Art Lesson Plan

Target Level: 4th Grade

I. Objectives

Towards the end of the lesson, students are able to:

A. Cognitive
1. Recall the different elements of art – line, shape, color. (Aesthetics)
2. Recognize elements of art in Japanese artworks. (Art Criticism, Aesthetics)
3. Know the history of origami. (Art History)
B. Affective
4. Realize the importance of origami in ancient times and in modern era.
(Art History, Art Criticism)
C. Psychomotor
5. Create a personalized origami (paper-folded fan) by applying the elements of art.
(Art Production)

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Lines, Shapes and Colors in Japanese Art

B. Activity: Origami: Paper-folding
Theme: “Fun Fan”
C. Vocabulary:
1. Lines – it is a prolongation or extension of a point
2. Shapes – it is an enclosed space produced by lines
3. Color – it is a series of wavelengths that strike our retina
4. Origami – the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects

III. Materials

A. Teacher:
Realia (sample output for the activity , origami tokens), Pictures (Japanese Flag, Japanese
Artworks, Origami Products), Visual Aids (Vocabulary words, Activity title and theme,
Artwork Rating Scale)

B. Student:
Oslo paper, crayons, glue, rubber band

IV. Review

Ask the students to review the elements of art.

Who can tell me the six different elements of art?
Narrow down to lines, shapes and colors.
Today, we’ll be using only three elements. Who can guess?
What is a line again? Can you tell me the two main types of lines? Who can enumerate the five
kinds of straight lines? How about curve lines?
Now, what is a shape? Like?
How about colors?
V. Motivation

Let the class see the lines, shapes and colors of the sample artworks.
Show picture 1 and picture 2. (See Appendix)
Let’s look at these paintings. Do you notice the lines? What kinds of lines are there?
How about the shapes? Colors?
Anyone who can guess where can we find these works?
Mention the place-origin of the paintings.
First artwork is from Kazuya-akimoto museum. The other one can be found in a local foreign-
restaurant.
Teacher will tell the class that they will be travelling to another country.
And today we’ll go country-hopping.
Show a picture of the flag. (See appendix.)
Where are we now?
What are the common things you can think of now that you’re in this country?
Write students’ ideas on the board. (Origami will lead to the lesson.)

VI. Information

Show pictures of origami (picture 3 and picture 4, see appendix).

What objects do you see?

What is the history of origami and its importance?

Origami (pronounced or-i-GA-me) is the Japanese art of paperfolding. "Ori" is the Japanese
word for folding and "kami" is the Japanese word for paper. That is how origami got its name.
However, origami did not start in Japan. It began in China in the first or second century and
then spread to Japan sometime during the sixth century.
At first, there was very little paper available so only the rich could afford to do paperfolding.
The Japanese found useful purposes for their origami. For example, the Samurai (sa-MURE-ay)
would exchange gifts with a form known as a noshi (NO-shee). This was a paper folded with a
strip of dried fish or meat. It was considered a good luck token. Also, Japanese would celebrate
weddings by wrapping glasses of sake or rice wine in butterfly forms that had been folded to
represent the bride and groom.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/history.html
VII. Practice

What is origami again? And where can we use it?

I have here examples of origami and each of you will get one.
What other figures can we form from origami?

Post activity title “Origami: Paper-folding” and activity theme “Fun Fan” posters on the board
while presenting activity.
Present sample of work for the day’s art activity. Keep it after showing.

Using different lines, shapes and colors, design your paper. It has to be back-to-back. Draw
anything about what to you is something fun, enjoyable etc. It may be a childhood experience, a
memory drawn, etc.
Now, let’s so over the procedure of fun fan-making.
 Demonstrate while going over the steps.
Directions:
1. Face the paper in landscape position.
2. Fold the paper alternately. Folds must be proportional in size. Start from the edge.
3. Afterwards, fold the paper again into half so two paper ends meet (without undoing the
first folds).
4. Glue the two sides together.
5. Tie the base of the paper fan with a rubberband so you may have a sort of handle.
6. Now, you can use your personalized fan to cool yourself. It can also be a gift or a token.

Discuss the criteria/rubric:

Relevance to the theme: 3
Following Instructions: 2
Originality: 2
Cleanliness: 2
Effort: 1
Total: 10 points

VIII. Summary

How can origami be useful?

The class learned the many uses of origami such as:
For decorations
For extra source of income
For gifts
For immediate source of comfort

IX. Evaluation
SHOW AND TELL
One by one the class would come up to the class and share their art work.
Share their feelings they had when doing the activity.
Share their inspiration/s for the design.
Fellow classmates would give constructive criticisms.

Collect all artworks at the end of the period for checking and recording.
APPENDIX:
1. Japanese Flag

http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/japan-flag.html
2. Picture 1 (Japanese Artwork 1)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/petersaville/3749806261/
3. Picture 2 (Japanese Artwork in a Local Restaurant)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielygo/499476268/

4. Picture 3 (Origami 1)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gauri_lama/2776601504/
5. Picture 4 (Origami 2)

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By:
SHERRYL LYN P. ECOBISAG
BEEd CA-English
College of Education
University of the Philippines (Diliman)

Sir Noel Feria

Instructor
EDUC 190 (Computers in Education)

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July 22, 2010