Subject of Lesson

Domain: Collagraph print

Practice:No.
Continue
of Pupils:
to finish a
collagraph plate. Demonstration

Lesson No. 13
Date: Tuesday 24th
March 2015
Time: 40 mins

Group: 1st Year

16 students

Lesson Objectives:
Help students to
Experience the printing process.
Introduce the buddy system.

Lesson Introduction
Teacher Activity:
Demonstration and slide show
Teacher Activities

Pupil Activities

C and E work for demo

Introduce buddy system
Printing is a two-person job.
Why? One area is inky and the other
clean.
Print Butterflies no ink.

Students will participate in a print

demonstration

Conclusion
The students will have participated in a collagraph demonstration and slide show. They
will be able to articulate the steps in the printing classes.
Be encouraged to work in pairs.
Differentiation:
Slide show, demonstration, examples, participation
Literacy and Numeracy:
Sequences, process
Resources:
Students work, completed examples of plates and prints. Set up a working print room,

different areas,
Organization of the Room:
Students seated in a group in the middle of the room, facing the white board and
demonstration area. For the demonstration the students will stand and move from inky
area-clean area to print area
Materials and Cleaning:
Ink, plates, rollers, palettes, paper of different types, water tank,
Evaluation/Assessment:

Lots of plates finished.

Teacher Self-Appraisal:
The workshop went really well. I achieved what I had planned for. We got 3 plates
printed, did a lot of teaching and the students did a lot of learning. Two weeks ago I was
struggling with teaching this scheme and I felt that the students werent learning because
I was inadequate in my teaching. Had a chat with Maria and observation with Aine.
Introduced new way of exploring design and concept. These conversations really helped,
as did my conversations with members of my community of practice and watching Barrys
teaching demo. It all came together in this workshop, which coincided with an observation
by Prof. Glen Coutts, accompanied by Maria. Lucky was I, as Maria operated the camera
so the whole class could be filmed. I looked back at the video and noticed that some of
the students who usually asked questions when they did not know what happening were
intent on the action and one got to prepare the paper. She really seemed engaged.
Now need to match the students in the buddy system to start a print run tomorrow.
More water tanks at the sinks. Three stations and one varnishing station.