🔺 in Composition
This lesson series for my Foundations of Photography [CTE] class teaches 9-12 graders the principle of design using triangles in composition and introduces the genre of street photography.
This multimedia video scaffolds language specifically for my ELL students and builds understanding for all my foundation students. This lesson develops photo literacy by highlighting key concepts, visual examples, cues, and defining content-specific language.
Cultural exemplars used in this lesson were curated specifically for my classroom. Using student research collected from pre-and formative assessments, I brought relevant visual examples that would connect to my student worlds.
Central focus
Triangles naturally draw attention and movement
Photographers use forms like triangles to create dynamic and balanced compositions
Look at art by street photographers and analyze the composition for triangles
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Lesson delivery using Padlet. Explicit instruction, video introduction, word wall and supporting resources:
Pre-assessment: Scaffolded in-class group activity. Using Jamboard, students identified where they saw triangles in composition:
Student work samples:
