TITLE:

Word Association, The self-reflecting illustration of an adjective.

BACKGROUND:

The modern written English language has evolved over the last several thousand years. It began in ancientMesopotamia, as a visual language of communication. This visual way of communication later evolved into Egyptian hieroglyphics, Celtic runes, Asian and Islamic calligraphy. Through the expansion of theRoman Empirea common written language was developed and utilized by many diverse cultures, and this alphabet is the fore-father to our own written English language. Language and art go hand and hand. Words describe art, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. In this lesson the word will be made up of a thousand artistic ideas. Each word illustrated students will be self-reflecting in nature.   

STANDARDS:

Students will discuss the aesthetics of letterform and construction. Students will also discuss how the letters interact with each other to form coherent sentences.

1.1 AESTHETICS      A.1

1.1 AESTHETICS      A.2

1.2 CREATION         D.1

1.3 PRINCIPLES       B.1

OBJECTIVES:

            COGNITIVE:

Students will better understand how images can convey an idea or concept.

            PSYCHOMOTOR:

Students will illustrate an adjective or adverb to reflect the meaning or concept of the word. Students will develop use of new materials, rulers and protractors.

            AFFECTIVE:

Students will appreciate the diversity and complexity of their own language as well as those of other countries and religions. They may be impressed by the visual representation of new vocabulary words.

REQUIREMENTS:

Students will have to sketch approximately five different concept sketches for their word. Once the student and teacher agree on the best representation the pupil may move onto their good copy.

RESOURCE MATERIALS/ VISUAL AIDS:

A finished project completed by the Instructor is required to display to the students as to what a completed project will resemble.

MATERIALS:

Pencil, Eraser, Paper, Ruler, Protractors, Markers, Illustration Board, and Artist Pens.

TEACHER PREPERATION:

The teacher must construct an example of their own Self-reflecting Adjective to display to the class as an example of a finished project.

 

 

 

 

TEACHING:

            INTRODUCTION:

Describe how written words communicate into ideas and sentences. These words trigger images in the imagination that are recognized by the mind as actual objects and not merely words or text.

            DIRECTIONS:

Have the students randomly pick out a word from the predetermined list. Students then will start to sketch out their ideas for illustrating the meaning of the word. Once approximately five sketches have been completed have the student pick their best one and proceed to illustrate that idea onto the good copy. Students are then required to outline their word with black marker and color the letters. 

            CLOSURE:

Inform the students that their creations are the genesis of the modern graphic arts, with the layout, designs and construction of new ‘fonts’. Their creations also have the implications of limitless creativity in the disciplines of written word, symbol construction, general invention.

CRITIQUE:

Allow students to display their work collectively. Have the students discuss similarities between the works and the words that describe them. 

EXTENSIONS:

Allow finished student to attempt to pick and create their own adjective or adverb. Extra credit is rewarded to those students who completed two pieces during the assignment.

TIME BUDGET:

This is a short lesson to compliment the previous lesson of Illustration of Children’s Books. This lesson is designed for one class period.

VOCABULARY:

Language, Calligraphy, Symbolism.

SAFTEY CONCERNS:

None.