Senses Lesson 4 PT Upper Secondary Level

1. Unit: Senses
Level: Upper Secondary
Subjects: Exploring Senses
Language: English / Art Teachers: Ana Teresa Sousa, Leonor Serpa Branco,
Carlos Guerra
Number of lessons: 1
Objectives / Goals / Competences:
Students are expected to:
- Realise that the word sense or senses refers simultaneously to
conceptions of physics, physiology, psychological characteristics of an
individual, their education and culture;
- Explore, feel and have sensations through exercises that explore the
five senses: vision, touch, smell, hearing and taste;
- Extend their vocabulary and general knowledge on the topic;
- Give an oral presentation.
Content
Language/Terminology
 Visual language
 Visual elements
 Graphic procedures
 Graphics tests
Syntax - Domains visual language:
- Form
-Texture
- Color
Procedures:
Trait: nature and character (intensity,
incision, texturing, thickness, grading,
minimum and maximum range of
motion, gesture)
Spot: nature and character (shape,
texture, density, transparency, color,
tone, gradation)

2. Mixed: combinations of line and spot;
Testing / analysis processes: study
forms;
Testing / synthesis processes:
graphical processing
Evaluation
- Feedback from students
speech/answers/involvement/pa
rticipation
- Collective final product.
Procedure
Tasks:
Starting point
- Introduction to the topic – exploring the senses
- PowerPoint visualization about the various interpretations that the
term sense or senses can have.
1st
- Warm up activity:
The teacher reads to the students eight words: serenity, anger, intensity,
joy, sadness, anguish,…
For each of them the student should explore through different types of lines
the feeling that the word conveys to him.
2nd
– Performing 6 plastic exercises, exploring the perception of space,
taste, sight, touch, smell and hearing. The sequence of exercises can be
seen in the introductory PowerPoint.
3rd
– Group activity - Bring together the experiences of each student in a
collective experience.
Integration and sharing of previous exercises in a panel. Collective work on
this panel with the inclusion of records of the silhouettes of the hands of
the different participants. At the end each participant tore a piece of the
panel that integrated in his graphic diary, assuming the role of memory of
this sequence of experiences / exercises.

3. Resources / Materials
Supports and materials:
Paper sheets squares, scenery paper sheet, pencils, color pencil, oil pastels,
felt tip pens, glue.
Assessment
Exhibition of pupils`works