Grade: 7
Lesson Title: Cartooning (Caricatures) Lesson Duration: 75 minutes
Overview of lesson
For this lesson students will be creating caricatures of themselves. They will practice drawing out
caricatures. Once they have enough practice they will start a good copy. Students will draw themselves
as a caricature in pencil, then colour in the caricature, then use sharpie to outline the caricature. For this
lesson I will show them examples of caricatures. We will look at different elements of a caricature and
practice drawing the various features. I will do guided drawing with them to practice. I will create an
example of myself as a caricature and show this to the class to guide them. This project should only
take 2-3 classes to complete.
Alberta Program of Study: Goals and Objectives
GLO /GLE
Drawings
SLE’S
Record: Students will record single images and simple units.
Concepts
A. Recording change and movement of figures is one of the purposes of drawing.
B. Describing the internal and external boundaries of forms is one of the purposes of drawing.
C. Describing the planes and volumes of forms is one of the purposes of drawing
Investigate: Students will select and identify line, value and texture in the natural and manmade environment for
image making
A. Lines can vary in direction, location, quality, emphasis, movement and mood.
Communicate: Students will use expressiveness in their use of elements in the making of images.
Characteristic qualities of a person or object can be emphasized by the quality of line used in an image.
GLO/GLE
Compositions
SLE’s
Components 2: Students will experiment with techniques and media within complete compositions of two and
three dimensions.
Concepts
A. Two-dimensional materials can be used to make compositions demonstrating simple pictorial space.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to create a caricature in their likeness.
Students will be able to illustrate neatness in their work.
Lesson Guiding Questions
How will you make your caricature tell something about you?
How will your caricature represent you?
What do you want people to know about you?
Annotated Learning Resources List
Material and Equipment:
Google Docs
Sketchbooks
Pencil
Eraser
Sharpie marker
8.5x11 inch sheet of paper
Pencil Crayon
Lesson Procedures
Introduction/ Review (5 minutes):
As mentioned in previous classes this class will focus on caricatures and today we will be drawing
ourselves as caricatures. What do you know about caricatures?
Body (60 minutes)
Steps and Procedures: Formative Assessments:
Objective for the Lesson: Observation-circulating and discussing with students
Tell students what is expected of them. What the their plans for their comic strip.
final product should be.
Students will be able to create a caricature in their
likeness.
Students will be able to illustrate neatness in their
work. Differentiation:
Assessment Criteria (Co-created):
What do you think is going to make your caricature Choice-students are given choice for the comic strip:
successful? their characters, number of panels, and setting. They
Likeness, and neatness. will also be given a planning sheet that is meant to
Anticipatory Set (Prior Knowledge): scaffold their learning to make it easier for them to
Students may remember our discussion about start their projects.
caricatures and the meaning of the word. They also
may have some experience with caricatures-seeing
them in the media.
Input/ New Information:
Various elements of a caricature. How to draw the
head, mouth, nose, ears, etc.
How will you make your caricature tell something
about you?
Modeled Practice/ Demo:
I will draw with the students and practice drawing
the elements of the caricature. I will also show them
an example of what I want them to do.
Check Understanding:
Make eye contact with the students and make sure
that they understand the task that they have to
complete. (Caricature in their likeness)
Guided Practice/Independent Practice:
Allow time for students to work on caricature.
Brain Break:
Teach students the hand monster.
Consolidation (5 minutes)
Today we started our caricatures (means to exaggerate) what characteristic is your caricature going to
have that relates to you? Or shows who you are?
Clean up (5 minutes)
Students have time to pack up pencils and clean up desk.
