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Day 11 · Which shape is in front?Foundation Media Arts · T1 W3–4 · Day 11 lesson

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Foundation / Media Arts / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Target/codes: keep the same square and circle in one frame but change which one covers the other; explain the intended focus; AC9AMAFD01, AC9AMAFC01. Prepare: A layer order, two large cards or pre-cut shapes, A notes.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Recall Week 2’s close border: leaving something outside a frame is different from covering part of it inside a frame.
  2. Model · 4 min. Put square partly over circle; then lift and put circle partly over square. Name the same two shapes, one changed layer order.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Ask “Which edge can you see all the way round? Which edge disappears under the other shape?” Offer description or raised overlap edges.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child designs an original paper sign about either shape, choosing front and back by a route. Ask what a reader might notice first.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Save child’s layer decision and intention; accept alternative plausible intentions. Do not say the overlapping shape is physically nearer in a filmed scene.
  6. Close · 2 min. Put the two cards aside; tomorrow the frame edge also changes a paper story.