,We jumped right in and started our first unit on day one. I chose to wait on "housekeeping" items like rules, syllabus and how grades are weighted and get right to work. Students are "Exploring the Studio" through September 9th. They will engage in and complete a series of 8 activities that are designed to:
1-Teach students where things are in the studio- what they can use and what they like best 2- Get students to try out new ideas, media, tools and processes- they have the free to just give it a shot 3- Help students learn to juggle multiple assignments 4- Give students a "real world" example of meeting deadlines in my class. 5- Meet their peers- work together- exchange ideas The activities range from drawing to sculpture and art history to dyeing fabric. Each activity is designed to be completed in 1 class period, but students will have more than 8 class periods to get their work done. The last activities is building the website on which they will blog. The blog allows students to detail the process they use to plan, practice and finish projects. The digital display of their thoughts along with images of their work (at various stages in the process) permits be the best platform to gauge student growth. Please check out what we doing on Twitter @AFHSVisualArts.
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Be on the look out for Art store coupons! Buying the right kind of supplies are essential. Something you can skimp on and others you cannot. For instance, a sketchbook. A hardbound 9 x 12" book is hard to beat. I've met very few spiral bound books that didn't fall apart after being taken in and out of a bookbag for a semester. There are a couple of brands that DO seem to work better than others. This assumes, that you will take care of the book each and every time you open it. All of these books are easy to find at local art supply/craft stores - not a Wal-Mart or Walgreens. USE THOSE COUPONS!
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