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Day 21 · An invented form and a real-source boundaryFoundation Visual Arts · T1 W5–6 · Day 21 lesson

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Foundation / Visual Arts / Term 1 / Weeks 05 06

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: distinguish a child-chosen visual idea from a claimed living observation, then notice one form feature; AC9AVAFD01. Prepare: fictional source choice, optional approved actual living source only through source gate.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Recall last fortnight's size/crop/open area. This week asks what an edge and an open notch can do in an original image.
  2. Model · 4 min. Show the INVENTED FORK FORM: one broad vertical body, three rounded arms, two clear notches. Say, “I can describe this drawing. I cannot call it a leaf or species observation.” Leave REAL SOURCE: EMPTY.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child follows one outside edge by looking, adult description, air trace, AAC or a locally approved large fixed raised outline. Point to one clear notch; avoid assuming it represents a plant part.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child changes one imagined edge direction or opening on a blank page and says what they want the image to suggest. A child with a genuinely approved plant source may separately point to its actual feature; record source/view/date, then let them transform it artistically.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record the child's edge/opening choice and its source type. If an invented notch is called a real leaf observation, ask what actual source would need to be seen.
  6. Close · 2 min. “My invented form has ; a real source would need .”