UoI 1: How We Express Ourselves

Talking Without Words

3TS 2014-15

Learner Profile and IB Attitudes: 

Learner Profile

• Communicator – through visual images and non verbal devices • (eg inference, body language, gesture)• Thinker- what is the message, how can I get my idea across• Open-minded- others will interpret an image differently

Attitudes • Creativity: apply visual devices in their way to illustrate a narrative, creating posters

• Appreciation: illustrators choices, what’s the meaning of an image to you and to others

• Curiosity : showing an interest in images and what’s behind them

Talking Without Words!What do we think this means?• Miming: Akash• Facial expression- Omar• Body language- Elliott • Writing- Catalina• Hand signals- Juwon- Son• Mother tongue- Sean• Actions- Kael• Silent when doing it- Elliott• Keeping quiet- Akash• Sign Language- Catalina• Being kind and having fun-

Elliott

• Whispering- Sean • Lip sync- Ella• Pointing- Akash• Movement- Juwon• Looking at pictures-

Margrethe• Drawing- Hyunmin• Ignoring- Omar

• 19 August 2014

What are we finding hard to understand in the Central Idea?What did we decide about these words?Why is one word in capitals?

DifferentVariety

Tools , equipment

Artists use various DEVICES to

portray emotion and character.Show Feelings

our qualities, what makes us the way we are

Devices will be BIG learning for us during this unit. (size, background, colour, movement, body language, gestures, facial expression, position, zoom, shape…)

Mona Lisa Activity: Making connections to previous learning 

across the grades and curriculum.19.8.14What do these Mona Lisa’s say to you?How do they make you feel?What devices did each artist use to convey a message?

Provocation:  Silent Challenge Using picture cards to form groups without words based on the category

given. Cards we changed many times.

click to watch the provocation video

If you were an illustrator what would you have to 

think about?

How illustrators or artists use SIZE to communicate messages or meaning to us?

What does this image show or tell us?.

* shows me there is a kid- Son* a small jungle, becasue it is small- Akash* a big forest because there is a lot of trees- Hieu* trees look like they are falling down because one is bigger- Paul*big trees because you can not see the tree tops- Omar* there is small path because the boys is walking on a very small road- Ella* the forest is big and the person is small because the person is inside- Ben* looks like a big jungle because I can not see it all- Son* the boy is walking forward because he is getting smaller- Paul* The boy is small and the trees

We will look at 2 images and discuss what is shown in each and then compare the messages in the two.

What does this image tell us?

* Big town because I see a lot of people, houses and 2 hills - Diana* Big town because there is not much room left to fit in buildings- Amber* Building are big and tall and the people are small- Kael* There is guy with a big head because there are small eyes and tiny nose- Ella* Big party because there are a lot of people- Akash* the hill is humungus or big because it is taller than any other building- Omar* Some people are big and some are small- the big are not humans- Sean* It is telling me the castle is tall becasue it is on the hill -Max

What has the illustrator communicated by making the change?.

*zoomed in - Hieu*There is a giant because there is a little person only half of his shoe- Amber* the giant is having tea with a parson- Jaechurl* The village is less- Kael* happy because of their smiles- Omar*Looks like they are moving becasue it looks like packing- Akash* share your feelings and stand up to your foes- Elliott

selling- moving out- Akash* doesnt matter how big or small your are you can show respect, be friends, communicate- Amber/ Akash/ Omar/ Margrethe* being a giant doesnt always mean scary or mean

Image taken from ‘Where’s my Teddy?” by Jez Alborough            What do you see?

What is the illustrator/artist trying to tell you through the device  size?1.

                      How do you know? .

* Trees- Juwon* field of grass- Meina* clouds- Catalina* a road- Sang Woo* A jungle- Max* sky-Hyunmin* boy* rock*Leaves*trunk*grass

1. because it looks deep because you really can't see them all- Ella2 because there are a lot of tall trees bacause you cant see the leaves at the top- Hieu3. the stump- cut down tree- is the same same size as him- Paul

1. the trees are big2. a big forest3. the boy is very small

COLOUR as a device.• Show the bear is fearless by using a lot of red- Akash• Being strong- Elliott• The bear is being angry- red- Sean/ Son• Looks like the bear is in a dust storm because of the colour of the

background- Kael• He looks upset because the red is all around him –Ella• Looks like the bear has just had a kill because the red looks like

blood- Omar• It makes me think the bear is in danger because red is a danger

colour- Miss Tracy

• Make me feel happy because there are lost of bright colours- Paul

• looks camouflage because of the all the different colours- Ben

• makes me feel like I am going in the body because of the colours and it looks like its going down –Akash

• The bright colours makes me feel calm and relaxed- Hieu

• Looks like the heart is broken because red is on both sides- Sean

Interesting to note both use red but our thoughts and reactions about these 2 pictures a very different!

What do images tell you and how do you know?

Body Language and Gestures

What do you think we are trying to tell you in these poses?

Body language and gestures can show us how a character is feeling, what their personality is like or can tell us how to react. It can express a feeling, mood or behaviour.

What might the message be?

Device: Background

Are YOU a great communicator? Are YOU a great illustrator?

An illustrator is a great COMMUNICATOR if they can use colour, position, size, gesture, background and facial expressions in their illustrations to COMMUNICATE emotions and messages about characters to the reader.

Putting it together: What do we need to focus on so we know it?

Putting it together: What do the devices help the artist communicate?

Artists use various devices to portray Emotion and Character.

• Illustrators make choices to create emotions and meaning

• The choice of medium by the illustrator can provide the readers with clues to the message or purpose of the text: i.e. photos likely to be non-fiction

• Illustrators uses visual devices to influence the readers: artistic style, colour, composition, medium, size and detail