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Day 22 · Contour or filled silhouette?Foundation Visual Arts · T1 W5–6 · Day 22 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: compare two visible treatments of the same invented form and choose one for an idea; AC9AVAFD01 and AC9AVAFC01. Prepare: contour/silhouette, broad dry drawing route or exact description.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Reopen yesterday's invented form; keep its outer shape the same today.
  2. Model · 4 min. Show CONTOUR as an outside line and FILLED SILHOUETTE as a solid body. Neither printed version has real tactile texture. Say the choice can change what the viewer sees first without a universal meaning.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child points to where the white interior remains visible in contour and where the filled area takes space. A neutral adult can describe this precisely.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. For a fictional storybook page, child draws/directs one treatment, gives a purpose (“I want the gap to stand out,” “I want a bold dark shape,” or their own), and may compare a second treatment. Actual marking is optional and school-approved.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Record treatment + child intention + what is visible. If an adult filled it for them, log that physical handler rather than attributing the process to the child.
  6. Close · 2 min. “I chose ___ so a viewer might notice ___.”