Chapter Graphic
:Link Task 1: Collage
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Time: 30 minutes Level: Year 4 and year 8
Approach:  Independent
Focus: Students can compose a picture creating, selecting and assembling shapes, colours and textures in ways that give expressive impact.
120k
Resources: Video. Per student: set of 6 papers; scissors; gluestick; base sheet.

The teacher administrator briefly described the theme for the collage picture before showing a one minute stimulus video which showed a sequence of images appropriate to the task. After the students had watched the video, the teacher further explained the scope of the task in a way intended to stimulate students' thinking and ideas.

   
mean score
 
y4
y8
(0 low – 3 high)
Key attributes:
   
expressiveness:
image relevant to the task; expressiveness, fantasy, imagination
1.5
1.9
composition:
unity; balance, but not necessarily symmetry
1.6
2.0
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)
1.2
1.7
use of media:
edge quality; use of overlap, overlay, folding, crushing, 3–dimensionality
1.3
1.7
(0 low – 5 high)
Global rating:
2.2
2.8
Commentary:
67% of the year 4 students' collage pictures and 71% of year 8 students' pictures were marked in the middle range of 2 and 3 on the global ratings. The overall results show increasing skilfulness from year 4 to year 8, with 23% of year 8 students' work marked in the top range of 4 and 5 compared to 8% of the year 4 students in the same range.
 
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