This creative project teaches students about Pointillism, Seurat and colour mixing. It is flexible in length and could be completed as quickly as 1hr 20 mins. If students draw their own Eiffel Tower, or if you include some of the suggestions on the end of the lesson plan, it would be 2 to 3 hrs.
It starts with Students looking at a PowerPoint on Pointillism focusing on Seurat. (9 slides) It includes a script and looks at:
A definition for Pointillism
Seurat & Signac
How the Impressionists influenced them.
Two of Seurats paintings in detail.
Pablo Jurado Ruiz, a contemporary artists who used pointillism today.
How to mix colours using Pointillism.
There is then a worksheet where students can practice mixing colors with dots. This is an attractive worksheet which would look great in a sketchbook or as a display.
Students are then asked to recreate Seurat’s Eiffel Tower. More able pupils will draw the Eiffel Tower. Less able, or younger students, will place their dots over the faint image of the Eiffel Tower.
An extension task is suggested as well as other ideas to extend the project e.g. finding France on a world map and Paris on a France map.
I am always looking to improve my resources, so if you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments box.
Read your class the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's box and then ask them to sort the facts into true and false. Wonderful listening skills activity! Great group work!
Included in this resource are:
The Story to Read
True Facts
False Facts
True Place-mat
False Place-mat
Title and 13 images to create an instance Ancient Greek display. Pictures include a map, coins, clothing, God, mosaic, the Acropolis and more. They are within a plain white PowerPoint presentation so all you have to do is press print!
This planning sheet will help your student plan a letter to a Greek God or Goddess of their choice.
Use this link to a free TES resource if you would like to give your class some information about Greek Gods and Goddesses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/greek-gods-6109724
This is a sheet that I go through with student before they write their letter to a Greek God or Goddess. It clearly lets them know what I would like them to include in their letter and encourages them to develop their writing.
After they have written their letter you can use it for teacher assessment or self assessment. It is a word document so editable.
I also have a more generic version that could be used with any piece of writing. Just click on my name above to go to my shop and look for 'Assessing Writing'.
A worksheet for students to practice mixing colours using pointillism. Inspired by all the umbrellas in Seurat's painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'.
This is a 'Great Fire of London' craft project which makes a wonderful display and reinforces learning in a very visual and creative way.
This project includes three cityscapes to print onto black sugar paper, two different sets of flames for students to colour in, a full set of illustrated instructions both as a PDF and a PowerPoint.
It's a simple project but highly effective if you wish to make a fantastic display. This can be a table top display, which I think is the most effective, or can be put on a wall.
POINTILLISM SEURAT'S HATS
A fun worksheet to practice mixing colours with dots. Created because of all the hats in Seurat's work.
SEURAT POINTILLISM UMBRELLA
A worksheet for students to practice mixing colours using pointillism. Inspired by all the umbrellas in Seurat's painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'.
POINTILLISM EIFFEL TOWER PROJECT
This creative project teaches students about Pointillism, Seurat and colour mixing. It is flexible in length and could be completed as quickly as 1hr 20 mins. If students draw their own Eiffel Tower, or if you include some of the suggestions on the end of the lesson plan, it would be 2 to 3 hrs.
It starts with Students looking at a PowerPoint on Pointillism focusing on Seurat. (9 slides) It includes a script and looks at:
A definition for Pointillism
Seurat & Signac
How the Impressionists influenced them.
Two of Seurats paintings in detail.
Pablo Jurado Ruiz, a contemporary artists who used pointillism today.
How to mix colours using Pointillism.
There is then a worksheet where students can practice mixing colors with dots. This is an attractive worksheet which would look great in a sketchbook or as a display.
Students are then asked to recreate Seurat’s Eiffel Tower. More able pupils will draw the Eiffel Tower. Less able, or younger students, will place their dots over the faint image of the Eiffel Tower.
An extension task is suggested as well as other ideas to extend the project e.g. finding France on a world map and Paris on a France map.
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This creative and time saving bundle includes independent learning, a display, listening and sorting and writing!
The Greeks - An Introductory Page. Encourage independent learning by asking your class what they would like to learn about Ancient Greece or the Greeks. Then, as a group or in small groups, get them to brainstorm what they already know. Fantastic start to any Greek Project!
Whip up a display in an instant! This PowerPoint of images & a title will save your hours of searching. Just press print.
Three titles to go with the display above. The title to choose from read: 'Ancient Greece', 'The Greeks' and 'Greek Gods'
Greek Patterns and a Greek Vase Template. Encourage creativity and manual dexterity with the Greek Vase template which is all ready to add pattern to.
My popular Pandora's Box Listening and sorting Activity. Read the story and then ask your students to sort the facts into true or false. A wonderful stimulus for discussion!
An excellent planning sheet for your class to plan a letter to a Greek God or Goddess.
In this 10 slide PowerPoint the naughty Easter bunny keeps taking the Easter items! (Eggs, rabbits, baskets etc). Children have to calculate how many items will be left after they are told that naughty Easter bunny is going to take certain number of Easter items away. The Easter bunny bounces onto the slide and the items disappear! Great fun!
Laminate the whole page. Cut off the sentences at the top to make a place-mat. Cut out the individual words below. Ask your classes to place the contractions over the correct two words.
Great for assessing what they know or useful as a starter to get your students to recall what they have learnt.
There are three pages to this resource.
Three page starter activity to laminate and use again and again.
Laminate the whole sheet. Neatly cut off the words at the bottom leaving the top like a place-mat. Cut out the individual words from the bottom. Ask Learners to place the two words which make up the contraction in the two boxes next to that word.
Use this starter to see what they already know or assess their recall from a previous lesson. This is a great activity to consolidate using the apostrophe.
Read the information and legend about St. Nicholas to your class and and then ask them to sort the facts into true and false. Wonderful Christmas listening skills activity! Great group work! Then ask your class to sequence the true facts into a logical order (the order they appear here) and write them up in their books. I have included an image of St. Nicholas and Father Christmas to add to the page so students can see where Father Christmas came from. The Father Christmas can be coloured in as an extension activity.
Included in this resource are:
The Story to Read
True Facts
False Facts
True Place-mat
False Place-mat
Images to decorate page.
This is all ready to laminate and use year after year.
This festive activity asks your students to each draw around a verse from the very famous 'A Visit From St Nicholas' more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. There are 14 verses so I got every student to do one and created a display in my room and a display on the corridor. Alternatively you could make it competitive.
An inspiration sheet of festive images is provided to help your class with their drawing.
This makes a wonderful display and could even be used to create a performance of the poem or assembly.