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Art 1/Weekly Agenda:

What are we doing this week?
Am I prepared for class?
Did I do my homework?
Do we have a quiz this week?
What deadlines do I need to plan for?
How should I dress for class today?
When is the next NAHS/Art Club meeting?
When is the next Lunchtime Lecture?
Are there any special events coming up?
Is there a change in the schedule?
What opportunities can I take advantage of?
In what other ways can I prepare to do my best?

Check the MLWGS Calendar!

(20) Week of January 29th:

1/29/2018

It's time to think about
course registration for next year...
Art 2, Digital Art, Survey of World Art, Photography...?

MONDAY/TUESDAY:

Warm up: none today, except to gather your sketchbook and a pen/pencil, which you will need for the Artist Spotlight activity to complete after your test
Class activities:
- TEST - move to Lab #121 - log into Quia, start when you are ready
- After you have submitted your answers and reviewed your score, work on Artist Spotlight #9 by sketching and taking notes on the 2 provided readings (watch the video on your own and complete the entry by Friday). SKIP A 2-PAGE SPREAD SO YOU'LL HAVE SPACE TO PASTE THE NEW SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT.
- When finished with AS #9, or as directed, move back to the art room to work on the Linear Perspective packet

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:

Warm up: 10 min.
- Read and annotate SB #5, paste into sketchbook
- If you've already done this, work on Linear Perspective packet
Class activities:
- Discuss SB #5/explain Create Sheet
- Continue Linear Perspective and Figure Drawing

FRIDAY:

Warm up: 5 min.
- Sketch Artist Spotlight #10
- Show your work - Artist Spotlight #9
Class activities:
- Discuss Artist Spotlight #9
- Artist Spotlight #10

HOMEWORK is designed to: 1) allow for exploration, practice, preparation, and application of class content, 2) encourage independent work, time management, and efficiency of work flow (don't procrastinate!), 3) fit within the weekly homework time allotted for this class. Keep these things in mind as you work. Use of a timer is one way to stay on task and to monitor your work time. Please note that your individual needs and work process may result in spending more or less than the suggested average time. Please ask for help/use extended lunch as needed; communicate extension requests 3-days before a deadline.

DUE NOW:
- Prepare for TEST on MON./TUES. Make sure that you can access your Quia account; Re-take old Quia quizzes as practice.
- Check Powerschool; it is your responsibility to follow up with make up/late work, questions, or discrepancies in a timely manner. No Q2 work will be accepted beyond FRIDAY.
DUE FRIDAY = SB Check/Artist Spotlight #9
DUE MONDAY/TUESDAY = Come to class with questions that remain after thoroughly reviewing, annotating, and getting started on SB #5.
DUE Feb. 9 = SB Check/AS #10, _____-a-Week #1, Curiosity/Creativity
DUE Feb. 16 = SB Check/ _____-a-Week #2
DUE Feb. 22/23 = SB Check/_____-a-Weeks #3 & #4
DUE March 2 = SB Check/_____-a-Week #5
DUE March 9 = SB Check/_____-a-Week #6
DUE March 30 = SB #5
DUE EVERY WEEK = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work

HAPPENINGS:

Feb. 8 = Grade reports
Feb. 13 (2nd Tuesday) = NAHS induction ceremony @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm in the Black Box
Feb. 15 = Lunchtime Lecture
Feb. 19 = Presidents' Day/Student holiday/Teacher Staff Development
Feb. 27 (4th Tuesday) = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

(19) Week of January 22nd

1/22/2018

FYI, your "Quiz" on Jan. 29/30 is more like a TEST because it will NOT be open notes. It will serve as an end-of-the-semester assessment in lieu of the cancelled exam. As per usual, it will contain cumulative content.

MONDAY/TUESDAY:
Warm up: 10 min.

If your sketchbook has been graded, you may pick it up from the box
- Even day classes, if you didn't turn in your sketchbook last Friday, do it now!
Pick up, read, and annotate the top page of the Liner Perspective packet
Start working on packet until warm up time is up

Class activities:

Introduction to Linear Perspective
- What does this have to do with observational drawing?
- What does this have to do with figure drawing?

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:
Warm up: 10 min.

If your sketchbook has been graded, you may pick it up from the box
Work on Liner Perspective packet until warm up time is up

Class activities:

Continue introduction to Linear Perspective
Introduction to Figure Drawing, in preparation for Friday

FRIDAY:
Warm up: 5 min.

If your sketchbook has been graded, you may pick it up from the box
Prep paper and materials for figure drawing (look/listen for instructions)

Class activities:

Figure Drawing Friday!

