2nd Grade The Longest Line experiment with line, shape and color The OBJECTIVES are to: Experiment with line to develop controlled skill in creating shapes Materials White paper 12x12 fine & wide tip sharpie markers color markers Class Periods - Set Up cut paper to 12x12 put a sheet of newspaper on each desk to protect it from the permanent markers Make sure the students put their name and date on every project! Watch this 30 second video of a dot that went for a walk. Show it to the class. You can also watch this Harold and the Purple Crayon video

An artist, Paul Klee, once said a line is a dot going for a walk. SHOW SLIDE 3 AND 4 Line varies in length - short or long Line varies in weight - light, heavy, thin, or thick Line varies in character - straight, curved, angular, twisted, broken, continuous, graceful, bold, delicate, weak, strong There are several types of lines. Straight, curved or a combination of both Organic - made by nature (informal), shapes that are irregular, and curvilinear. Geometric - circles, squares, rectangles and triangles -- Procedure print this to teach from Start in a corner and draw ONE line, the longest line: curved, straight, zigzag, with angles etc. The line has to fill the whole sheet and you may not pick up your marker from the sheet! The line may not hit or cross itself. Most important: the line has to end at the point it started. So be sure you're back in the beginning in time! When ready, with a pencil draw three or four geometric shapes on your sheet. Choose three colors per geometric shape. Fill in the shapes within each geometric shapes with a set of three colors. Outline your shapes with the black fine line sharpie marker.

Straight, curved or a combination Organic Geometric

vocabulary Line - are basically comprised of three families, straight, angle, and curved, which can be combined to make line drawings. Shape - the outward outline of a form. Basic shapes include circles, squares and triangles pattern - repetition of line and shape