Monday students will learn about Autistic Artist Steven Wiltshire and his amazing drawings from memory. Students will participate in an activity to draw from memory.
Tuesday students will learn about the element of form and create a sketch of an animal using a pinecone as the form.
Wednesday students will begin creating their pine cone animals.
Thursday and Friday students will make a sled or a tree ornament. Students will choose 1 ornament to send to the Cobb Board of Education offices for display.
Monday through Thursday students will be painting their boxes and preparing them for their simple circuits.
Friday students will begin applying copper tape, button batteries and chibitronic stickers to create their simple circuits.
Monday and Tuesday students will begin adding the elements of color and value to their calacas.
Wednesday students will view work of non-traditional sculptors.
Thursday and Friday students will continue to work on their calacas.
Monday students will use brainstorming skills to decide what career their calaca had while they were living. Students will begin sketching their ideas.
Tuesday students will include a foreground, middle ground and background to their sketch. Students will decide the "environment" of their calacas.
Wednesday students will begin the final drawing of their calacas. They will draw lightly with pencil first to cover the entire surface of their paper.
Thursday and Friday students will finish drawing their designs.
7th period will meet M, W,F of this week. 6th period will meet T, TH of this week.
We will be watching the Golden Globe winning film, "The Book of Life" to learn about Dia de los Muertos and Mexican folklore. Students will get inspiration from the images in the movie to create their own Calacas.
Monday students will score and slip their pinch pots together and begin shaping the body of their monsters.
Tuesday students will add legs, tentacles, etc. to the bottom of their clay to create the principle of balance.
Wednesday students will add facial features to their monsters. All pieces will be scored and slipped onto the clay body.
Thursday students will add texture to their monsters using a variety of tools.
Friday students will cut an opening for the mouth of their monster and add additional features by scoring and slipping them on.
Monday students will finish their Water Smart Art projects and begin creating a monster idea for their double pinch pot project.
Tuesday students will finalize their sketches of their pinch pot monsters. We will discuss mood, features and characteristics of monsters.
Wednesday students will begin creating 2 pinch pots. Students will score and slip the 2 pinch pots together.
Thursday we will have an alternate assignment (sub).
Friday students will begin shaping the oval like body of the monster (2 joined pinch pots) and creating legs by following the step by step instructions on their hand out.
Monday students will finish their pinwheels. Students will work on adding the elements of value and color to their Water Smart Art projects.
Tuesday-Thursday students will put the finishing touches on their Water Smart Art projects.
Friday students will write an artist's statement to explain how they showed the value of water through symbolism.
Monday students will learn about Peace Day and begin creating a brainstorming list of words, symbols and drawings that represent non-violence and anti-bullying.
Tuesday students will begin creating their Pinwheels for Peace. They will use their brainstorming list to fill both sides of their template with designs.
Wednesday and Thursday students will add the element of color to their pinwheels.
Friday students will assemble their pinwheels and turn in with their rubrics. Pinwheels will be displayed in downtown Kennesaw on Monday September 17th at "Dinner at the Depot".
Students will complete their Quest for H2O web quests in the lab on Tuesday.
Wednesday students will use the Web Quest information they researched to create a brainstorming list of 5 reasons water is valuable.
Thursday students will create symbols for each item on their brainstorming list. Students will start visualizing ways to combine each symbol creatively. They will begin the rough sketch for their project.
Friday students will finish their rough sketch.
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