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Day 16 · Marks made by a processFoundation Visual Arts · T1 W3–4 · Day 16 lesson

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Foundation / Visual 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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Learner choices

Target/codes: choose a surface mark and, where safe school approval exists, explore how one physical tool/process makes it; AC9AVAFD01, AC9AVAFC01. Prepare: E mark trials, dry broad marker and/or school-approved large sponge/card edge on fixed paper, material gate, E practice.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Compare an original page of printed dots and dashes. Say those prints show possible marks, not a felt texture or the act of making.
  2. Model · 4 min. On paper, the educator demonstrates a dry broad pen dab versus short pull. If cleared, show one approved physical alternative; identify exactly which process was observed.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child selects a mark by looking, hearing description, AAC or tactile fixed sample if approved. Never press a sample onto skin.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Offer actual making with a cleared material, accessible stabilised tool and opt-in handling only after local safety/access approval. Otherwise child draws or directs a paper plan for the mark; record it as planning only.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record visible mark choice and, separately, any observed child handling/process. Do not infer tactile perception from labels or a printed proxy.
  6. Close · 2 min. Clean/put away according to local practice; keep only permitted work. No material route is a prerequisite for tomorrow.