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Lesson Plan
Title: Chinese calligraphy and zodiacs
Grade: 8th
Grade Advanced
Curricular Goal:
Students will learn the basic steps of Chinese Calligraphy. They
will also learn the 12 parts of the
Chinese calendar/Zodiac. Students will create a Chinese Zodiac
calendar with each symbol drawn on it
and the name and year written in traditional Chinese with a
calligraphy pen. Within their birth year they
must have a piece of calligraphy that includes the Chinese
character for their birth year animal, and their
name written in traditional Chinese.
National Standards:
1.1-Maintain and conserve materials, tools, and studio facility,
for the creation and exhibition of worksof art in a safe and
responsible manner.
1.2-Demonstrate productive, safe, and responsible use of art
materials, techniques, and processes forthe creation and exhibition
of works of art.
2.2- Describe how elements and principles contribute to the
expression qualities in a work of art.
3.1- Compare and contrast how artwork and artists differ
visually and spatially, and describe using
elements and principles.
5.1- Exhibit and critique own artwork defending the purpose of
creating the work of art and art of
others.
6.1- Compare and contrast the ways ideas, themes, and concepts
and how they are communicated
through the visual arts and the various ways that those ideas,
themes, and concepts are used in tother
disciplines.
Iowa Core:
- Writing: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of
substantive topics or texts, usingvalid reasoning and relevant and
sufficient evidence.
Targeted Standards:
- Students will learn the basic steps of calligraphy and be able
to identify the twelve Chinesecalendar symbols.
- Students will learn how to create traditional Zodiac by
drawing each matching animal andwriting in traditional Chinese what
animal and year is being represented and their name within
their birth year.
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Day 1:
Warm up: What is more descriptive a text describing an event or
visual art? Why?
Intro:
Discuss:
Chinese Zodiac Chinese Calligraphy
Explain:
They must design a Chinese Zodiac Calendar Design the animal
that matches each year. Use Calligraphy to write dates, years, and
names of animals. Write name in traditional Chinese with
calligraphy pen.
Day 2:
Work time:
Start layout design. Sketch out each piece of calendar and
decide how you want to design it.Day 3:
Work time:
Practice Calligraphy symbol and name. Layout
Day 4:
Work time: finishing layouts of calendar
Assignment Grading Sheet
Class: 6th
Grade
Must complete and
show understanding
of ChineseCalligraphy.
Possible 20 points
Must complete and
show
understanding of
Chinese Zodiac
symbols.
Possible 20 points
Demonstrate
Chinese traditional
writing.
Possible 20 points
Design and layout
must look
professional and
well done.
Possible 20 points
Overall.
Craftsmanship/
Effort
Possible 20 points
