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-: Hi welcome back, Mr. G here,
with another lesson plan for you,
and again this is Mr. G's RAP sessions
which is based off of Recycled Art Projects,
and this session is session number one,
and it is Words To Live By.
Today we are going to talk about collage,
and collage is building up a bunch of different items
to make a single picture.
And today we are going to make a collage of words
and words that you identify with,
words that are important to you.
And we are gonna add a component
of a visual graphic with it too, or a picture.
Okay so I started out
and have gotten this far so far with my collage.
And I picked some words like game changers
because I'm a visual art teacher,
I see some pretty dynamic students on a daily basis.
They're the game changers,
I'm just a person trying to help them along.
So now we're gonna start to build up our piece.
When you're building up your piece,
you might wanna sit there
and go oh I might wanna place something here,
or oh I might wanna place it there.
Today I am going to place it here because I am the artist
and that's where I chose for it to be.
Wherever you guys decide
that you wanna put your pieces, that's great.
And again, a prompter, if you are cutting
out of a magazine, a book, or a newspaper,
please ask somebody to do so before you start.
I don't want you to get in trouble
for accidentally cutting out something
that somebody might have wanted to keep, so thanks.
And now I'm just taking pieces that I've already cut out
that I think describe me.
I'm taking a heartbeat now because I feel
like I have a heartbeat and I'm pretty vibrant,
and I'm putting it on there.
And again, you are going to pin where you want to.
I'm going to take the word charity
because I believe that we give to people
that are less fortunate than us,
and I know that it's been done for me in the past.
And we're gonna glue on a couple of more.
You guys can put on as many or as few pieces as you can.
Do start to think about the words
that you're putting on your piece
and how they are special to you.
And if you get a chance, please talk it over
with your friends, your parents,
anybody that finds your work interesting.
This can be done, this project can be done by any age unit
that feels like it can do this project.
And it might be a good thing for parents
to sit down and talk over with their kids to find out
some things about their kids that they might like.
So I'm gonna add on the few last pieces.
And again, rule of thumb,
please ask if you can cut things out.
I know that I'm stressing on that,
but again, I don't want you to cut something out
that somebody might have wanted,
and I don't want you to get in trouble
for cutting something out that you shouldn't have.
Okay so this is where I've gotten to so far,
and, just briefly, I'm going
to review some of the words that I picked.
I picked the word real because I always try to be real
and truthful to myself, my truth.
I picked the word time
because time is super important to me,
giving time to young people, spending time with people
that want to grow, and learning from people.
And I also used the words kids
because I really enjoy working with kids.
Again, I hope that you guys had a great time
building a collage based off of the words
that you identify with.
Thanks again for going on this journey with me, see ya.
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