Wednesday, March 18, 2015

March 16-20

Foundation 1
     Students critiqued the organic form on Monday.  If they were not here they will need to catch up. We started on Friday the Mosaic.
MOSAIC
Definition:  The art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials.  It may be a technique of decorative art, to form figures or patterns.  This is done by inlaying small pieces of glass, stone or in this case paper to get the desired results.

STEPS:
1.      Using thin paper, fold hamburger and hot dog folds. 
2.      Draw 4 different landscapes, nature or combinations.  (nature are items that are close up i.e. leaves, flowers, insects, etc. landscapes are items that show land i.e. mountains scenery, desert scenery, these are things that look from a distance, not water and sunset)
3.      When you have drawn your roughs choose your best and enlarge on sm. thick paper with ½” border.
4.      In the magazines you will find the various colors you will need to put you mosaic together.   You will find various values of green, blues, etc., be willing to use all.
5.      As you cut and paste squares should be no larger than ½” but can be smaller.  You may use other shapes i.e. a triangle but try not to use circles.
6.      You are to overlap your shapes, work from the sky, background (big) to plant life, foreground (small) etc.
7.      You may not cut out the actual object such as a tree, animal, mountains, etc.  Each item within your composition must be pieced together.
8.      Craftsmanship, identifying your composition, balance, unity, forms, and color are the elements and principles of art you will need to work with.
9.      Elements: values, texture, forms, shapes
10.  Principles: balance, unity, space
11.  You will critique when finished.


  The examples did not come through.  But this is the information students will need to know to start and continue with the project. I will be most likely introducing on Friday again and giving  the next assignment. 


Foundation 2
     Students should have turned in the following:  Step by step, upside down man, scale and proportions, forms, and texture (yesterday).  I have introduced to them Creative alphabet they have the hand out for this and will need to complete the assignment in this form.  They may choose from the following styles. a: create entire alphabet by using the first letter of a work to design the letter they may not use letters, numbers, designs, on any of the styles they must show texture and objects should be 3/d to show form.  The second style is creating an alphabet using a common theme such as plant life, pigs etc. they take the same item and re position it into the letter.  The third style is to combine the first two styles together with a common theme and the first letter of that theme and create the alphabet, such as animals, foods, etc. This is a bit more difficult but some students are up to the challenge. They will be introduced to the Animal Depth and the Note test review will follow the Note test will be given on Monday.  They may take notes or take pictures of the notes but the test will be given on the notes. 


Drawing 1
     
     Students should have turned in the mechanical man they 1/2 value portrait is due today Wednesday. The first sketch book assignment which is a plant, chair and kitchen appliance is due this Friday.  They have also the following assignments the second sketch book which is two hands holding objects they must show 3/4's of the hand and add values as well.  they were also given a color wheel with schemes handout.  These will be due next week and they need to remember the importance of value. 


Language Arts 8th

      We started out the week with a starter focused on discipline. We finished a Chapter 1-9 review on Monday with the hand out turned in.
The starter on Tuesday was conformity, and submission.  We started chapters 10 and 11 Tuesday they were to write there own notes and they were then put into groups to share their information then shared in the class to add any additional information to their notes. 
Wednesday will be starting on coercion as the starter,  We will finish chapter 12 and do the group share along with the class share. We will be having the Summative most likely this same day. 
Thursday we will be starting with where you would "run away". We will continue with chapter 13 if we didn't yesterday.  Students will write notes and continue with chapter 14. the same as Ch. 13 students will turn in notes after each chapter with notes being 0-5 points each for the summary and the amount written. We will be doing an Active Reading on a paragraph from Ch. 14 examining the content described. 
Friday will be Irony as the starter and continue with chapter 15 and note taking.  We will also be doing an Active reading on the characters doing a web interlocking the various people to the main character. 

If there is any addition information you need for any of the above classes just contact me. 
          

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

March 9-13 week Starting third trimester

Foundation 1 8th grade First Hour
     Students will be briefed Monday the 9th.  They will be given instructions on what we will be doing for the trimester.  We will be starting the first project this will be the Organic Form.  We will be using the large thick paper and drawing two rectangles.  Students will be learning about measuring, shapes, and form using lines to create contour forms giving depth.  They will be using paint, and pencils, along with learning about contrast. This assignment will take up most of the week and we will critique the assignment on Friday or Monday of the next week.

Foundation 2 9th graders this is Third and Fifth Hours.
     Students will be introduced to the class and start right away on what the elements of art and principles of design are in art. The will work this whole week learning the importance of breaking down assignments into basic lines and shapes then continue with the details.  We will be focusing on the steps in drawing a composition and then working to accomplish these.  The first assignment will be upside down man and scale and proportions, this will help teach lines and shapes as well as proportions.  They will be introduced to the notes and be able to take them and be prepared for the first note test.  We will also be doing Texture and Creativity starting on Wednesday or Thursday. These first assignments are part of learning a basic foundation of learning about art and how to manipulate lines.


Drawing 1 9th grade Fourth Hour
     Students will need to have a sketch book for part of the work we will be doing in class.  This will also be work that will be given as homework.  Students first assignment deals with lines, and shapes.  They will learn about the importance of drawing to proportional strength. We had a pretest.  This is information they should know and be able to do in class. Students should be willing to put forth their strengths to improve and perfect their drawing skills.


Language Arts 8th grade Sixth Hour
    We will be continuing with Tom Sawyer.  Some students have had other teachers and are either finished with the unit or a head of where we are.  But this will only help them to do well with the information we are working on in class.  Some of the information will be new to those students who have finished the book but those who are just ahead we will soon catch up to the section they finished last trimester. We will be viewing the movie "Tom and Huck" which is a Disney version of Tom Sawyer.  It is rated PG and parents should be expecting a permission slip they will need to sign for their student to view it.  For those who do not get permission they will be doing alternate research in the library.  The closer it comes more information will be forth coming.