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Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:
Students will read Kay Haring's picture book, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing.
Students will answer questions from the text. What inspired Keith? Why did he make art? Why did he give his money away? Where did he make art? (NOTE: Information for taking an Accelerated Reading (AR) Test on this book is included in the Advanced Preparations section below.)
Students will view images of Keith Haring's dancing figures. The instructor could share illustrations from the book or use a digital tool to share images of Keith Haring's paintings from Jenny Shepard's Tes Teach Gallery.
Students will discuss how the motion lines illustrate movement for the figure.
Students will view a few minutes of a breakdancing video from YouTube. *You can share the whole 5-minute video if you would like. Two minutes would be enough for students to get the idea.
Students will create their own dancing figure drawing inspired by the movements of the dancers from the video.
Students will use motion lines to illustrate movement in their dancing figure drawing.
Assessment Strategies:
Objective
Mastered
Attempted
Student identified break dancing as the inspiration for Keith Haring’s dancing figures based on the text.
Student illustrated movement in their dancing figure drawing using motion lines.
Advanced Preparation:
Resources Needed:
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing (Book) Haring, Kay A. AR Quiz No. 187592 En Nonfiction IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts. 0.5 AR Quiz Types: RP
Images of his Art: I would recommend selecting a view images of his work to share with your class. You can also download this free color sheet to use as an "idea sheet" for your class. Students can use this sheet to help plan their dancing figure drawing. http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/dancing-figures-by-keith-haring