Name(s): Chelsea Cwiklik

DAILY PLAN
Lesson Title: Halloween Perspective Drawings, Grade 4

S & S Statements: This activity is based on drawing from perspective, and incorporating the theme
of Halloween into the activity, as the lesson will be taught during the week of Halloween.
Students will create a perspective Halloween themed drawing on black paper using oil
pastels.

Concepts and Skills: Artistic concepts learned in this lesson will be distance and diminishing
objects when drawing landscape, and theme, as the design will center on
Halloween.

Academic Language: Distance, objects, horizon line, perspective, composition, design, theme,
pastels, blending, vanishing point, overlay, color, image.

Purpose of Lesson (Overall Lesson Objective):

Students will use oil pastel techniques to apply the learned knowledge of distance and perspective in
a Halloween themed drawing.

Learning Objectives (List National Standard(s)):

Technical:
Following a group demonstration, and given oil pastels and black construction paper, students will
draw a Halloween themed scene with the successful application of two learned oil pastel techniques
(National Standard: Explore and invent art-making technique and approaches (VA:Cr2.1.4)).

Conceptual:
Students will creatively demonstrate the idea of diminishing images through distance (National
Standard: Document, describe, and represent regional constructed environments (VA:Cr2.3.4)).

Assessment Criteria:

Distance and diminishing objects were creatively shown in the drawing.

Two oil pastel techniques were successfully applied in the drawing.

Teaching Resources Needed to Support the Lesson:

Examples of Halloween themed perspective drawings, a lesson on how to draw from perspective and
to draw diminishing objects, examples of Halloween related places and things.
Art Materials Necessary for the Lesson:

Black construction paper, oil pastels

Teacher Directed Activities Student Activities

Introduction: Introduction:

Introduce lesson, and being a quick presentation Students will be engaged and listening to the
on examples of Halloween themed perspective introduction of the lesson.
drawings, and how to draw from perspective.

Development:

The class will first brainstorm a list of Halloween Development:

related places, sounds, ideas and concepts. These
will be kept on the board for students to reference Students will engage in the brainstorming of
during their work. Halloween themed ideas.

Next, each student will be given a black piece of Students will participate in the step-by-step
construction paper and five oil pastels. Then, Miss perspective drawing exercise with Miss C.
C will lead them in a step-by-step basic lesson on
perspective drawing that the class will do together. Students will begin their own Halloween
This will get them comfortable with the idea of themed perspective drawing.
drawing from perspective, and working with color
oil pastels on a black background. Miss C will also
then instruct the students on two oil pastel
techniques they will use in their final drawing: color Conclusion:
overlay and blending. Students will share their drawings with the rest
of the class, and clean up.
From there, the students can begin with a new
piece of paper, and referring to the brainstormed
list on the board, begin drawing their own
Halloween themed perspective drawings, with the
assistance of Mr. P and Miss C.

Conclusion:
Students will share their drawings with the rest of
the class, and clean up.

Critical Comments and Reflections:

(Problems, successes, differentiated learners, and what to think about for next lesson)