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NAME TRANSFORMATIONS.


Elementary

At the beginning of the year, fouth-grade students are still perfecting cursive writing Also called "script," a form of handwriting in which each letter of a word is connected to another letter. Contrast with "block lettering" or "printing," in which the individual letters do not touch. . This project reinforces cursive handwriting skills, while helping me learn each student's name. The final design serves as an exciting introduction to masks.

After discussing symmetry, students fold their 9 x 12" (23 x 30 cm) colored construction paper in half and write their first name on the fold in large letters. Longer names require the paper to be folded horizontally. Names with tails, such as j and y, have only the tails resting on the fold. If the name does not have any tail letters, all letters rest on the fold.

Students must fatten fat·ten  
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 the letters of the name before cutting the name out. Remind them to keep the paper folded, to stay on the outside lines when cutting, and not to cut the letters apart. Sometimes it helps to outline the cutting lines with black marker. They must be careful when cutting out the inside loops of letters.

Students love the results when they open the cut paper to reveal the symmetry. Using a small amount of glue, they attach their name to the center of a 12 x 18" (30 x 46 cm) piece of white construction paper.

The second period is used to transform their symmetrical symmetrical

equally on both sides.


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 designs into a mask. First students select the area that will be the eyes. Then, using a pencil, they draw simple straight and curved lines outside the letters to create a symmetrical mask with interesting large shapes.

The third period is used to paint the areas of the mask. I limit them to two primary colors those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, - red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors.
See under Color.

See also: Color Primary
 and tints, adding white, or shades, adding black, or both. Remind them to focus on symmetry when painting.

The last period is spent on finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff

finishing touches nplultimi ritocchi mpl 
. If the written name image is lost in the process of painting, outline the letters with black marker. Finally, students are ready to cut out the mask and glue accent feathers to the back. Most students choose to mount the results on construction paper.

ClipCard submitted by Sharon McGinnis, an art teacher at R.E. Miller Elementary School elementary school: see school.  in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. .
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Author:McGinnis, Sharon
Publication:School Arts
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2001
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