Creative Arts: Music

1.1. Key Unit Competences

To be able to draw and paint still life and nature using shapes and forms.

1.2 Generic competences

In this unit, the teacher must lead the learners showing them the techniques of drawing and painting using different related tools. The teacher starts by asking the learners the materials they may know used in drawing or writing and he/she shows them to the learners and explain their way of use.

1.3 Cross cutting issues to be addressed

• Protect the environment when learners draw still life and nature
• Financial education by caring for different materials and tools.
• Inclusive education through caring for all learners with special needs especially those with different disabilities by providing seats before the teacher, where they can receive particular assistance from him.

1.4. Introducing the unit

Learners collaborate with their teacher to remind each other the summary of components of still life and nature objects which will be prerequisistes for this unit, in drawing and painting still life and nature.

1.5. List of lessons

Lesson 1: How to use to basic tools and materials for drawing and

painting in different ways: Scribbles and simple shapes.

a) Learning objective

•  Identify the basic tools for drawing and painting
•  Different techniques for drawing and painting.
• Respect and protect different materials and tools.

b. Teaching and Learning materials

•  Pencils
• CoLoured pencils and ink pens
• rubber
• sharpener
• papers
•  simple shapes cut or sample of drawing

c. Methodology

Prerequisites/ Revision or introduction

•  Let learners share ideas about drawing and painting materials and tools.
• Show the learners basic drawing and painting materials and demonstrate how they are used.

1.1 Basic tools of drawing and painting

• Show learners the example of drawn scribbles. 

The body of the lesson

• Demonstrate how to draw curved and zigzag scribbles
• Ask learners to draw curved and zig zag scribbles.

Assessment

• Ask each learner to display self drawn scribbles.
• In groups, ask learners to choose the best drawn scribbles.
• Appreciate learners’ work and advice them.
• Cleanliness of the work place,materials and their safety.

Lesson 2: Drawing and painting simple objects with different shapes

(circle, triangle, quadrangle, rectangle, stone, brick)

a) Learning objective

• From memory, draw different materials and tools with simple shapes inspired
• from the surroundings.
• Care for materials.

b) Teaching and Learning materials

•  Pencils
•  Coloured pencils and ink pens
• rubber
•  sharpener
•  papers
•  water colours

c. Methodology

Prerequisites/ Revision or introduction

• •Ask learners to use basic drawing and painting materials they studied lasttime.

Lesson development:

•  Distribute drawing and painting materials to the learners.
•  Demonstrat e drawing and painting basic shapes.
• Ask learners to draw simple shapes.

•  Ask learners to paint simple shapes using various colors.

Assessment

• Ask learners to display pictures of simple painted shapes
•  Ask learners to choose the best drawn and painted shape according to instructional objective.
• Appreciate learners’ work and advice them.
• Cleanliness of the workplace, materials and their safety.

Lesson 3: Drawing and painting from memory pictures of objects from the surroundings

a) Learning objective

•  Draw observed and from memory objects having simple shapes from the surroundings.
•  Give personnal opinion on selfmade pictures or those made by others.
•  Love and protect the environment.

b) Teaching and Learning materials

•  Pencils
•  Coloured pencils and ink pens
•  rubber
•  sharpener
•  papers
• water colours

c) Methodology

Prerequisites/ Revision or introduction

• Make recognizable objects from the surroundings (school green).
•  Ask learners to observe the surroundings and provide opinions on them.

Lesson development:

•  Ask learners to draw and to paint from memory pictures of objects from the surroundings  e.g.Plants, animals, and human.
• Ask learners to paint their objects from memory drawings.
• Assemble groups and advise them.

Assessment

• Ask learners to display pictures of simple painted shapes
• Ask learners to choose the best pictures according to instructional objective.
• Appreciate learners’ drawn and painted objects and advise them.
• Cleanliness of the work place, materials and their safety.

Lesson 4: Drawing using colours or paints

a) Learning objective

•  Select and use appropriate colours or paint for drawing.
• Give personal opinion on selfmade pictures or those made by others.
•  Appreciate the beauty of the objects from the surroundings.

b) Teaching and Learning materials

•  Drawing and colouring pens
•  Pencil
• Rubber
• sharpener
• papers
•  water colours

c) Methodology

Prerequisites/ Revision or introduction

•  Show learners the beauty of pictures made by others.
• Ask learners to provide opinions on shown colours in pictures.

Lesson development

• Teacher distributes materials to learners.
• Teacher demonstate how to use colour or paints for drawing.
• Teacher asks Learners to select colours or paints which are appropriate to objects they are going to draw.
•  Learners individually start drawing using colours or paints.

• Teacher tries to reach to all learners for providing guidance or advice to the learners while painting.

Assessment

• Ask learners to display their artworks.
• Ask learners to choose the best drawn shapes according to instructional

objective.

•  Appreciate learners’ work and advice them.
•  Cleanliness of the workplace, , materials and their safety.

1 .6. End of Unit Assessment

1 .Drawing and painting simple shapes

Ask learners to identify and select basic drawing and painting materials among different materials.

2. Drawing a stone and a brick according to their shapes

•  Ask learners to compare simple shapes, stone and brick according to their appearance.
• Ask learners to draw presented objects according to their shapes.

3. Drawing and painting from memory pictures

• Ask learners to identify, draw and paint objects from environment according to how they appear in environment.

4. Using colours and paints for drawing according to the appearance of objects

•  Ask learners to express the beauty of decorations’ made with colours.
• Ask learners to to choose the best objects according to the best coloured.

1 .7. Additional activities

•  Redrawing using curved scribbles.
•  Drawing imitating curved scribbles according to their form.
• Draw simple shapes, stone and brick according to their appearance
•  Show colours related to each drawn picture