Collage Tessellation Lesson 4 Art and Design Year 3 and 4

**Lesson 4 Collage using tessellation and inspiration from Escher **
This is the fourth lesson of a 7 week unit of work although it can be used in isolation too.
It is suitable for years 3 and year 4
The following is included;
Lesson Plan 4
Powerpoints and resources
Examples of work and tasks included.
Key vocabulary for the lesson
Differentiation
You Tube links with relevant examples.
Pupils will learn tessellation skills such as translation and rotation. They can create their own tessellation tiles if time permits or use templates like Escher’s fish, and lizard.

Overview of the collage unit in the shop is as follows if you want to purchase the complete unit.
Week 1 Explore collage techniques
Week 2 Use inspiration from Canaletto to create a collage
Week 3 Famous Architect Zaha Hadid (newspaper strip collage and BAME link)
Week 4 Tessellation and Escher (collage with no gaps)
Week 5 Mosaic - (collage with gaps)
Week 6 Matisse and (scissors cutout collage)
Week 7 Finale composition
The theme of the unit was based around buildings and grand designs - but the skills of each lesson can be applied to any focus e.g plants, animals, seaside, world war, landscape, etc The unit can be extended or condensed as you wish.
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