Assigned Teachers: Suren, Avanthi

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Team Formation: Pairs or groups

Suren: response: Thank students for feedback last week, Here’s what we heard

Before we start today, we want to talk about something important.
Last time, you shared a lot with us — through your drawings, writing, and talking. Here’s what we heard:
We heard that a lot of you like learning through art, working together, and trying new things, and that class feels better when there’s more listening and less scolding.
Because of that, we’ve changed today’s class a bit — more art, more group work, music while you draw, paint to work with, and teachers will join in as teammates, and at the end we will save some time at the end to hear from you.
Some ideas you shared, like changing the space or doing exhibitions, games, souvenirs or festivals, need more time to plan out — we haven’t forgotten them.
We’re still learning too.
At the end of the class, we’ll check in again. You can share only if you want, and you can choose how — talking, drawing, writing a letter.

You will need:

15-20 Bristol boards
Markers,pencils, eraser
paint and paintbrushes
Music (instrumental, calm)
Intro:

Today we’re drawing Sri Lanka from above, like we’re looking down from the sky. You’ll be working in 2 groups, sharing one paper. This means we need to make space for each other and draw together. There’s no right or wrong way to draw—just add lines, shapes, and ideas. You can talk, share, and build on what your group is doing. for inspiration, looks at nature and city photographs / art drawn from above.

Click this link for beautiful aerial photos of Sri Lanka’s nature and cities: https://threeblindmen.photoshelter.com/portfolio/G0000qhEVtNKQKJE

Class setup:

Clear a floor area in the classroom or upstairs space
Children sit around the paper on the floor, not at tables
One large sheet for the whole class or one Bristol board per two children
Place materials around the paper so they are shared
Have calm music set up so students can listen while drawing.

Drawing Guidelines:

Everyone gathers closely around the paper.

The teacher begins by drawing three lines across the sheet
One by one, each student adds three lines anywhere on the paper
Lines can cross, overlap, curve, or stretch across the page

Explain simply:

These lines are not objects yet
They are movements, paths, or edges seen from above
Later, they might become rivers, roads, coastlines, fields, or boundaries

Explain the structure of the paper:

Left side focuses on the natural beauty of Sri Lanka
(land, water, forests, mountains, wetlands)
Right side focuses on how people occupy the land
(homes, roads, towns, cities, movement, airplanes, drones, paddy fields)

The middle is where these two worlds meet, overlap, and collide.

Drawing time: PLAY MUSIC

Suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9uZc3hHc7Y&list=PLfNJHguJHWi09WnBL0r5oHh3mm7vf7YCb

Conclusion & Reflection

English
Thank you for coming to class and sharing your thoughts.
At the end, we’ll reflect.
You can write, draw in your drawing book, or speak — your choice.
You can also choose whether to share or not.
We’ll ask: what worked today, and what didn’t.
This helps us make the next classes better.

Tamil

Innaikku class-க்கு வந்ததுக்கும், unga thoughts share பண்ணதுக்கும் நன்றி.
கடைசில, கொஞ்சம் reflection பண்ணுவோம்.
நீங்க write பண்ணலாம், drawing book-ல draw பண்ணலாம், இல்ல பேசலாம் — இது உங்க choice.
Share பண்ணலாமா வேண்டாமா-னு நீங்க decide பண்ணலாம்.
நாங்க கேப்போம்: இன்னைக்கு என்ன work ஆச்சு, என்ன work ஆகல.
இதனால் அடுத்த classes better ஆகும்.

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Dec 14: Sri Lanka from above + Response to student feedback