ArtStart Lesson Plans

Sample Lesson Plans from 2009-10 ArtStart Residencies

Endhaven Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will explore characters and create a deeper understanding of the character’s choices through inference, music and dramatic expression.
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McAlpine Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will reflect a higher level of understanding about a story’s main idea and character’s point of view by creating music to accompany it.
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Montclaire Elementary
Unit Objectives: 1) Students will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read and heard in order to make connections to their own lives; and 2) Students will identify and demonstrate elements and skills in dance in order to create a personal representation of the meaning of their name.
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Oakhurst Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will read and analyze the text of a speech piece and identify ways to use instruments on order to create a musical soundscape to accompany the text.
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Park Road Montessori
Unit Objective: Students will create a personal book based on their own interpretation of “The Great Lesson.”
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Pineville Elementary
Unit Objectives: 1) Students will analyze a character’s conflict in order to develop an appropriate resolutionl; 2) Students will incorporate elements of theatre and role play in a dramatic interpretation of a conflict and resolution; 3) Students will analyze character traits in order to accurately portray a character through choice of body language and voice inflection.
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Reedy Creek Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will explore mood from multiple standpoints through literature and drama.
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River Gate Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will interpret main idea in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by identifying supporting details and visual images using art critique questions.
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Winget Park Elementary
Unit Objective: Students will compare artworks by Japanese artists in order to determine common characteristics.
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