Course Outline for 6th Grade Art
Welcome!
Mrs. Tez’ English E-mail address –
Text used: Portfolios by Robyn Montana Turner
Room 501
Planning 1A/2B
http://www.tenglish@lex5.k12.sc.us
Course Description: This course is designed to give students an opportunity to better understand the Elements and Principles of Art through instruction, production, exploration and the use of a variety of arts media. A pre-test which consists of a pencil drawing will be given to the students. This will not be graded, but will be compared to the end of the nine weeks work. The students will learn the characteristics of each arts media through hands on involvement. The course agenda will include selected lessons from the text, Portfolios, and added input from the teacher and other sources. The class lessons will interweave creative studio activities, perceptual awareness, art appreciation, art history and will build an awareness of Art in the student’s everyday lives. There will be constant exposure to art terminology and the students will produce artwork to demonstrate their understanding of the course assignments. The students and the teacher will evaluate selected pieces of finished artwork. Lessons: * 1. Understanding Art - Elements and Principles of design - text p. 6-29 & 44-45, packet and video 2. Cave Art - using line shape, color value, texture and space in an artwork - chalk - text p. 96-99 3. Egyptian Art - overlapping & monochromatic - text p. 100-103 4. Oriental Art - sculptural paper making - text p. 118-119 ** 5. Greek and Roman Art - clay sculpture - form - text p. 104-107 and slides ** 6. Medieval Art (Middle Ages) - Medieval lettering (calligraphy) - text p. 108-113 7. Leonardo da Vinci/Michelangelo and the Renaissance - aesthetic valuing (discussing art/compare and contrast) - text p. 116-117 8. Power Point portfolio of completed artwork – using digital cameras * Classes will complete all of the above lessons during the nine weeks, unless time constraints dictate otherwise. Goals:
**Sculpture will either be lesson #4 or lesson #5
Students will be able to: Understand and use the Elements of Art in composition Broaden personal experiences and interests in Art Use a variety of arts media and be successful through their art production Recognize and compare three-dimensional composition Identify the Art of the different ages Develop manipulative and organizational skills Compare and contrast aesthetic perceptions - orally, visually and through written responses
Evaluation: The teacher will use a method of evaluating (grading) student artwork which will require both the teacher and the student to evaluate the completed artwork. The following rubric is used most of the time to accomplish art evaluation. The rating guide (at the right) is used to evaluate the answer to each question. Is your work on time and complete? Rating Guide How well did you use the Elements of Art in your work? 15 points - Excellent How well did you master the use of the required materials/media in your work? 12 points - Good How well did you master the techniques/procedures/instructions? 9 points - Average How well did you plan and organize your work? 6 points - Fair Is your work neat? (very important) 3 points - Poor Is your work original and creative?
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Grading: Grading includes class work (written and oral), cooperative learning involvement, class participation, art problems (artwork), rubrics for art problems, projects, and responsibility. Students will receive a grade of 60 on incomplete work. The Rating Guide on page 1 may be applied or problem rubrics may be applied to the pieces of completed artwork. Assessments of the assigned artwork for the interim will be averaged. The artwork pieces completed after the interim will be evaluated and averaged at the end of the nine weeks. Completed artwork is 70% of the final grade. A grade will also be given concerning the clean-up of the personal workspace of each student. Each student will begin the class with a responsibility grade of 100. Each time the student (1) fails to do their homework (bring a pencil and agenda) or (2) leaves his or her workspace cluttered or messy or (3) fails to put their name and block on the back of their artwork, one point will be subtracted from the 100. The responsibility grade will count 15 %. Class participation will also count 15%. Make-up Work and Special Help: Students are expected to be at school. In the event of an unavoidable absence, it is the student’s responsibility to ask for the missed work. The student usually has sufficient time in class to complete the missed work. Nevertheless, when that is not possible the students may elect to come during team-time recess (with teacher permission) or they may elect to come after school on Wednesdays. The Art teacher stays every Wednesday afternoon until 4:00. The student must bring a note from their parent. The teacher will also be available by prior arrangement for assistance at other times as the individual need arises. Students are expected to be successful in this course, but much of their success remains their responsibility. Discipline Plan: Every student at CrossRoads Middle School has the right to learn. The misbehavior of a student should not deprive him or her of that right. Students are expected to abide by the rules in the Student Handbook whenever they are at school and the following specifically in the Art studio. 1. Arrive on time with a pencil and your agenda. Students are required to bring a pencil and their agendas to Art class. This is a daily homework assignment. 2. Stay on task. Remain quiet while working on the art projects. Do not talk out, raise hands and wait for the teacher to recognize you to contribute to class discussions and ask question. 3. Remain seated in assigned seats unless permission is granted by the teacher to do otherwise. 4. Follow the teacher’s instructions. 5. Clean up the Art studio at the end of each block and take proper care of the art materials. 6. Keep hands feet and other objects to yourself. Remember this is a “NO TOUCH SCHOOL.” 7. Respect the property and the feelings of your fellow students and your teacher. 8. Always put your name and block on your work the first day of the assignment. If a student chooses not to comply with class and or Student Handbook rules, the following sequence of consequences will apply: 1st offense - Verbal warning 2nd offense - Written assignment completed in TLC 3rd offense - Parent or guardian notified 4th offense - After school detention 5th offense - Saturday detention 6th offense - referral to assistant principal *TLC will be used at the teacher’s discretion. #The teacher reserves the right to change or skip the above discipline steps in relationship to the severity of the offense
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