Matisse

The Purple Robe

3rd Grade Lesson Plan

Supplies:pattern cards
long white shelf paper
crayons
M&Ms

Objective: Review warm and cool colors.  Identify different patterns used in The Purple Robe.
 
Read Henri Matisse, Drawing With Scissors (packet)
 
If you are American how would yo say this name: Henri Matisse?
 
In the country he was born, you would say it:  Aanray Matisse, what country was Aanray born in?  Everyone say Aanray Matisse.
 
Play out Matisse being in bed sick...what did he not have (cell phone, computers, computer games, clor R.V., Ipod - how boring was that?).
 
Skit:  

Mama: My poor Henri, what shall I do, he is so sick. Mom buys him a box of paints, gives it to Henri: Here Henri a box of paints for you.
Henri: Thanks mom (ah mothers, I want to be a lawyer), Henri starts painting, loves to paint, discovers: Ah this is what I want to do, I want to become an artist. Henri gets better.

Henri: Dad I’ve decided to become an artist
Dad: Henri, you are crazy, what are you thinking, artists don’t make money, you will starve
Henri: Dad, I’m going to be an artist, au revoir (read select parts of story) Show samples of his art work



Fast forward to the future, guess what, Henri is sick once again, and once again he is lying in bed bored out of his mind, he has stomach cancer, he has assistants who pay him to learn from him, what is he to do?
He is looking at the ceiling and guess what? Yes, he sees it as a place to work. He gets his assistants to bring a long stick, a piece of charcoal, tape, and he begins to draw on the ceiling (mime drawing on ceiling with stick).
Then he decides to cut paper with scissors. He gets his assistants to paint huge sheets of papers all different colors, the tells them what shapes to cut out, and where to place them.

He signs his name on all the art work.  The assistants are never acknowledged.

Show samples of collages
Attach piece of paper to wall (big strip of long paper)
Give kids pattern to draw , use lots of colors but make sure it is a pattern
M&Ms or colorful candy