Anyone teach art to kids? - help?

[Beastie]

I've got an interview for a teacher training post at the end of the month.

As part of the interview process I have to deliver a 10 minute art lesson to a group (unspecified size) of 11-12 year olds.

Now, my idea is that I do a very basic piece of origami with them (possibly an animal) and then get them to draw a face/design on to whatever they manage to make.

So, the question is, does that sound ok?

Does it sound like I'm pitching at the right level with origami and 11-12 year olds? I'm presuming it'll be a mixed ability group - so I want as many as possible to take part in whatever I do.

Any feedback / guidance / alternative suggestions would be gladly received.

Cheers.

[Crimson Spider]

I think that's an ideal 10-minute lesson. I loved origami when I was younger. I'm sure those kids will enjoy the process if it's simple enough.

Either that or 5-point perspective.

You never taught me origami

[Beastie]

You never taught me origami

I tought you HUMAN origami, Crimsy. Don't you remember? You folded yourself into some 'beautiful shapes'.

[WillTurner]

It's nice, it's different, it's open to interpretation. By the sounds of it that's how art should be.

[Mr.Hades]

Seems like a fair idea to me. I guess as long as you make the origami simple so the kids could do it, I think you are on a winner

[Crimson Spider]

I tought you HUMAN origami, Crimsy. Don't you remember? You folded yourself into some 'beautiful shapes'.

Very nicely done, my friend. I will not ruin this beautiful moment with a comeback.

[KRAZYRICKY1]

I used to teach art to 4th-5th grade, as long as its not too hard for them the origami should work. To get my job I started out with a 20 min lesson on creating animals & humans using circles/ squares and the kids loved that.

[kman]

I think that as long as you're showing the kids how to use their brains in a fun and creative way you'll be alright. Engaging them past coloring inside the lines is always a good thing.

Oh, and if you're going to teach them some origami, I suggest origami from Blade Runner. You know what I'm talking about...

[Wo-Nellie]

Unicorns.
I myself have always been a dunce when it comes to paper folding, but at around age twelve almost everyone else I knew could make jet bombers out of dollar bills.
I wonder though how you'd get the kids to draw on the paper after it is already folded, unless you mean it'll still be primarily flat, or they will draw on it before-hand.

[Pep]

For a 10-minute lesson that sounds ok. Isn't it true tho that British teachers are handed lessons by a head techer or something like that? Here we're "stuck" finding our own ways. Either way has its advantages I imagine. but I like the 80-minute art lessons I teach.