December 7, Monday

Monday, Dec. 7  Language Art

Learning Objective:  Identify central ideas and details  (RI 8.2)

Teaching Objective:  Students will read the introductory pages to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and answer handout study questions in identifying central ideas and details.

Starter:  Write out the sentence.  Identify parts of speech including noun, pronoun, verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition. 

Starter Sentence:  (1st hour) we gave the dog its food before we took it for a walk

                               (6th hour) i set the table at the andersons house on saturday

Assignment:  Read the passages from the main idea hand out answer the first page,  We will be checking how well you do.  (You will need to get the handout from me).  Read the introduction pages to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Complete the handout.  (You will need to get the handout from me). 

Foundation Art

Learning Objective: Identify texture and creativity along with form.

Teaching Objective: Students will complete the texture for the hand each sections must be a different texture giving their best ideas forward.  Students will complete a creative alphabet using the definition of creativity, form, texture and encompass it all into their choice of examples. 

    A. Taking the first letter of the object to create the letter i.e. Ax, Banana, Claw, Diamond, etc. 

    B. Taking a common theme and designing each letter to complete the letters. i.e.plant life, tropical island

    C.  Taking both a and b to complete the letters such as animals. i.e. ape, bear, camel, dog, etc. 

Assignment: The texture the students will trace their hand and show it coming out of the ground. Each finger must be a different texture making sure they have a rough looking texture for the whole of the texture. 

Creative alphabet each must choose their choice from the ones above. 

8th grade art

Learning Objective: Identify color and value along with pattern 

Teaching Objective: Students will be painting a color wheel of 24 different colors along with two values of those said colors, student will do rough drafts then draw their pattern onto thick paper making sure they stay within the desired boundaries. They will be working with tempera paint and staying within their lines they have drawn.  Further instructions are found on the white board. 

Assignment: Rough drafts will be drawn for ideas drawn on thin paper, then on the thick paper they will draw their choice on the paper making sure the measurements are as exact as possible. Painting will be given on a pallet for mixing and painting. Further instructions are found on the board.