Thunderstorm/Lightning artwork with soft pastels to explore the Element of Art Value. Students will follow a tutorial to draw the landscape and create a variety of values of with soft pastel. This will be an artwork that focuses on creating value using soft pastels and adding other hues, and white to create tints, black to create shades and a range of values using this art medium.

-Element of Art Shape Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating abstract weather collage artworks with a geometric and organic shapes to explore the Element of Art Shape. Students will follow a tutorial to create the artwork and will use cut paper organic shapes and drawn geometric shapes to create an abstract design that explore collage and mixed media art processes. There is also an included article about both geometric shapes and organic shapes in relation to weather to ignite learning and deepen knowledge on the elements and the theme.

-Element of Art Form Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating a tornado that uses value to explore the Element of Art Form. Students will follow a tutorial to draw the tornado and landscape. Students will use oil pastels to create a tint, hue, and shade to create the illusion of form on a two-dimensional surface.

-Element of Art Space Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating an artwork of a landscape with trees and clouds, and will use size, overlapping, and placement in relation to the horizon line and focal point (one-point perspective) as a strategy to explore the element of art space and create the illusion that some trees and clouds are closer to the viewer than others to create implied depth.

-Element of Art Texture Artwork: In this art lesson students will be creating texture through creating a hurricane artwork using construction paper and soft pastels to develop a sense of hurricane texture as seen from space.

4) 7 Choice-Based Art Projects to Explore the Elements of Art & the Theme: WEATHER.

There are 7 Choice-Based Art Lessons for each Element of Art. They have no example to allow students to develop their own choice, student-led concepts but allow them to play with mediums, techniques, and concepts to practice each of the Elements of Art. You may use or integrate them into the learning any time you would like either before a full art tutorial lesson to practice & play before they explore an element in depth OR use after to reinforce concepts and techniques learned and to allow for student-led investigations of ideas and skills.

Choice-based learning leads to student empowerment, higher engagement as they investigate their own ideas, and inspires students to want to learn new things. Choice in the classroom is linked to higher student effort and task completion which leads to more learning in the classroom. It also gives the learner a greater sense of control over their own ideas and interests and the ability to integrate their background and imagination. Choice-based learning allows students to grow at their own pace and investigate their ideas in addition to investigating concepts learned in class. Adding this allows students multiple ways to reach a learning objective.

Each includes:

-Complete Lesson Plan with Lesson Hook, Participation Strategies, Steps for Instruction, and how to Conclude the Lesson

-Planning, Rough Draft, Artwork pages

-Rubric, Reflection pages

-*no examples included as this is Choice-based learning and is teacher-guided and student-led learning for exploration & experimentation and creative freedom.

5) Viewing Art Lesson Activity

Students will learn how to, then view an artwork from art history and will use their critical thinking to identify Elements of Art in the artwork and consider the importance of viewing art. Students will listen to a poem and a reading about Art Galleries & Museums, and will learn about how to interpret art, how to determine a message in art, about mood and characteristics of form, and will assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

6) Choice-Based, End of Unit Art Project

Teacher will guide students through an End of Unit, choice-based artwork where students create an artwork that focuses on using two different Elements of Art and their theme, WEATHER, in the design. As a class, students will create student-led criteria for the artwork, then each student will develop their own artwork supported with the resources and their teacher. Students should also consider conveying mood and characteristics of form in their design.

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NATIONAL ART STANDARDS THIS UNIT COVERS:

GRADE 6:

VA:Cr1.1.6a - Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.

VA:Cr1.2.6a - Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.

VA:Cr2.1.6a - Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

VA:Cr2.2.6a - Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean-up of art materials, tools, and equipment.

VA:Cr3.1.6a - Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.

VA:Pr6.1.6a - Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

VA:Re.7.1.6a - Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

VA:Re.7.2.6a - Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

VA:Re8.1.6a - Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

VA:Re9.1.6a - Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

VA:Cn10.1.6a - Generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in artmaking.

VA:Cn11.1.6a - Analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.

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HOW TO PREP:

-Review the Unit Plan to find the sequence for teaching the art lessons

-Start with the Introductory Art Lessons & Video

-Print your master copy and organize into a binder. Use the binder cover as the cover for the binder or the inside title page for a section in a binder.

-Photocopy student pages as necessary

-Use the binder as a quick reference for easy planning with simple or flexible art mediums

-Pick an Art Lesson & Teach

HOW TO USE:

-Follow each lesson plan as it specifically will tell you how to teach the lesson from the lesson hook, participation strategies, steps to teach, and conclusion.

-Print it off and keep it organized in a binder or a tub to make it easy to grab and teach!

-Photocopy student pages in advance & keep organized in folders for advanced, organized prepping.

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