Creative Arts: Music

3.1 Key unit competences

To be able to create clay figures and forms using red soil (inombe) and clay.

3.2 Generic competences

Within this unit, the teacher has to guid learners in order to teach the how to make different objects from clay red soil (inombe) following the steps given by the teacher. Let them make different objets that are found in their villages. While making those materials from clay red soil (inombe) or original clay. Learners discover the beauty of the objects in their envirnment. Then after, the teacher guides them to present their works and share views in respect.

3.3 Cross cutting issues to be addressed

While making objects from clay, learners develop the culture of environmental protection, financial education where learners take into consideration the importance of materials and tools, thus they should be expended carelessly. Taking care of every learner especially focusing on the specificity of each learner

3.4 How to introduce the lesson?

To introduce this unit about modeling thick pictures, using clay red soil (inombe) or original red soil ( inombe ), the teacher can bring simple of various learning and Teaching materials, i.e different simple materials adapted to the level of learners, and then asks them which materials they are made of,he/she tells them that they are going to proceed likewise.

3.5 Lost of lessons

Lesson 1: Preparing clay or Red soil (inombe) before modeling figures.

a. Learning objectives

• Mix the mud or clay

• Prepare original clay or clay red soil (inombe ) to make thick picture.

b. Teaching and Learning materials

• Mud or clay

• A Wooden handle

• Water

• A bucket

• Material to use while modeling picture

• A hoe

c. Methodology

Introduction

Keeping the clay or mud in order to save its quality to be used in the following lesson.

Using specific materials like plastic sacks, woolen sacks, buckets and other materials that are not harmful to the learners.

Assessment

The assessment is done in groupsensuring that a learner can mix and separate the clay/t mud from waste or stones.

Lesson Two: Modeling figures using clay or red soil (bananas, Irish potatoes., tomatoes, guavas, avocados)

a. Learning objectives

• Model thick pictures

• Make from clay or mud imagiatve picture met in surrounding: a banana, an Irish potato, a tomato, a goyava, an avocado, etc

b. Teaching and Learning materials

• Mud or clay

• A Wooden handle

• Water

• A bucket

• Material to use while modeling picture

• A hoe

c. Methodology

Introduction

Teacher shows to the learners some modeled objects made by others.

Learners observed objects modeled by others.

Lesson Development

• Teacher distributes materials for modeling.

• Teacher gives instructions to the learners.

• Learners start modeling their own forms.

Assessment

• Presenting artworks and sharing views in respect and appreciating the beauty of the objects.

• Ensuring that each learner is ready to model imaginative objects met in

the surrounding (a banana, irish potatoes, a tomato, a goyave, an avocado, etc).

• Keep classand used materials cleaned.

Lesson Three: Modeling figures of objects select freely from environment using clay, plasticine or red soil.

a. Learning objectives

• Use clay and red soil (inombe) to model figure on your choice Imitate

figures made by others

b. Learning and Teaching materials

• Clay or mud

• A table

c. Methodology

Introduction

• Teacher shows to the learners some modeled objects made by others.

• Learners observed objects modeled by others.

Lesson Development

• Teacher demonstrates how to model.

• Medeling forms on their own choice inspired from surrounding.

Assessment

• Ensuring that each learner is able to imagine a picture and model it and examine his/her level of creation and innovation.

• Presenting their artworks and sharing views in respects and appreciating the beauty of the pictures.

Lesson Four: Analyze and use of pictures related to the environment.

a. Learning objectives

• Analyse the use of pictures related to the environment.

• Observe an object from environment, outside the classroom and draw it.

b. Teaching and Learning materials

• prepared clay or mud

• A material which is used to model objects

• A object to be observed like a banana, irish potato, a tomato, a goyava, an avocado. etc

c. Methodology

Introduction

• Inviting learners to choose one object to model.

Lesson Development

Modeling a picture of an objects used in the surrounding

Assessment

• Presenting artworks and sharing views in respect and appreciating the beauty of the objects.

3.6 End of unit 3 assessment

• Ensuring the level of performance of students in modeling a thick picture.

• Ensuring the quality of modeled pictures and the level of performance in innovation.

3.7. Additional activity

• Choosing and modeling fruits and different materials.