Blog #13 lesson special needs and the gifted

After discussing both special needs and gifted students. What are your plans to include both sets of needs as well as engage the average student in your class. Give an example of a specific lesson that you can modify to address all levels of learning.

For a student for the gifted he or she can turn can make a self portrait of their minds. They will carefully plan out a machine in their portrait.
http://handmadekidsart.com/simple-machine-drawing/

Double drawing could be fun for a student with special needs. I think for them to engage in motor skills and using both arms and hands do create an abstract drawing assignment. If a student bless them happens to not handle decent motor skill but have exemplary skills in another way I still think an double sketch whether its one at time could still be a lot of fun for a special needs student. I have a following example below. 

http://artssake.tumblr.com/post/29632813545/tony-orrico


I Perhaps for a classroom project the image above for the students with special needs create a brain.The students with gifted abilities creates the mechanized operating system to make the brain go. The collaborative project can grow into machines that churn the eyes, mouth, AND nose and the ears.

http://www.lovethatmax.com/2013/02/helping-kids-with-disabilities-write.html

these are some items I could have for students with special needs if I take this group project to a smaller scale.





A device that could have graphite stick composit

This lesson can be called "The Mind" or "Oh what we can create" title will need work.

The elements: are Line, Shape/Form, Space, Texture
The Principle: Proportion, Unity, Balance, Emphasis

This lesson on building the human mind as a collaborative project will also build team work if implemented correctly