Year 9
Curriculum Map
Year |
Half term |
Unit(s) of Work |
Key Assessments |
Year 9 |
Autumn 1 |
Introduction to GCSE: Architecture and City Promotion Architectural Drawing:
|
Aerial Perspective exercise Mathematical exercise Canonical exercise Textural architectural Detail exercise (Ian Murphy) |
Autumn 2 |
Gathering iconic source materials, drawing from them and revising them: 4 x A6, 2 x A5 samples |
A5 City image copy Using sources to make compositions Revising composition |
|
Spring 1 |
Typography: Developing a title from a suitable selected letter |
Using and applying a typography grid Study of characteristics of a single letter Devising needed letters in the style of the single |
|
Spring 2 |
Producing an accurate A4 final response in dry materials |
Accuracy of drawing Colour theory Pencil application Rules for Composition Appropriate style & placing of lettering |
|
Summer 1 |
Producing a final A3 graphic poster promoting a world city: |
Scaling up to A3 Accurate drawing Considered composition Appropriate style & placing of lettering Painting trials and samples Painting techniques Order of application in painting process Digital exercises: if room available |
|
Summer 2 |
Producing a final A3 graphic poster promoting a world city: |
Scaling up to A3 Accurate drawing Considered composition Appropriate style & placing of lettering Painting trials and samples Painting techniques Order of application in painting process Digital exercises: if room available |