ART · Week 2 · BUILD · Identity in Art · Arts Award Explore

Level It Up

Attempt 1 · Coach tip · Attempt 3

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Today is a hands-on lesson — we learn by doing.

ARRIVAL TASK · do now, no help needed

Levels you up — or keeps you stuck?

Tap a card, then tap where it belongs. Have a go — wrong answers are welcome here.

While you wait: tell your partner how you got better at a game you play — what actually worked?

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

LO: To practise one skill and show how I got better at it.

✓ I can try the same skill three times.

✓ I can use a coach tip between attempts.

✓ I can show my improvement in a photo strip.

Success criteria: By the end you will have run the three-attempt loop on your Week 1 favourite, used the levelled-up skill on a surreal “this is me” symbol experiment, and logged your photo strip with a “what I improved” comment — Part B evidence (AQA UAS ‘Creating artwork’).

Going for Grow: name the EXACT change that made attempt 3 better — “more ink at the edge”, not just “it’s better”.

STARTER · talk task

How do you actually get better at a game?

With your partner: nobody beats a level first try. What do you actually do — retry, watch someone, get a tip, change one thing? Now the twist: art levels up EXACTLY the same way.

Sentence stems:
“In games I get better by…”
“A tip works when it…”
“Art could level up the same way if…”

I DO · teacher explains

The three-attempt loop

1️⃣ Attempt 1

Have a go, no pressure. Attempt 1 is DATA, not a verdict — it shows you exactly what to work on.

💬 The coach tip

One kind, SPECIFIC tip between attempts: “slow down on the curve”, “more ink at the edge”. Vague tips (“make it better”) level up nobody.

3️⃣ Attempt 3

Same skill, tip applied. The GAP between attempt 1 and attempt 3 is what the Arts Award wants to see — photograph every stage.

🪞 Use it

Then spend your levelled-up skill on a surreal “this is me” symbol experiment — a first taste of the identity piece coming later this term.

Misconception: ~~“If attempt 1 is bad, you’re bad at it.”~~ Attempt 1 is the starting line, not the finish photo. Every artist’s attempt 1 looks rough — the skill is in the loop: try, tip, try again. The gap is the achievement.

WE DO · together on the board

Sort the coach tips — kind and specific, or no help at all?

HANDS-ON · the main event

Run the loop 📈

Ground rule (60 seconds): tips in this room are kind and specific — we coach the WORK, never the person.

Station 1 · THREE ATTEMPTS

Your Week 1 favourite skill, three times: attempt 1 → take a coach tip → attempt 3. Photograph every attempt in order — the strip is your proof.

Station 2 · SURREAL SYMBOL

Spend the levelled-up skill: make a quick surreal “this is me” symbol experiment — a boot, a wave, a controller, anything that stands for you.

Station 3 · THE STRIP

Stick your photo strip in the log, in order, and add the “what I improved” comment. Spoken and scribed counts. Then hold up attempt 1 vs attempt 3 — feel the gap.

Going for Grow: pin the improvement precisely: “attempt 3 is better because I ___” — one exact change, named.

EVIDENCE · Arts Award Explore log · Part B (skill development) · AQA UAS ‘Creating artwork’

Capture your evidence

Your photo strip is the evidence — TA checks it is in order. Add your comment (spoken and scribed counts):

My name:

The skill I levelled up:

What changed between attempt 1 and attempt 3:

Skills I used today (tick with your TA): Ability to learn · Resilience · Creativity

Feedback loop: your teacher will deep-mark one part of this in dark green and draw a Yellow Box. Next lesson you respond inside it in a coloured pen of your choice.

EXIT TICKET

Show what you know

1. Attempt 1 is…

2. A good coach tip is…

3. This week’s Arts Award evidence is…