UPDATED FOR 2018 Explore line, shape, pattern, texture and colour and Advent tradition, in a creative countdown to Christmas. Use either a religious Advent calendar specific to 2018 is included, commencing First Sunday of Advent, December 2) or a generic, secular calendar, commencing December 1). Lesson includes art concepts to be covered, Learning Intention and Success Criteria, suggested media, links to online resources. sequence of learning activities with extensions, variations and challenges.’ An adaptable activity, popular with all ages, be prepared to print extras. Family and friends like to join in too. Smaller artists prefer larger squares, so enlarge to A3 size for the little ones!

A versatile and engaging cross-curriculum Christmas resource to spark students imaginations! This resource comprises eight suggestions for a variety of imaginative and persuasive writing projects, each task offering an opportunity to incorporate an art and design element. Students will be able to work independently or collaboratively on the tasks. The prompts provide creative inspiration for every writer. Suggested texts include narrative, play or film scripts, news report, advertising (print and screen), comic strip, poetry, parody, menu, invitations and social media mock-ups. Choose a class task that supports your current literacy focus, (or series of task) or allow students to choose their own.

What’s different about this Christmas lesson? This lesson pack is a complete and comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs. Not an end-of-year time-filler, but a meaningful Visual Arts lesson based on the Elements of Art, which contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. The hard work is done, relax and enjoy some art with your students! Included with this lesson pack are: Learning Intention and Success Criteria. (Page 2) Space and Texture web quest slide (Page 3) Landscape Scene 1 (Mountains with Pine Trees) and focus questions (Page 4) Landscape Scene 2 (Desert scene with road) and focus questions (Page 5) Student Art Activity Task Slide(Page 6) Example of simple landscape drawing (Page 7) Example of tree placement plan (Page 8) Tree triangles template (Page 9) A complete lesson plan as a Word document. (Fully editable and adaptable.) An editable Class Assessment Record to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for work sample grades and for student observations. An editable graded rubric, specific to the Mixed Media Landscape activity, with space for written feedback. This rubric can be edited and adapted for either formative or summative assessment

What’s different about this Christmas lesson? This lesson pack is a complete and comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs. Not an end-of-year time-filler, but a meaningful Visual Arts lesson based on the Elements of Art, which contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. Included with this lesson pack are: -Learning Intention and Success Criteria. -Link to Shape Online Slideshow with examples of shape in famous artworks. -Cookie Cutter Shape Project Task Slide -Examples of cookie cutter shapes, that can be used as templates, -Elements of Art: Shape Word Wall vocabulary cards in a separate PDF document. -Quick Draw Shape Worksheet in a separate PDF document -A complete lesson plan as a Word document. (Fully editable and adaptable.) -An editable Class Assessment Record to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for work sample grades and for student observations. -An editable graded rubric, specific to the Cookie Cutter Shape activity, with space for written feedback. This rubric can be edited and adapted for either formative or summative assessment The hard work is done, relax and enjoy Christmas art with your students!

What’s different about this Christmas lesson? This lesson pack is a complete and comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs. Not an end-of-year time-filler, but a meaningful Visual Arts lesson based on the Elements of Art, which contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. The hard work is done, relax and enjoy some art with your students! Included with this lesson pack are: -An editable and adaptable lesson plan as a Word document, with suggestions for lesson variations. -Link to Elements of Art video clip, with focus question for Form and Value. -Mathematics Meets Art (identifying geometric forms/3D shapes ( (Also as a separate printable PDF worksheet) -Examples of values shading in clip art, with focus questions. -Example of Value Scale and 3D shapes with range of Values -Value Shading Worksheet (Page 8) (Also included as separate printable PDF worksheet) -Link to mixing and painting with tints and shades video -Student Art Activity Task Page and enlargement of sample still life composition -An editable class assessment sheet (Word document), which maintains alignment with Curriculum and Syllabus links, and the Learning Intention and Success Criteria in the Lesson Plan, including space to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for observations/notes on individual students. -An editable graded rubric for the Student Art Activity (Word Document) with space for written feedback. This may be adapted and grades removed, to use for formative rather than summative assessment

What’s different about this Christmas lesson? This lesson pack is a complete and comprehensive resource for busy class teachers, casual relief (substitute) teachers, student teachers, homeschooling families, or out-of-school-hours care programs. Not an end-of-year time-filler, but a meaningful Visual Arts lesson based on the Elements of Art, which contains ”Art Appreciation” and “Art Making” components and can be spread over more than one timetabled session. Included with this lesson pack are: -A detailed and completely editable and adaptable lesson plan as a Word document, suggesting a Learning Intention and Success Criteria and suggesting links to the Australian Curriculum and NSW Syllabus. These can be edited to reflect your own requirements. The lesson plan includes a section to record differentiation and suggests extensions or adaptations of the lesson -Colour Wheel slides -Link to Warm and Cool Colour Video Clip. ( -Warm and Cool Christmas Tree Design Task Page -Christmas tree outline as guide for tree drawing. -Warm and Cool Colour Worksheet, based on video clip. (3 separate editable Word documents, UK/Aust Spelling, US Spelling and Answer Sheet) Elements of Art: Colour Word Wall vocabulary cards in a separate PDF document. -An editable class assessment sheet (Word document), which maintains alignment with Curriculum and Syllabus links, and the Learning Intention and Success Criteria in the Lesson Plan, including space to record students working towards, achieving or proficient with the success criteria, for observations/notes on individual students. -An editable graded rubric for the Student Art Activity (Word Document) with space for written feedback. This may be adapted and grades removed, to use for formative rather than summative assessment

UPDATED! The resource is now in two parts to facilitate printing of the window templates. Linking to Religious Education and continuing a creative countdown to Christmas, this resource focuses the artist on organic and geometric shapes, and warm and cool colours. The themes of each Sunday of Advent are linked to each window. Students can work on different windows, to create a class collection, or complete a set of four individually. Lesson Resources include a Learning Intention and Success criteria, links to useful online resources, sequence of learning activities, as well as a selection of extensions, variations and challenges.