JHS2 Career Technology · Term 2 Week 1: Cutting/shaping

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.3.2.1.2 - Use appropriate techniques to cut and shape artefacts/products

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Select the correct cutting and shaping technique for at least three different materials (food items, fabric/paper, and wood/metal).
Demonstrate the correct steps for shaping a design in a food laboratory, such as moulding banku or cutting biscuits.
Use French curves to shape a neckline or armhole on paper, following a given dress design.
Cut out a designed paper pattern for a shirt, dress, shorts or blouse using proper cutting techniques.
Appraise their own and peers’ finished work using a simple set of criteria and suggest one improvement.

This lesson builds on B8.3.2.1.1 from Term 1, Week 12, where learners identified cutting and shaping tools and their uses. It focuses on applying those tools with correct technique. Care and maintenance of tools will be covered next week in B8.3.2.1.3.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Tools, Equipment and Processes (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Cutting/shaping (3.2)
Content standard: B8.3.2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of cutting and shaping tools and equipment for making artefacts /products
Indicator: B8.3.2.1.2 - Use appropriate techniques to cut and shape artefacts/products
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Career Technology, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 56
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Use appropriate techniques to shape a design in:
- Food laboratory (kitchen)-moulding of banku, aparansa, tuo zaafi, biscuit cutting, designing of fruits and vegetables
- Sewing workshop/laboratory-use French curves to shape necklines and armholes. Design different styles for dresses, shirts and shorts, blouses on paper and practice design cutting of styles designed on paper
- Building site
- Wood workshop
- Metal/plastics workshop
2. Display works for appraisal.