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Lesson Three – Shape Layers

This computing teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and illustrate ways of layering and ordering different shapes in a graphic design. The class can explain how to adjust and format the graphical properties of different shapes as part of a design.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and illustrate ways of layering and ordering different shapes in a graphic design

Learning Objectives

Select and use shapes to match design criteria. How to develop and refine ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising images.

Learning Outcomes

I can combine shapes to produce designs for a specific purpose. I know how to edit and adjust graphic shapes.a

Shape Layers

Teaching sequence to help the children explore and illustrate ways of layering and ordering different shapes in a graphic design

What Shapes

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify and explain how to layer and combine pairs of shapes in a graphic design

New Shapes

Activity to help the children practise layering and adjusting shapes in a graphics program to match different designs

Shape Layers

Interactive activity to help the children explore and illustrate ways of layering and ordering different shapes in a graphic design

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and illustrate ways of layering and ordering different shapes in a graphic design

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