Objectives:

• To use a variety of lines
• To identify texture by line

Goal: Students will create wild thing drawings using at least 5 different types of lines.

Intended Audience: Kindergarten

New York Learning Standards Addressed:

• Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes.
• Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes.
• Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
• Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

Materials:
Paper
Pencils
Markers

Procedure:

1. Teacher will read Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, to students.
2. Examine the wild things closely, students should have photocopies. Talk about the wild things having fur, scales, thorns, claws, sharp teeth, horns, etc.
3. Brainstorm about all the different kinds of lines used to make wild things. Teacher demonstrates drawing a wild thing.
4. Each student will draw a wild thing of their own, using at least 5 types of lines.
5. Once the pencil drawing is complete, students may go over their lines with markers.
6. Students clean up.

Assessment: Students will walk around and view the class collection of wild things. Teacher will hold up some examples and ask for students to describe texture.