Sweet to be ME Presenter: Joanna Angelopoulos, NBCT

Community Consolidated School District 15

Gray M. Sanborn Elementary School

101 Oak St.

Palatine, IL

angelopj@ccsd15.net

847-963-7051

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Sweet to be

ME

Name___________________________________________ Class____________________

The students will use the concept of identity to indentify and

relate their characteristics to the unique qualities of a candy. To complete this project, students will draw a contour line drawing, create a realistic painting, compare their characteristics within the context of metaphor and write a poem using their 5 senses.

Sweet to be Me Lesson Narrative: Students explore the concept of identity through the study, analysis and interpretation of a selected candy. This lesson will afford the students an opportunity to

establish a person connection to their art work and open the lens to their own personalities

and character traits.

personality candy quiz, contour, cross contour

*practice contour line drawing and cross contour line drawing of their hands

(this is to create a segue towards establishing the students observation skills and

slowing them down)

*personality candy quiz (READ THE QUIZ FIRST TO MODIFY RESPONSES

http://www.livelearn.org/resources/teachers/BAEYC/2012TheCandyBarPersonalityTest.pdf

(the quiz is a fun and interactive way for students to begin connecting the traits of

candy to themselves)

****GIVE RESEARCH HOMEWORK and MUST BRING IN THEIR CANDY

Practice!!! Contour line drawing and learning to observe.

*This day is reserved for practicing the new skill drawing through

observation by looking at their candies as a ‘still life’

(collect candies after each day)

Final Drawings (ONE DAY)

*students were given the challenge of creating their drawings using one continuous

line and adjusting the pressure of their pencils

(this portion of the project really lends to students focusing on their drawings and

controlling their speed of their drawings)

Realistic Painting

*Demonstrate the mixing different tones with browns, blues and purples

(my students were not to use black)

*Students paint with very small brushes to paint

Touch up and Complete Paragraphs

*Students used X-tra Fine Sharpies of similar colors to redefine their folds,

wrinkles and smaller shapes

*Upon completing their paintings they work on completing their paragraphs

(students’ goal is to complete all their responsibilities by a DUE

DATE. Every week, students were responsible in continuing

from where they left off and moving forward towards completing

the entire project on their own---HOMEWORK HELPS;) )

Assessment and evaluations

After the students completed their initial line drawing, I

collected and Xerox copied them at 115%. Making the images a little bit bigger

simply helped the students see all the details. I also took their photographs with

each candy as part of their final presentation. The last most important component

is giving them the time to complete everything, remembering that the GOAL is NOT

just the drawing and painting but their understanding of identity through the

investigation of an object. Their realizations and connections are the most important component of their learning.

For this lesson: 1. You will research one type of candy 2. You will compare and contrast you to your candy 3. You will use composition to create an interesting

view of your still life 4. You will create contour line drawing of your candy 5. You will paint your chosen candy in a realistic style 6. You will compose a short paragraph explaining

your rationale for choosing the specific candy and how you and the candy are alike, through the context of metaphor and the 5 senses.

Good Luck….

Student Signature_________________________________________ Parent signature_____________________________________

Research: Candy Study

1 2 3 4 Did not thoughtfully study or investigate candy.

Did little thoughtful investigation and study of candy

Did good thoughtful investigation and study of candy

Did an excellent investigation and study of candy

Mini- Me: Self-Portrait score

Composition: Drawing/ Technique

No evidence of thoughtful placement of objects

Some evidence of thoughtful placement of objects

Good evidence of thoughtful placement of objects

Excellent evidence of thoughtful placement of objects

Analyzing: Compare and

contrast

Poor evidence of understanding differences and similarities

Some evidence of understanding differences and similarities

Good evidence of understanding differences and similarities

Excellent evidence of understanding differences and similarities

Writing: paragrah

Poorly organized, did not use thoughtful choices and reflection, incomplete

Some organization, some thoughtful choices and reflection, some good sentence structure, not typed

Mostly good organization, used thoughtful choices and reflection, good sentence structure, typed

All well organized, clear thoughtful choices and reflection, clear sentence structure, typed

The most difficult part of this lesson was ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

The best part of this lesson was __________________________________________________________________________________________________.

The worst part of the lesson was _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Drawing: Contour line

Poor evidence of proper drawing skills. Drawing looks messy, incomplete

Poor evidence of proper drawing skills. Parts of drawing look messy,

Good evidence of proper drawing skills. Drawing looks clean

Excellent evidence of proper drawing skills. Drawing looks clean

Painting: Realistic style

No evidence of thoughtful of execution, messy, incomplete

Some evidence of thoughtful execution, messy, complete

Good evidence of thoughtful execution, complete

Excellent evidence of thoughtful execution, clean, well done, complete

PAINTINGS BY DARREN MAURER

What type of candy are you?

Figure out what type of candy you are

We all have our preferences on what sweet treat we like most but how can the candy we choose tell us a little about who we are?

Lets take a little quiz. Out of the following candy bars which one do you prefer?

Baby Ruth Snickers

Three Muskateers Nestle

Milkyway Butterfinger

Hershey Almond Joy

Twix There is an expression, “You are what you eat”. What does that mean?

Use your senses:

The candy tastes ______________________________________________________

The candy smells _____________________________________________________

The candy looks _______________________________________________________

The candy feels _______________________________________________________

The candy sounds _____________________________________________________

Organizational Page The candy I chose that resembles me is__________________________

Think about the characteristics of your candy that you wrote above. How do the ingredients from the candy resemble your characteristics and personality?

On the following page use your senses to discover your candy personality. For example, if you wrote, “The candy tastes sour”, think of all the different meanings for sour.

Why would part of you be sour? Can sour have another a descriptive meaning? Candies are designed to create layers of flavors, textures, smells and sounds. Your job is to really

investigate and experience this candy to figure out all its nuances.

Use this Venn Diagram to compare and contrast you and your candy. How are you like your candy?

Senses What is the relationship to you? Give examples.

Use the space provided, to write a rough draft of your short paragraph. Remember you must explain

your rationale for choosing the specific candy, describe your characteristics and how you and the

candy are alike.

Final draft MUST be typed. 12pt Font, ARIAL NARROW, centered.

Contour Line Drawing

The outline and other visible edges of a figure or object.

Cross contour line drawing: Cross contour lines are parallel lines that curve over an object’s surface in a vertical or horizontal manner (or both) and reveal the item’s surface characteristics. Cross contour lines are similar to wire framing used in 3D design.

and very sharp pencils

with very small brushes