Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

LTC 4240: Art for Children

Lesson Title & Big Idea*: Using Poems to Visualize

Lesson Overview/Summary*: (This is like an abstract of the structure and procedures section)
This lesson will incorporate visual art and literacy to help teach visualization. The students will
learn a new comprehension strategy while deciphering a poem.

Grade Level*: 1st

Class Periods Required:
(please circle)
This will take 1 class
period.

Key Concepts for each area (1-2 each): What you want the
students to know.*
1. Visual Art: Students will know how to create an image of
what they were able to visualize from the poem.
2. Literacy: Students will know how to decipher a poem and
identify the main points to be able to visualize an image.

Essential Questions (1-2)*:

1. What is visualization?
2. How can you identify the main points in a literature
piece to help create a visual image?
3. How will you create an image from reading different
poems?

Lesson Objectives/Goals: (Excellent resource at http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48345.html?for_printing=1&detoured=1): What

you want the students to do. *
1. Visual Art: The students will be able to visualize an image while reading the poem and be able to create their image on
paper.
2. Literacy: The students will be able to read a poem and use the words in the poem to create a mental image that means
something to them.

Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

(3-4)
(http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)

1. Visual Art (May use NAEA National standards):

VA:Cr1.2.1a: Use observation and investigation in
preparation for making a work of art.
VA:Re7.2.1a: Compare images that represent the same
subject.
2. Literacy:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2: Retell stories, including key
details, and demonstrate understanding of their central

Instructional Strategies (Teachers approach to helping students

achieve learning)

Teacher will be observing and guiding students during

the poem reading.
Teacher will be including pair share time and class
discussion to help clarify any misconceptions or
questions.

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message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4: Identify words and phrases
in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to
the senses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7: Use illustrations and details
in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Content Areas Integrated*:

1. Visual Art
Visual Art will be integrated with literacy in this lesson. The
students will be able to draw what they visualize from the
poem. They will have two different opportunities to draw their
images that they visualized. The students will be able to pairshare with other students. This will give them the opportunity
to discuss different images and the similarities and
differences. Through creating these images, the students will
learn about visualization and that everyone can visualize
things differently.
2. Literacy
Literacy will be integrated into this lesson with art. The
students will be reading a poem and interpreting it based on
the main points they think are the most valuable. They will
decipher the poem based on the wording and in their heads,
create a mental image of what they see, hear, feel, smell, and
touch. The literacy aspect combined with the art integration
will create a well-rounded lesson of visualization. This will help
students create a deeper understanding of poems and other
literature.

Lesson Structure & Procedure(s) Sequence of events of the lesson

elements. (The before, during, and after the lesson, e.g.
Engagement/Opening, Procedures, Guided Practice, Conclusion ,please be
very specific, walk me through step by step of the What of what is
happening with a rationale as to WHY you are doing this):

1. Have students sit whole class to watch a visualization clip

from YouTube to engage students in the topic of visualization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eB4gipSovg
2. Read the poem My Neighbors Dog is Purple.
3. Read the poem multiple times without reading the last two
lines and have the students visualize.
4. Have students draw what they visualized.
5. Have students pair-share their drawings to talk about the
similarities and differences.
6. Come back to full class to read the whole poem one more
time, and read the last two lines.
7. Have students create a new image after the whole poem
has been read.
8. Discuss how visualization can change throughout a story.
9. Have students create a poem or story that other students
in the class can practice visualizing.

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Opening (Gaining Attention, what will you show, or demonstrate)*:

I will show a video from YouTube that discusses what
visualization is. This video is engaging because it explains
what visualization is using the five senses. Then it has the
students practice how to visualize. This activity will get the
students excited about this type of comprehension strategy
and will give the students a deeper understanding of
literature.

Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set, how will student share what they

Formative Assessment strategy: (how will you assess while the

Summative Assessment strategy*:

To summatively assess the students I will be looking at their
poems that they created at the end of the lesson. This is a
summative assessment because the poem the students
created will show whether or not the students understood the
material and what visualization is. I will be looking at their
descriptive language to make sure they know how to create a
poem that will create a visual image in other students heads.

learning is happening?)

I will assess what the students are learning through

observation and note taking. I will be walking around while the
students are creating their drawings, and conferencing with
them and taking notes. This way I am keeping track of their
progress and understanding.

learned):

The students will share what they learned through the pairshare activities. This will give the students time to talk about
the similarities and differences of their drawings. Then the
students will create their own poem that other students can
try visualizing. This will show that they understood the
material and can use what they learned to create their own
poems.

What student prior knowledge will this lesson require/draw upon? (what do they need to already know)
The students will need to know their five senses in order to do this lesson. The students will also need basic reading and
writing skills to accomplish this lesson.
Technology Instructional and/or assistive technology incorporated into the lesson to enhance instruction and student learning
The technology used in this lesson will be the smartboard to show the YouTube video. There will be assistive technology if
needed, can have the iPad read the poem out loud.
How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
This lesson will allow students to solve problems in divergent ways because every student will be able to visualize their own
picture. Every student will have a different interpretation of the poem that was read, so their drawings will be different. They
will interpret the poem differently and think different parts are more important, so this will create students solving this poem in
a divergent way.

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How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning? (How will the students know they have learned something?)
The students will know they learned something based on the poems they write at the end. They will also know they learned
something when comparing and contrasting the other students drawings because they will see that everyone visualizes
differently.
Differentiated/Accommodations/Modifications/Increase in Rigor To help meet the needs of all learners, learning differences,
cultural and language differences, etc.

To meet the needs of all learners, the teacher will select the pairs so that every student gets the most valuable information
and learning opportunities possible. If needed the poem can be translated into a different language for EL learners. The lesson
can also be modified for students if needed, the students can write down a list of words that make them visualize something
instead of writing a whole poem or story. This way the students are able to get the most learning opportunities as possible.
Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
Visualization Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eB4gipSovg
My Neighbors Dog is Purple Poem
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/posts/u65/pdfs/my_neighbors_dog_is_purple.pdf

* Include this information during the Padlet/prezi/ppt presentation.

References
Silverstein, L. B. & Layne, S. (n.d.). Defining arts integration. Retrieved from
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/arts_education/publications/special_publications/Defining%20Arts
%20Integration.pdf