Lesson Two – Line Shapes

This computing teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise and record some of the different ways of drawing curved and straight lines as part of a graphic design representing an aspect of Viking life.
The class can suggest and record how to change some of the different lines used in a specific design that is illustrating Viking culture and traditions from the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise and record some of the different ways of drawing curved and straight lines as part of a graphic design representing an aspect of Viking life
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different shapes and lines used in a graphic representing Viking culture and traditions and a worksheet to practise inserting and adjusting a range of different lines in a graphics software program.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the different ways of drawing curved and straight lines as part of a graphic design.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to select, combine and adjust different graphic shapes to create the design that could be used on a replica Viking longship sail. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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