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The Wind Blend Supplies -Pencils -12 x 18” 80lb drawing paper -crayons Concepts -drawing -imagination Procedure 1. Read the handout “The Wind Blend- with your host ‘Hector’ out loud with the class. 2. Pass out 12 x 18” drawing paper. Students will write their name and class code very small on the back in the upper right hand corner. 3. Together, have students fold their paper in half “hamburger” style (short sides together) Then again, then again… so they have divided their paper up into 8 sections. 4. Discuss with the class the different environments the wind blend passed through… lakes, rivers, seas, farms, yards, zoos & cities. On the board, brainstorm with the class animals that would be found in these different environments. 5. Once a pretty good list is compiled, explain to students that they are going to be drawing 8 (or more) different illustrations of blended animals, one in each “box”. 6. When a student has thought of 8 different blended animals and sketched them in each box, then they should draw the background, or the environment for each animal. A zebra-rhino-croc in a lake? An elephant-flamingo flying? Etc… 7. When all 8 illustrations are complete, the student may color with crayons. 8. Early finishers may work on additional blends on the back side, or compose one “final” illustration with all their animals.

***adapted from “ArtStarters” by Ande Cook ©1986 nocornersuns.com