Grade 3 Egyptian Patterns, Alliterations and Prints

This past couple of weeks in ICT, the Grade 3s have been learning to develop images in the graphics program, Adobe Photoshop. We have looked at some examples of Pop Art by the artist Andy Warhol. These have inspired us to create our own work, using an image of the Egyptian Pharaoh, King Tut. In Art, we have also been making King Tut block prints and in Literacy have written instructions on how to make them. We have also been improving our dictionary skills, and we used these to help us to find interesting vocabulary to help us create an Egyptian alliteration poem.

We have been busy! Read on to see more of our ‘Pop Art’, to read our poem and to learn how to do block printing…

ICT – computers

In ICT, these images of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol inspired us to create our own colourful images.

We used Adobe Photoshop to change and develop an image of the Egyptian Pharaoh, King Tut, in the style of Andy Warhol. First we ‘posterized’ the image and used the filter ‘cutout’ tool to simplify it. Then we used the ‘replace colour’ and ‘fill’ tools to change the colours.

Click here to see some of our King Tut patterns

These are some of the ICT skills we have been learning:

This is a display of some of our finished patterns.

Click on the pharaoh image to visit a website by a Pop Art artist called Francisco Dozier.

We had more fun as we practised using the ‘replace colour’ and ‘fill’ tools and created more Pharaohs in the style of Francisco Dozier.

Click here to see our pharaoh animation

Literacy

In Literacy, we have been improving our dictionary skills. We started off by looking at a poem by Wes Magee called ‘A Who’Z Who of the Horrible House’. We noticed that each line was in alphabetic order and that it described something in the the horrible house, using the same letter each time. This is an alliteration.

Click the image to see the poem. You can have a go at improving your vocabulary skills by printing out these definition cards and having a go at trying to match them to words in the poem.

We noticed that every line in the poem used the same types of words, in the same order each time:

We made up our own class Egyptian poem in the style of this Wes Magee poem. We didn’t write lines for every letter of the alphabet, but we did arrange our poem into alphabetic order.

A dangerous deep desert drying.
A mad male mummy measuring.
A magic mean mummy mixing.
A magnificent mad mummy marching
A magnificent main mummy marching.
A magnificent male mummy marrying.
A mean mummy muddling.
A moody mean mummy moaning
A narrow navy-blue Nile navigating.
A packed pointed pyramid parking.
A particular parched pyramid paddling.
A sad sick Seth sparkling.
A safe secret Seth sparkling.
A sharp sandy sphinx sleeping.
An old oppressive Osiris opposing.

Can you make up your own line to add to our poem? Try looking in a dictionary to find new and interesting words.

Art and Literacy

In Art, we are also investigating patterns. We have made King Tut block printing stamps and have started to print with them. We will cut our prints out and arrange them to create patterns. We wrote instructions on how to make a block print in Literacy. Click below to see a draft example of our instructions. Then click the checklist, to help decide what features of instructional writing this student needs to improve on before making their final copy.
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Here are some photos and an edited example of instructions that will help to show you how to make a block print:

How to Make a Block Print

You will need:

Tracing paper, printing foam, a pencil, a pen, 2 rollers, a plastic knife, block printing ink, a smooth surface (2 perspex sheets) and paper.

What to do:

1. First, choose or draw an image.

2. Next, trace your image onto tracing paper and transfer it onto a piece of printing foam. Use a pen to etch the image into foam, pressing in areas you don’t want the paint to print.

3. Place block painting ink onto a smooth surface with the plastic knife and roll the roller back and forth to spread a thin layer of paint onto it. Then roll the painted roller onto the printing foam a few times until it is evenly painted.

4. Carefully, place your foam face down onto your paper. After, use a clean roller to press the paint onto the paper. Finally, peel away the foam to see your block print.

We hope you have enjoyed seeing what we have been up to and take the time to have a go at some of our activities.