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Ourselves
Objectives
To make careful observations and comparisons.
Resources
Small / portable mirror | Plain paper | Pencils and crayons
Vocabulary
similarities | differences | compare | same | different | eyes | nose | mouth | teeth | lips | ears | face | cheeks | neck | reflection
Today's Lesson
Introduction
Show your student a mirror and discuss what it is used for. For example, your student may respond with answers such as, ‘I use it to look at myself’. Explain that we see a reflection in a mirror, and this helps us to notice things about our faces.
Show your student your own reflection in the mirror, pointing out your facial features, and using lots of the vocabulary for the lesson.
Show them the shapes in your face: describe where your nose is in relation to your eyes and cheeks. Look at your teeth, and show them that we can see our teeth and gums in the mirror if we look carefully. Look at your ears, and show how they sit on the side of our face.
Then, once you have discussed this, compare your facial features with your student's. Ask them to look in the mirror and to notice all the things in their own features that you noticed in yours. Point out any similarities and differences between their own facial features and yours.
Slowly, on plain paper, draw your own face for your student to see develop on the paper. As you do so, show them where things are. Feel your own face for its features and shapes, and use this to help you draw bit by bit. Check your reflection in the mirror, and use the reflection to inform your drawing.
Apply
Ask your student to do the same for their own face now. Support them where necessary, but expect them to keep going and to try, even with anything they find difficult. Keep your expectations high and ask them to ‘re-do’ certain parts where necessary, to encourage an atmosphere of trying their best and improving on their attempts.
Finally, compare the two drawings and use this as a chance for your student to use the vocabulary introduced for the lesson. You might want to hang these pictures up to celebrate the similarities and differences!