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Sketchbook Assignment #13, Due Monday, November 23
"Gimme some of that turkey!"
Draw a turkey in an imaginative or humorous way.
Sketchbook Assignment Rubric, 10 points: Full Page, full range of values, one-hour investment, creativity.
This Week's Class Activities
Stapleton Town Center Doors
Art Museum Field Trip Wednesday
Gallery Review Due Dates
#1: Tuesday, October 6
#2: Tuesday, November 24
CLASS SYLLABUS
Foundations, Levels II and III,
Grades 7 8, Fall 2009, Ms. Rosenbaum
Art History
Through slide lectures, readings, research and art projects students will study the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Periods of art. Students will analyze connections between rich patrons, religion and art in the Western World as well as Non-Western societies. We will also look at patronage as a theme in the history of art and seek to understand links between what artists create and the powers that pay for it.
Studio Work
Relief and silkscreen printmaking
Life Drawing: skill building in proportion, shading and foreshortening
Observational Drawing: Rendering various surfaces including drapery and natural textures
Process painting using a variety of materials to build up texture and transparency
* Techniques for depicting 3-dimensional space
* Math Focus: Practice of math skills directly related to art including measuring, fractions and percentages (enlargements and reductions, mat cutting and construction of 3D forms).
Activities and Assignments
Weekly sketchbook assignments to practice drawing skills and stretch creativity
Written work including Art Gallery Reviews, reports and research
Class critiques in a variety of formats
Lecture and class discussion, slide presentations, research on specific artists
Observational drawing: from live models, fabrics, objects
Quizzes and tests on art history, vocabulary, materials and processes
Field trips
Grading
Grading is cumulative for the entire semester. Please use the parent IC portal to check grades on a regular basis.
PROGRESS MONITORING:
Grades in Infinite Campus will be updated once a week.
Every 3 weeks progress/eligibility grades will be used to help identifying struggling students for interventions including tutoring.
Every week, IC Messenger will send notices regarding failing assignments. These are notices of assignments that earned a failing grade (less than 59%). To verify a students class grade, you will need to check IC in more detail. Please keep in mind the grading policies as stated in this syllabus. IC Messenger will also send out a message if the student has missed an assignment. Failing grades will be sent once per week, missing grades may be sent multiple times over a nine-week period. An empty space is not a zero, but indicates a grade has not yet been entered.
Written work, homework assignments, class participation/preparation as well as projects are important components of this class. Writing and verbal skills are emphasized as major elements in artistic success and are integrated through class discussion, reviews, essays and quizzes. It is recommended that you keep ALL work from the semester until the semester is over and you have received your grades. Participation points are awarded at the end of each semester and include attendance, attitude, studio responsibility, on-task behaviors, and critiques.
Late or incomplete work . Students are expected to complete all assignments on time.
Late work is penalized 10% per school day. Students with excused absences will be allowed 2 days per day absent to complete work before penalties are applied. Incomplete work can not be shown in department shows. It is always better to turn in work late than not at all, however work submitted more than 5 days late is accepted at the discretion of the teacher and must be of high quality to receive a maximum of ½ credit. Students who do not have a finished project for critique will be penalized an additional 10% off their final grade. Those who habitually turn in work late will lose participation points.Make up work from extended unexcused absences, (such as travel) is accepted at the discretion of the instructor. If you know you will be missing school, you should make arrangements with the teacher before the absence begins.
Typical Points for Assignments
Weekly Sketchbook Assignments 10 points each Projects 15 20 points
Quizzes, tests, reflections 10 points
Summer sketchbook 50 points
Gallery Reviews and other written work 10 points
Semester Juries 20 points
Participation 25 points
Behavior Expectations
The sketchbook and toolbox are required in class every day. All art projects should be retained in students school portfolios until the end of the school year.<o:p></o:p>
All VA students are expected to be familiar with VA Department rules and follow them. Please carefully review rules in the Department Handbook on the VA web page link.
No food of any kind (except water bottles) is permitted in VA classrooms.
Students are not allowed in the Bookroom or Supply Room without teacher permission.
You may be asked to provide a cell phone or wallet as collateral to check out special tools and books from the instructor.
Focus for the full major period is required without excessive noise or distracting horseplay.
Personal headphones are discouraged and allowed only with daily permission from the instructor.
Cell phones will be confiscated and sent to the office if seen or heard in class.
Denver Public Schools Grade Level Visual Arts Standards
(see DSA Visual Arts Scope and Sequence Chart on website for full Visual Arts Curriculum)
- Students recognize and use the visual arts as a form of creativity and communication.
- Students know and apply elements of art, principles of design and sensory, expressive, and creative features of visual arts.
- Students know and apply visual arts materials, tools, techniques and processes.
- Students relate the visual arts to various historical and cultural traditions.
- Students analyze and evaluate the characteristics, merits, and meaning of works of art.
I have read and understand the expectations and my responsibilities for this class as outlined in the syllabus for Foundations, Level II and III, Grades 7 8, Fall 2009, Ms. Rosenbaum
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