Art 1 · Week 34 · Portfolio, Exhibition, and Reflection
Showing Our Work
Students share their work with families or another class, name their nerves beforehand, and reflect on how the audience changed their understanding.
- Students will
- Students prepare to share their work with an audience, name their nerves beforehand, use a calming strategy, and reflect on how the audience changed their understanding.
- SEL skill
- Name nerves and use a calming strategy before sharing
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by naming nerves and using a calming strategy before sharing work.
- Content focus
- Showing our work and managing nerves
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means guiding your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- SL.9-10.4: Speaking and Listening, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 4
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Art 1
- Blind Contour and Letting Go Self-managementDrawing a blind contour of a partner's hand without looking, students notice the urge to control the result and practice breathing through frustration.
- Beautiful Mistakes Self-managementStudents turn an ink blot or torn paper scrap into a finished image and reflect on how mistakes can open new directions.
- Value and Slowing Down Self-managementCreating a slow value scale from light to dark, students use steady shading as a calming practice and notice its effect on stress.
- Balance in Art and Life Self-managementAnalyzing symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, students map the balance of their own week and adjust one area that feels heavy.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.