Insect Head Collage

: Insect Head Collage

Approach: Independant task

Time: 30minutes (each student)

Level: Year 8 only

Resources:

Set of A3 black and white photographic images of insect heads.
Each student: set of A5 papers (grease proof, tissue, grey, cartridge, copied hessian, copied newspaper); scissors, glue stick, sheet of A3 manilla.

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Instructions:

The teacher administrator gave the following instructions:

In front of you, you will find a selection of papers and a piece of brown manilla paper to use as a background sheet.

You are going to make a make-believe or fantasy collage picture of an insect's head using the different papers.

To help you get started, we have some insect photographs to give you some ideas, and to help you think about your picture. (Show the photographs) These photographs will help you think of shapes and textures, and parts of the head.

Try to use your papers in interesting ways. Try to show interesting shapes and forms. Choose papers because the textures or patterns you will want to show.

Make your picture of the insect's whole head by cutting, tearing, overlapping and arranging the papers.

Make your insect head as big as you can on the piece of brown paper. Don't make a lot of very small pieces or they will take too long to stick down.

Arrange the papers where you would like them to be for your picture. About 10 minutes before the end of this activity, I will give you a glue stick, so that you can glue the pieces of paper onto the brown piece to finish off your picture.

Students were not penalised for incomplete paintings

Most of the year 8 pictures were marked in the middle range (62%) with about the same numbers given low ratings (20%) and high ratings (18%).

View Insect Head Collage drawing exemplars

Key attributes (1 low - 4 high)

Qualities

mean score

expressiveness

image relevant to the task; expressiveness, fantasy, imagination.

(2.3)

2.7

composition

unity; balance, but not necessarily symmetry.

(2.3)

2.7

detail

finer features included; variety of shapes; use of textural and tonal contrast (e.g. torn/cut, textured/plain, light/dark, narrow wide, delicate/bold).

(2.3)

2.7

use of media

edge quality; use of overlap, overlay, folding, crushing, 3 dimensionality.

(2.2)

2.6

Global Rating (1 low - 6 High)

(2.9)

3.4

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