Learning Goals
Students will be able to apply portrait composition, lighting, and posing techniques to create school-community portraits that communicate identity and meaning
Students will be able to investigate school people and places through teacher-supported interviews and observation notes to gather accurate details for stories
Students will be able to synthesize interview quotes and key facts into clear captions and short articles about school community members and locations
Students will be able to create and refine self-portraits that show personal identity through visual choices and intentional framing
Students will be able to use feedback from gallery walks, partner read-alouds, and self-review to revise photographs and writing for clarity and impact
Students will be able to explain how portraits, self-portraits, and articles work together to tell the story of the school community in a mini-magazine
Products
School Story Research Page and Portrait Prototype
Each student creates one research page with interview notes, a selected quote, caption draft, and a short article draft about one school person or place. The student also submits one portrait or self-portrait prototype that shows how feedback changed composition, lighting, or posing.
Class Mini-Magazine Spread Set and Art Expo Presentation
Teams combine individual research, portraits, and self-portraits into a polished mini-magazine spread set for the class publication. The team also delivers a shared Art Expo presentation explaining the school story, the design choices, and how revisions improved the final work.
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