I focused on student learning in a first grade classroom that came to art once a week. Their unit plan was about drawing a new perspective and adding character details. First we read together the book, “Where The Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak. We drew a step-by-step “Wild Thing” head to learn about how to add texture and draw character details. Then at the end of that lesson, they drew a head of their own creature. The next day, I taught them through an interactive lecture what a profile is. They spent the rest of the day drawing the same monster but the side view of it. The students enjoyed coloring in their two monster views to complete the assignment and show that it is the same creature.
