Creative Process As A Lesson Planning Tool

Creative Process as a Lesson Planning Tool
Apply what you just learned about the creative process, and the activity and
discussion we just did. Pick a project you’d like your students to create and plan
what the steps in the creative process should look like to get the kids to
successfully create it. This is a formative assessment so this will allow me to see
what we still need to work on. No grades should be given during a formative
assessment.
What is the intended project supposed to look like? (Describe what it is and what kind of art
materials you’d need. What does the final product need to look like?)
The project that I would be doing with kindergarteners is making a hand turkey. We would need
a white piece of paper and a pencil to trace our hands on to, and a black marker to outline after
we traced in pencil. After this, we would write in black marker 4 things that we are thankful for.
Next, we would color the palm of our hand and our thumb with a brown crayon, and then our
other 4 fingers we would use a red, orange, yellow, and green crayon. We would draw on the
eye and use a red marker to draw on the gizzard.
The final product would look like a turkey made from our hands and it would have colorful
feathers with 4 different things that we are thankful for.
Step 1: Imagine and Generate (What could you show the students to get them thinking about
the artwork? How will you introduce the project? What themes could be discussed?)
To start this project, it would be around Thanksgiving time or early/mid-November. We would
be discussing pilgrims and what Thanksgiving it. We would begin to talk about different things
we are thankful for, and I would create a list on the board.
The theme that we would be discussing is what we are thankful for.
Step 2: Plan, Prepare, Explore, and Focus (What exercises, techniques, or mediums could you
have the students practice with to get them ready for the project? Are you assigning any
planning time for sketching? If so what/how many?)
Something that I would do with my students to prepare for this and to explore with is tracing
different objects. We would practice the technique of tracing right next to an object to make it
as like the object as it can be. I would provide students with a cube, cylinder, a block, other
similar objects, and then I would show them how to trace their hand. I would also have the
students practice tracing in pencil and outlining in marker. I would give them 20-30 minutes to
practice and explore with this, I would also watch and observe and adjust the time if need be.
Step 3: Develop and Make (What are you demonstrating, how long will the students have to
work on the piece, how might you guide them through the completion of the piece? What
other assistance might they need?)
I would model this as an I do, you do project. I would have all the students clear their desks and
I would show on a white piece of paper for to trace my hand in pencil. Then I would have them
get a piece of paper that’s on the back table and in pencil they would trace. Once everyone is
done, I would grab a black marker and outline my hand. They would then repeat after me with
a black marker. The next step would be to think of 4 things I am thankful for. In marker, I would
write, Family, School, Friends, Food with one in each finger. They would then think of 4 things
to be thankful for and do the same thing. I would then color my 4 fingers each a different color,
and the palm of my hand and thumb brown. They would do the same after I am done
demonstrating. Lastly, I would show them how to draw the eye on and gizzard, with them
copying after me.
Some assistance that they might need with this project is the spelling of words. I would be
walking around the room, and if I have other adults or helpers in the room, they will do the
same and we would help them spell out the words that they want to write in their fingers.
Step 4: Evaluate and Present (How do you intend to evaluate the work? How do you intend to
exhibit the work? How will student know when they are done? What criteria will it need to
have?)
I would evaluate this project by seeing if they can follow the correct steps in the right order
without going ahead. I would also look at their tracing of their hand and if they wrote 4
different things to be thankful for. We would display the artwork in the hallway outside of the
classroom with their names written on the back of the paper. The students will know they are
done when their turkey is colored, and they have 4 words written down on their fingers.
Step 5: Reflect (What kinds of questions could you ask the students in order for them to reflect
on what they’ve learned? Will this be done in a large group, small groups, one-on-one, or as a
writing assignment? Why did you choose this kind of reflective activity?)
For the reflection step, I would have the students all come together in a circle and they would
each show their turkey and say what they are thankful for. I am choosing this reflection activity
as we started out the project by coming up with ideas together and I believe that it is important
for the students to hear what other students may be thankful for and how there is so much to
be thankful for.

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