This is a 'what if' lesson, asking students to use first impressions and then discover if their first impression is the one they would trust when they analyse further information. It can be a verbal activity or a written task, or however you want it.

You can print these as posters or as postcards, just by adjusting the settings on the print page from whole page to multiple. The Challenge cards work really well with Year 11 when they are struggling to put into words why a piece of work by another artist has inspired them. They can choose their own level of challenge.

This is a resource I have made from activities I have collected and created in order to strengthen Art skills. Every Art activity a student does is marked according to three assessment objectives: A- Analyse and Record, R- Research and Develop, and T- Try and Text Techniques. When work is returned to the student, they can improve on their weakest area (in DIT time) by doing an activity from the document and marking off which one they have completed on their colour chart. There is an excel markbook to go with this resource, which helps you track student progress to the assessment objectives.

Skull shading task that fits nicely into our Day of the Dead project as homework.

An Art homework task that fits into our day of the dead project

A homework task that fits into our day of the dead project

An Art homework task that fits into our day of the dead project

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

An Art homework task that fits into our project on Art in Germany during WW2 and the Holocaust

This resource can be used with my Schemes of Learning- Literacy and Numeracy are written into the Art Schemes of Learning with Art foci, as well as Assessment data for each task. (Schemes of Learning and Assessment data available soon).

T3each your students about shading. This presentation introduces students to the correct tools required, tonal scales, and how that all translates to good 3D rendering.

Teach your students how to mix primary and secondary colours. There are some catchy videos embedded in the presentation from youtube. The kids love it.

It is worth this just for the Burger! You can adapt and change the pieces, and its really cute. Kids love building their burger of facts. Anyway, there is a great unit of work in here that always builds great skills for students embarking on GCSE Art & Design. It allows for a trip (we do Birmingham Botanical Gardens, but Kew or anywhere decent will do), it allows for Artist research, good recording, and good experimentation. It then develops to allow student to bring something personal to the project (strong AO4) - themselves! I print this Powerpoint as a booklet and give it to them at the start of term. It means we can work through, pick up where we left off, and kids who want to run ahead can do so. I did the hard work, so that you don’t have to! :)

This test fits in with age expectation targets. There is a marksheet that you may download and adapt to your needs also, which stores this information and calculates progress in lessons again targets.