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Drawing: Make your mark

This unit helps pupils to understand and use different line types and mark-making techniques in drawing; enhancing children's ability to describe lines, control drawing materials like pencils and chalk, and experiment with various media, while responding to music. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Show knowledge of the language and literacy to describe lines.
  • Show control when using string and chalk to draw lines.
  • Experiment with a range of mark-making techniques, responding appropriately to music.
  • Colour neatly and carefully, featuring a range of different media and colours.
  • Apply a range of marks successfully to a drawing.
  • Produce a drawing that displays observational skill, experimenting with a range of lines and mark making.

Suggested prior learning

Drawing: Marvellous marks

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Exploring line

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Lesson 2: Making waves

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Lesson 3: Experimenting with media
  • To draw with different media.
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Lesson 3: Experimenting with media: Option 2 – Christmas themed
  • To apply features of abstract art.
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Lesson 4: Mark making

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Lesson 5: Drawing from observation

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Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

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Key vocabulary

2D shape

3D shape

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Art and design

Knowledge organiser: Art & design: Y1 – Drawing

Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "Drawing: Make your mark".

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Vocabulary display – Art and design Y1: Make your mark

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Make your mark'.

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RSE & PSHE

*New* Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Year 1 Economic wellbeing

Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Economic wellbeing'.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

Music

Science: Animals, including humans

Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes

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