Thursday, December 18, 2014

15-19 December

Fun Art:
     Students are working on Mosaic this will be due on the 19th.  Friday we will do a critique for this project.  Most students are done.
     Introduction to Rhythm and Motion on Thursday.  These are two principles of design that we will be putting to the fore front.   These principles in order to do them they will also be doing elements to complete. Rhythm is the repetition of an element, such as; lines, shapes, forms, color, values, even texture.  Motion is a visual movement within a composition, having the eye move through the composition creating the illusion of movement, this can be done by using the same elements as before and adding thick lines, thin, angles, curves, etc.  Students will be using water color to complete this assignment.
     Students should be working on their MID-TERM PROJECTS!!! Due January 20, 2015


Foundation Art II:
     Students had their first note test on Monday and were able to use their notes. Most of the students did very well.  Students are then finishing up their Animal Depth composition.  This is done with 5 different animals of different size.  They must have the whole composition work with each other, and work as one. Right now the assignment is due on the 19th, but will be able to be handed in later.  On Thursday we will be introducing Values. this will help with the mid term project.
     Students should be working on their MID-TERM PROJECTS!!! THIS WILL BE DUE
January 20,2015.  they will not want to be late with this assignment.


Language Arts:
     Students are working a a few different projects. The first will be PTSD this is a close read,  Students will read the different articles and will write a summary about each.
     Tuesday students are in the lab,  they will go onto Utah Compose, the three writings we have been working on.  The first is The Grinch, second is All About Me, third is Bear Time/ Intervention.  Students may copy and past what they have and then finish to get a score for improvement.
     Wednesday students will have a starter writing a paragraph on what they know about claim, counter-claim, reason, evidence and how they are important in an argument essay.  We will then start the show Silent Night this is a Hallmark and based on a true event in the 1944's WWII.  They will fill out a worksheet answering the questions as they go along with the movie this should take two days then on Friday they will complete the movie we will check the answers and will do a close read on Truce in the Forest, answering the questions.

      Have a good holiday.

Monday, December 8, 2014

December 8th through 12th

Language Art 2nd hour
     Students are doing sentences corrections for starters.  They are to write the sentences then make the proper corrections such as punctuation, capitals, commas, spelling errors etc. Monday students were given a close read Friday and they were to answer the questions.  We went through the questions to see just how well they did.  Most students did not know how to take the test and finish it.  We are finishing the test by doing the question #10 and writing a 6 paragraph argumentative on the topic of the close read. We will be correcting them and going through them and talking about how to state a claim, back up the claim and even state a counter claim all should be in a multi-paragraph essay.  Thursday we will be in the lab and writing the paper to complete the work on Friday we will be continuing close reads and paragraphs.

Art 1 1st, 4th, 5th hours
     Tuesday students Color Wheel with tints are due.  Students will be critiquing the assignment.  Students whose work is late will not receive full credit.
    Mosaic was introduced last week so students will be able to continue working.
    Wednesday students will be introduced to their mid-term projects this is called Second Hand Sculpture.  The instructions are found here on the blog yo need only look into past work.  They will also have parents critique their work and send in the parent form.


Foundation Art 2 6th hour
     Students were introduced to depth today by contour lines, overlapping, and size and placement.  We worked on forms and when that was complete they drew a composition showing the three ways of creating depth.  I then introduced the Depth composition with the 5 animals.  On Wednesday students will be introduced to their mid-term project.  We will be going into the lab for them to find their pictures they plan to complete for the assignment.

Monday, December 1, 2014

December 1-5

Art 1
     Students will be painting this week.  They will be working on the Color Wheel with tints assignment.  Instructions are on the white board and a demonstration will be given on Monday to show the students what they will be doing, how best to complete the assignment.
    By Thursday or Friday students should be able to be completing the assignment and a new assignment will be given.
     The new assignment will be Mosaic.  This will consist of a landscape or nature they will be completing four rough drafts and then using 1/2 inch squares of paper to complete the assignment.

Language Art
     This week students will be working with language.  This will be L.8.2 using commas, capitalization, ellipses, and dashes.  They will have vocabulary words of said language and we will be working various ways of learning the different items.  Language book page 628 has capitals, and commas we will see how well the students know these then move on to ellipses and dashes.  The summation should be able to be given Friday.

Foundation 2
     Students should have their upside down lady complete, as well as the scale and proportion bear.  Students will be starting on Texture and Creativity. They will be completing step by steps this week and turning them in.  This process should just prepare them on the simplicity on starting with basic shapes when beginning a composition.