@The Arts Unit Creative Classes

Cat-toons!

Teacher notes

Drawing cartoons using character cats as subjects

Student visual arts resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 3 and 4 visual arts

What will your students learn?

Your students will:

  • explore elements of drawing by creating a cartoon character cat

  • create images to communicate a cat’s character and make a collage drawing

  • reflect on interpretations of character and expression.

Syllabus outcomes

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus

  • VAS2.1: represents the qualities of experiences and things that are interesting or beautiful by choosing among aspects of subject matter.

  • VAS2.2: uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter.

  • VAS2.3: acknowledges that artists make artworks for different reasons and that various interpretations are possible.

  • VAS2.4: identifies connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to, and appreciates the use of particular techniques.

Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students

For more Visual arts lessons, go to Abstract – Animal cartoons or visit Operation Art Visual arts classroom lessons.

This series of lessons take their inspiration from 20 artworks exhibited at the 2019 Operation Art Exhibition. The artworks have been created by students in Early Stage 1 through to Stage 3 in the classroom. Each lesson contains syllabus outcomes and indicators directly linked to teaching and learning activities with suggestions for formative assessment.

Artmaking practices or concepts:

  • drawing

  • line

  • proportion.

Collection of student work

  • Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

  • Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.

  • MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.

  • Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

  • Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

  • Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.

Cat-toons! - The Arts Unit @home Creative Classes.docx

Would you like to have your school promoted and your students work showcased as a result of engaging in this Creative Class?

Help us celebrate the fantastic work of NSW public school students by emailing photos or videos that you have permission to share and comments on how your students enjoyed the class to digital.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au.

Please ensure you include the creative class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media pages and on our website.

Teacher feedback

We are very interested in your feedback.

Please complete this short survey reflecting on this resource.

Third-party content attributions