Learning objective

  • To develop a range of mark making techniques.

Success criteria

  • I can experiment

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can be shown how to break the charcoal and shape the end to make different types of marks; may benefit from a demonstration of how to hold the charcoal in different ways and to move their hand in different ways to vary their marks; may need words read aloud or explained to them; could alternatively, record an adult saying the words on a talking tin or tablet device.

Pupils working at greater depth 

Can experiment with adding marks in chalk or removing charcoal with an eraser, using the eraser as a drawing tool; could be given phrases to convey through marks (see slide 3 of the Presentation: Charcoal mark making).

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: mark-making that is varied,

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Vocabulary definitions

  • charcoal

    A drawing material made from burnt wood.

  • lines

    Marks on a surface that can be different lengths, widths and create shapes.

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Paul Carney

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Paul has 22 years experience of teaching art as a specialist subject in both Primary and Secondary schools. He is a council member with the National Society for Education and his expertise has led him to deliver CPD for leading training providers, schools,…
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