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Visual Language for grades 4 - 5 |
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Elementary school art instruction modules |
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Thinking with visual language |
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Modules and lessons |
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4/5 |
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· Light & dark colour · Monochrome colour · Complementary colour · Expression |
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· Explore light & dark colour dimensions. · Organize monochrome colour arrangements. · Compare monochrome & complementary colour. · Apply principles of colour in compositions. |
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· Record observations using gesture drawings. · Link change in shape to internal structure. · Recognize critical aspects of asymmetrical balance. · Coordinate balance and shape to suggest movement. |
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· Gesture · Variation & distortion · Balance · Movement |
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· Complex form · Planes · Contour · 1-point perspective |
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· Organize parts of complex forms. · Identify planes within complex forms. · Develop skills to draw contours and planes. · Create simple, one‑point perspective drawings. |
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· Field structure · Defining space · Structuring space · Interrupting space |
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· Use structures to organize design areas. · Organize spatial regions. · Coordinate subject and elements to describe space. · Develop contours to unify spatial regions. |
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· 3-tone scale · Tone & space · Value & form · Coordinate tone · Silhouette |
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· Group tonal areas into light, middle and dark. · Coordinate tone and field organization. · Coordinate tone and form development. · Identify tone intensity found in other media. |
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Comparison |
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Compare differences in static and moving shapes. |
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Dimensions |
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Recognize ways that properties may be varied. |
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Structures |
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Use structures to understand connections between shape and form. |
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Organization |
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Create progression and movement. |
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Comparison of skills focus Focus at the grade 4/5 level deals with transforming building block elements to suggest movement and coordinate the changes to place them in space. Grade 4/5 program includes: · 5 modules ‑ 282 pages · 60 activities · 83 concepts & principles · 82 glossary terms · 152 cross‑curricular links
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