Planning my lesson for NFA

When it came to figuring out what i was going to do for this lesson, I was honestly lost for a couple weeks. My mentor teacher was teaching this studio art class for the first time and getting his own curriculum organized so he really couldn't tell me what he would be doing ahead of time. He told me he would rather I do my own lesson. I was happy that he had complete faith in my ability to do this so I agreed that this is what I would do....but I didn't even know where to start.

I began to think about so many things to the point of over thinking. The Pre-Assessment test had slowed down the class and not much material had been covered. I really wasn't sure what their skill levels were, though I assumed it was ranged from those with natural ability to those who I would have to coax to at least try. I wanted the lesson to be challenging, but not frustrating. I wanted the students to be engaged through the process because some of them just did not want to be there at all. I had limited space, limited time, limited supplies. I had no idea what I wanted to do, and then I saw this image in an online search...

This was the stepping stone for my lesson. I thought what if I just have them build off of the last lesson where they did a line and contour drawing of their sneaker. I could have them do different poses with their hands working with just line and contour, so rendering them would not be an issue since they had not really covered value and shading yet. I really liked the design element done on the hands so I wanted to incorporate that also. It would be a way for them to personalize it, kind of like tattooing. I could also talk about Mehndi designs that are done with Henna as a cultural element to the lesson.

 My mentor teacher was really excited for this lesson when I talked to him about it and thought that it would go over well with the students. He also helped me with the little details, like how I would present the idea to the students and what supplies i had to work with. He was very encouraging and that made me feel a lot more confident about my lesson.