DOMAIN: Shape

CONCEPT: Shape creates a design

SUBJECT: Patchwork Quilt

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Using geometric and organic shapes students will cut and design their own pretend beach (based on Faith Ringold's book, Tar Beach ) on a 12" by 12" square, which will then be ironed on to create class patchwork quilt.

Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. 2,1.6 create a particular design to illustrate their own pretend beach by cutting fabric
1.3 use geometric and organic shapes to create a design
1.4 explain their own beach
1.5 understand the book Tar Beach and briefly about quilts

Anticipated Skills: Tar Beach - by Faith Ringgold

Vocabulary/Concepts:
patchwork quilt
tar beach

Materials:
12" by 12" plain fabric, yards of wonder under or fabric adhesive paper, patterned fabric, 24 scissors, iron, pencils (3rd grade uses wall paper and glue instead of fabric and iron)

Resources:
quilt, Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Motivation:
Ask if anyone has ever wanted to fly and talk about where. Go into detail. Introduce the book. Read the book. Talk about why Cassie picked certain buildings to fly over and talk about her tar beach (who was there, what was there to eat, ect.). Bring up the patches shown on each page and ask questions about it. Look at picture of quilt. Explain the author is also a famous artist who makes patchwork quilts.

Hold up quilt in classroom. Talk about shapes in quilt. Talk about organic and geometric shapes. Explain that we are going to be famous artists and create our own patchwork quilt. We will each design our own patch using geometric and organic shapes. Hold up example and have the class tell you what you made. Go over in detail first how certain shapes were put together to create your design. Explain that first we are going to sketch on a piece of paper, using geometric and organic shapes. Go over how you would do your sketch. KEEP SIMPLE. Students will then pass around the table the paper and pencils. The students make their own sketches.

You do an example of how the sketch is used in final project. Take plain piece of cloth as background. The pieces of cloth with the patterns on them will have the wonder under pre ironed onto the back. Student will pick a pattern they like, flip it around, and sketch on the back. Remind students the fabric needs to be saved so when drawing, the objects should be close together and start on the sides so it is not wasted. Have students now draw on the back of different patterned fabric. Remind students to put biggest piece of fabric down first and to OVERLAP!

Demonstrate cutting, reminding them to turn the fabric and not the scissors. Also model how to save the extra fabric. Have students cut and place pieces of fabric to create their own tar beach.

When students are done, have them peel the wonder under off of the back of the fabric and place it back down. Then one by one children are to come to the back of the room to have you iron on the fabric.

Iron all pieces together to create quilt. (students with wall paper glue paper down…little dab will do ya).

Material Distribution and Clean up procedure for each class:
Students have materials in front of them on each table but are not allowed to touch until you say so. Students use share with their neighbors and pass around supplies WITHOUT getting out of seats. Teacher takes scraps throughout the lesson along with students to recycling bin.

Criteria
Did you....
use geometric and organic shapes
sketch design first
base design on pretend beach
full of color
look neat/clean

Steps:
1. Sketch design of pretend beach in simple geometric and organic shapes.
2. Draw shapes on wonder under paper.
3. Cut shapes out and place them in proper places.
4. Give to teacher to iron.

I will assess student's work based on: criteria, effort, cooperation