Fairy Tale Masks

Jessica Northrup
Name- Jessica Northrup
TITLE OF LESSON- Exploring Fairytale Personalities Through Masks
GRADE LEVEL - 2nd Grade
NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS

Interpretintentandvisualmeaningthroughart(Responding)
Conveymeaningthroughthepresentationofartisticwork(Performing)

SHOWME VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS (GLEs) 1-1B: Paint lines with control of the paint brush, clean paint brush before changing
colors, mix two colors to create a third color.
1-2A: Manipulate paper to create low relief (e.g., curling, folding, tearing, and cutting)
2-1A: Identify and use zigzag, dotted, and wavy lines
2-1B: Identify and use geometric shapes
2-1D: Identify and use actual texture
RATIONALE and GOALS FOR THIS LESSONWhy is this important to teach? It is important for students to explore the creative aspect
of making a fantastical character while also being able to depict their characters personality
visually as well as in a story. What do you hope to accomplish? I hope for students to be able to
show their Fairy Tale Characters personality visually.
Students will develop a deeper understanding of their Fairy Tale Character and create a
unique mask that portrays their characters personality.
ENDURING BIG IDEA: (Define the BIG IDEA?) What is the big idea that is being investigated
in this lesson? Students will be investigating Fairy Tales and the idea of something that is
fantastical. They will also be exploring personality traits of characters found on fairytale stories
and finding ways to visually interpret them in a mask they can wear. How will you connect the
big ideas about art and artists work with the art making part of this lesson? I will have students
create masks that show personality traits of their Fairy Tale person or creature through their
creations. Students should be able to visually see characteristics of each character just by looking
at each mask by the end of the lesson.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What investigative questions guide the lesson?
1. What Fairy Tale are you creating?
2. What Character are you depicting?
3. Is your character an animal, human or other/ If other, please describe:
4. Character Analysis

Describe the kind of animal/human or Other

List color hair/fur or significant feature other

List significant clothing or accessory color/type

List significant facial feature or iconic feature associated with character

example: Old lady, frail, lives alone, vulnerable
example: Grey hair, wears a white sleeping cap to cover it
example: wire glasses, white bed gown like mumum
example: wrinkles, squinty eyes
What will students discover and investigate? Students will investigate meaningful art
making through exploring the different personalities of Fairy Tale creatures and how that
personality can be expressed through artistic expression. What will you ask that will guide the
purposeful exploration of materials that will produce meaningful content to the creative
production? How do you imagine your character to look that will help represent who they are?
What makes a person or animal scary? or a prince a hero? What do these characteristics look
like? Why are they perceived that way?
KNOWLEDGE BASE AND KEY CONCEPTSWhat will students learn and KNOW about art and art making from this lesson? Students
will learn that there are more ways to represent a personality of a person or animal then through
words. You can tell a lot about a creature in stories by how they are created or drawn. Key
concepts of the lesson include investigation of personalities, visually exploring traits of fairytale
characters, and performing like your fairytale character, along with interacting with other
fairytale charcters.
OBJECTIVESThe students will begin by deciding what shape of a face their character will have and cut
out that shape from their paper plate. Students will then pick a color of the skin of their
creature. In doing this I will ask why they are choosing the shaped and color that they are. How
does that help in bringing out the personality of your character? Students will then add detail to
their mask to bring their character to life. Once finished they will go onto the carpet and interact
with the other characters that were made. Once everyone is done we will take a class picture
posing in a way that our actor would have.
VOCABULARY- Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Perspective, Narrative, Folk Tale, Personality traits, Myth
LESSON VIGNETTE Day 1 (9:20-10:40)
9:20-9:25am
9:25-9:35am
9:35-9:45am
9:45-9:50am
9:50- 10:00am

Start talking about Fairytales they are writing

in other class, review what a fairytale is
Make a list on the board of traits of characters
and possibilities of different fairytale creatures
Visually showing a personality
Visualize your character
Introduce Project

10:00-10:10am
10:10-10:15am
10:15-10:30am
10:30-10:35am
10:35-10:40am

DEMO!
Questions
CREATE and INTERACT!
Class Photo shoot!
Clean UP!

ASSESSMENTS/RUBRICS Assessment will be evaluated through students thoughtful

displays of their characters and their interactions with other students. Does their visual
representation accurately display the personality of their character?
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ADAPTATIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS-. How will you
differentiate for your diverse classroom population? How will you keep students engaged? What
will you do to challenge students who are highly talented? What have you planned for those who
finish early?
Students interactions with each other will keep students busy while other classmates are still
finishing their work. The level of detail can be added or subtracted based on the skill level of
each student.
MATERIALS, TEACHING RESOURCES/REFERENCESPaper Plates
String/Yarn
Colored Construction Paper
Paint
Glitter and other funzies
Scissors
Glue
Camera or iPad
Pencils
TEACHER REFLECTION: How will you know that this lesson is successful and meaningful?
List indicators.
Newinventionsofcreaturesorpeople,andvisualrepresentationofcharacterspersonality.