Unit : Thiebaud Cupcakes CTEM: Domain 1, DQ5: What will I do to engage students?

Grades 3-8
Learning Goal: Learn about the life
and artwork of Wayne Thiebaud.
Learn to draw in 3D as well as make
a 3D Cupcake box of clay.
Elements of Art: Texture, Shape, Space,
Value, Form
Content Standards:
Perception: Develop and organize ideas from the environment.
Creative expression: express ideas in original artwork using skill.
Historical/ Cultural: understand art history and culture
Response/ Evaluation: make informed judgments about personal artworks and artwork of
others.

Vocabulary Resources Activity Scale Assessment

Who is the Artist? Day 1: Introduce Wayne Thiebaud with 3 points 2 points 1 point
Who is the Artist? Video or You Tube
Pop Art Video about selection. Discuss PopArt and show Use
Symmetry Wayne Thiebaud examples of Thiebaud’s candy, pies, scale/rubric
cakes artwork.
Perspective Good videos and Day 2: Discuss 3-D drawing techniques to have
Pattern, interviews on of perspective and shadow by looking at Skills & Student uses The student uses The student shows students self
Thiebaud’s work. Pass out manila paper, craftsmanship exceptional good skills. poor skills and
Shadow, YouTube, also. have ss fold it in 8 sections, each section skill with messy assess. Turn
2D vs 3D will hold 1 unique cupcake. Step by Step media craftsmanship in with their
instruct ss how to draw a cupcake using
Clay Drawing: black or pencil. work.
Pinch Pot white Day 3: Discuss clay, safety, and rules. Creativity Student has Student has Student does not
Demonstrate how to make 2 pinch pots. unique & some original have original
Score construction Flatten the bottom of the 1st one by original ideas ideas work. Work is
Additionally,
Slip paper, oil pastels, tapping it on table. Using a popsicle copied. can tie in
stick, roll vertical lines along the sides of
Kiln chalk, or crayon pot to create baking cup texture. With language arts
Firing the 2nd pot, round the top into a dome by having
Task All tasks are Some, but not all Work is
and decorate. Roll a small amount of
Glaze Cupcakes: White clay for cherry on top and demonstrate
Completion completed
fully.
tasks are
completed.
unfinished and
incomplete.
them write a
Texture clay, popsicle slip and scoring. I prefer the top to fit paragraph
Some effort
over the bottom, so it doesn’t slide off
sticks, ( this means pinching the top out a bit about their
score& slip with bigger). favorite
Day 4: (while cupcakes are in kiln) Knowledge of Student is able Student uses and Student does not
forks and brushes, work on cupcake drawings, adding color. concepts. to verbalize understands a demonstrate cupcake and
Day 5: Discuss glaze rules and how to. about the art few of the understanding of
cups for water Gaze both pinch pots neatly and using concepts and can art vocabulary or when they
Glazes lowfire creatively appropriate express them concepts. ate it.
After out of kiln and drawings are vocabulary verbally
finished, have students assess work
Can use QR
using rubric. Discuss 3D vs 2D. Display for tech
work together if possible. integration.
.