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Unit title Unit 4 - Portraiture MYP Year Grade 9, Grade 10 Unit duration 5 weeks (25 hours)
Statement of inquiry
Portraiture, both of the self and of others serves several purposes and the study of portraits shows the perspective and opinion of a person, as well as the physical
attributes. We all want to be remembered and in turn, we remember others, but the reasons are complex.
Inquiry questions
Factual How do I represent a face in two Conceptual What makes a face recognizable? Debatable What makes a person worth
dimensions and in three dimensions? Conceptual How do I want to be remembered and remembering?
how will that translate visually? Debatable Why do we want to remember what
Conceptual What is the purpose of portraiture? someone looks like?
A: Knowing and understanding Outline of summative assessment task(s) including assessment Relationship between summative assessment task(s) and
• ii. demonstrate an understanding of the role of criteria: statement of inquiry:
the art form in original or displaced contexts Task Post Assessment: Portrait The tasks are a combination of technical skills and
C: Thinking creatively Speed Dating (A) studying of the face, as well as taking what they
• ii. demonstrate a range and depth of creative- February
understand about the construct of the face in two
Students will do another portrait
thinking behaviours
D: Responding
23 day, the same as the first day, and
dimensions, and starting to work with it in three
dimensions. Students will do a combination of several
Monday reflect on their improvements
• i. construct meaning and transfer learning to portraits before they decide what to do with their final
9:00 AM throughout the unit.
new settings project. We will also do a pre and post assessment of
their technical skill from start to finish of the unit by
doing a pre and post assessment of students drawign
their peers.
Learning Experiences
Students will be working on some longer term
projects during this unit, some in class and some out
III. Organization skills of class. They will have four class days each for two
Managing time and tasks effectively in class portraits, and they will do one as homework,
• Plan short- and long-term assignments; meet as well as create a short, 5-6 minute presentation on
deadlines an artist they are interested in for the class. They will
Self-management
need to manage their own time in order to ensure
they finish on time.
Learning Experiences
Students have an assignment to research an artist
who does portraiture. We have seen many artists in
class, both well known, and smaller names so that
VI. Information literacy skills students have ideas of where to start, but they can go
Finding, interpreting, judging and creating information beyond their exposure in class. They will research an
• Access information to be informed and inform artists life and influence and present on two images to
others the class. Students will send their slides a day early
VII. Media literacy skills so that I can use the images as bell ringers. The
Interacting with media to use and create ideas and audience will then have a little time to process some
information of the images before they hear the presenters
Research • Communicate information and ideas effectively to interpretation of the image. Students have a choice
multiple audiences using a variety of media and here, and some will find that they are interested in an
formats artist, but not much information exhists about that
artist. They will also need to present the information
in a coherent way that allows their audience to get a
good idea of their artist and her or his work.
Teaching strategies
Students who are ready to be pushed can try people of different ages (babies can be particularly difficult.) i
have outlined other methods of differentiation above, but I will also adjust for students who need modifications
in ways including, having them focus on only one image in their artist presentation, assigning them an artist.
Additionally, I will have pre printed pictures to work with, and I will help them grid the drawing that require it.
This unit emphasizes new vocabulary less than the other units, but heavily makes use of the vocabulary we have
already learned this year. Students will identify the compositional components and elements and principles that
they have seen utilized in the images they are studying. We will, however, talk through different ways of
gridding, as well as the concept of form, which we have only talked about in two dimensions so far this year.
Students get feedback from me as I circulate while they are working. I will stop to do measurements of their
individual face, and talk through attributes of their facial features (ie. Does the line between your lips curve up or
down, or is it straight across? How pronounced are the divets in your upper lip?) With the projects that they turn
in, I will give them feedback and adjust the next part of the unit to adjust weaknesses or misunderstandings
throughout.
Students will see examples and will be given step by step directions so that they experience success
immediately in this unit. Students will also be looking through not just my own examples, but will carefully be
studying the work of others that have successfully
Describe how you will differentiate teaching & learning for this unit?
Students have a lot of choice in this unit, so they can choose topics and artists that are to their level. I am
encouraging students to choose particular artists according to their interests and style. For students who have
little exposure to artists, I have given them examples. They have a bit of structure to work within. For examples,
they will choose one of the learner profile traits and fill out a brainstorming worksheet that walks them through
how they should think through the ideas they are coming up with.
Additionally, students choose who they will draw, how they will apply their artists's style to their own work, what
compositions, angles, they want to use, how they will fill their negative space, and how they will communicate
their theme.
I have also built in step by step activities that all students can be successful with. The video breaks down the
structures and proportions of the face so that all students can measure and correctly find where and how big the
eyes, ears, nose, and mouth are. We also will spend a half day on each of the features, allowing students to
really study and practice the features individually. For more advanced students, they will try drawing from many
different and more difficult angles (3/4 view) and for other students who struggle with the proportions more, they
will be encouraged to start off more from the front and side views.
I also scaffolded alternative grids by using a simple mouse drawing and for students who need additional
support, I either provided them with grids or adjusted their paper size to fit their grids more appropriately.
Students who need extended time are given extended time, and all students are allowed to come in during
lunch or after school to work more.
Learner Profile
Inquirers: Students are encouraged during many of the bell ringers to think through what questions they would ask the artist if the artist were here to answer them.
Additionally, students are choosing a theme for their three portraits that they feel connected to and they see in the two other people they choose to draw. Their theme is a
learner profile trait. One of the reasonings for this, is to connect what students are learning about in other classes. In history and science, especially, students have learned
about people throughout history (as well as more contemporary figures) that have exhibited one or many of the IB Learner Profile Traits, and students should be able to
identify that in the work of others and connect it to themselves and the future they see for themselves.
Resources
Journal:
TED Talk
Google Drive Unit 4 Presentation with all Bell Ringers, instructions, DW Assignments, (https://docs.google.com/a/cps.edu/presentation/d/1...
Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit