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Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line

Investigating how lines and marks can communicate emotion and emphasise elements in a composition.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Hand out the whiteboards and pens.

Display the Presentation: Brain dump and ask the children to write everything they learnt last lesson about using different lines and mark making to show movement.

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Example work

Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough

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