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The How to Create a School Sculpture Garden Manual
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Lesson 2 - Adding a Key to a Courtyard Plot Plan
Objectives
Students will
- Add a key (legend) to the courtyard plot drawings. (Application)
- Understand why a key is such an important part of a drawing. (Comprehension)
- Select elements of a drawing for inclusion in the key. (Analysis)
Materials
- Graph paper
- Computers with AutoCAD design package (optional)
Vocabulary
- Key/legend
- Scaled patterns
- Representation
Teacher Preparation
- Familiarize yourself with keys and legends from other plan drawings. Know the parts to be included in the key (call-outs such as paths, bushes, water, rocks, etc.).
Procedure
- Define and give examples
of these vocabulary terms to students:
- Key/Legend: A series of symbolic shapes used to represent specific elements of the plan.
- Scaled Patterns: Simulated textures that are proportionally accurate in scale for the size of the drawing used to delineate areas of the drawing from each other.
- Representation: Drawn shapes and textured areas that bear a direct correlation to the items they symbolize.
- Ask students to hypothesize the value of keys and legends used in plot plans. How does it make it easier for one to understand the design? Students can also start visualizing the design with the help of a key.
- Introduce students to the placement of a pattern on an area of the drawing. Show how placing another pattern on a different area makes it easier to see each area distinctly. These areas need to be called out (in the key) and named so the person reading the drawing can place certain areas on the drawing.
- Instruct students to sketch a key on graph paper that will enhance their drawing and give ample representation of key parts from their design.
- Ask students to draw a proportional key on their final drawing (proportional key would be a key that looks neat and not out of place with the design). It is there as an aid and should not take away from the final design.
- Assess student work
(see Assessment Rubric).
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