DUE NOW:
- Any outstanding Q2 work (SB, project rubric, artist statement/revision); late points will be deducted if warranted
- Check Powerschool; it is your responsibility to follow up with make up/late work, questions, or discrepancies in a timely manner
- Prepare for TEST on Jan. 29/30. Make sure that you can access your Quia account; Re-take old Quia quizzes as practice
DUE EVERY MONDAY/TUESDAY = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work

HAPPENINGS:

MONDAY = Art Club/NAHS picture @ noon in the gym; wear your t-shirt!
TUESDAY = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
FRIDAY = Figure Drawing Friday
Jan. 29/30 = Semester TEST (that's NEXT Monday/Tuesday)
Feb. 13 (2nd Tuesday) = NAHS induction ceremony @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm in the Black Box
Feb. 15 = Lunchtime Lecture
Feb. 27 (4th Tuesday) = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

(18) Week of January 15th

1/15/2018

You will have a quiz on Jan. 29/30.
Please put the appropriate date on your calendar.

MONDAY: Holiday/Martin Luther King Jr. Day

TUESDAY:
Warm up: 10 min.

Work on SB #4

Class activities:

Project critique - follow directions as they are given in class
If your artist statement needs a revision, you will be notified today and will need to bring in a new version by next class

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Snow days - pay attention to agenda changes

FRIDAY: Odd/modified schedule/Honor Council Assembly

Warm up: 5 min.
- SB #4 is DUE - take this warm up time to do any last-minute-finish-work: Review, tweak, refine, clarify, glue, organize, label, etc. - Then put your SB in the box
Class activities:
- Project critique - follow directions as they are given in class
- If your artist statement needs a revision, you will be notified today and will need to bring in a new version by next class

DUE NOW = any work that was not turned in last week! (Project, rubric, artist statement - revised if needed); late points will be deducted if warranted
DUE THURS./FRI. = SB #4 & Goal Sheet (Even day classes, your assignment should be done because it was due on Thursday and you should bring it to the art room by the end of the day on Friday.... but, since you technically don't have art class until next Tuesday, it is what it is...)
DUE EVERY MONDAY/TUESDAY = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work
DUE PERIODICALLY = Check Powerschool; it is your responsibility to follow up with make up/late work, questions, or discrepancies in a timely manner

HAPPENINGS:

MONDAY = Martin Luther King Jr. Day
TUESDAY = NAHS meets 11:45 am - 12:15 pm (this is a change/not a 2nd Tuesday)
Cancelled due to snow (WEDNESDAY = Art Club/NAHS picture @ noon in the gym; wear your t-shirt!). Stay tuned for rescheduled date.
FRIDAY = Odd day/Honor Council assembly (modified schedule)
Jan. 23 (4th Tuesday) = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Jan. 26 = Figure Drawing Friday
Jan. 29/30 = Quiz
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

(17) Week of January 8th

1/8/2018

Pay special attention to the agenda; things have gone back and forth quite a bit as the school schedule has changed again and again...

The FINAL DUE DATE for the Subject/Composition/Content project AND the self-assessment rubric AND the artist statement is now FRIDAY. Please note that there is NO guaranteed class time in which to work; use lunch/other times as needed.

AND....Semester exams have been cancelled! Even though midterm growth will not be assessed via an exam, it will still be assessed. It will be expected that, when as asked to re-do a drawing prompt(s) that you completed as part of your Art Skills Inventory, you will:

Use a BETTER composition this time (interesting, purposeful, well-balanced, etc.) because you have learned about the importance of composition and how to approach that visual problem.
Draw with INCREASED accuracy (proportion, perspective, observational detail, etc.) because you have been deliberately practicing the observational drawing skills that will allow you to do so.
Exhibit REFINED facility with the medium (sophisticated use of pencil & application of line quality) because you have been deliberately practicing the ways you are in control of something as simple as a pencil.
Apply IMPROVED craftsmanship (draw with focus, confidence, intention, and care) because you have been exposed to the causal relationship between time/focus and the way that your art looks; you know you get out what you put in.

Consider how everything we have been doing since the start of the year has been preparing you for this. The PRACTICE assignments for SB #4 are designed to assist with this continued growth. If your practice is not deliberate, you risk missing the opportunity to improve and refine your skills.

That all being said, I honestly don't know yet what this will look like. Stay tuned and just keep doing your best work because that's what it's really about.

MONDAY: Snow Day

TUESDAY: Snow Day

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY:

Warm up: 10 min.
- Use this time to work on a PRACTICE drawing for SB #4 (KEEP THE NO-LONGER-AN-EXAM TIP ABOVE IN MIND AS YOU WORK!)
- SB check Artist Spotlight #8 (show your work - will discuss on Friday)
Class activities:
- Review & discuss:
  - SB #4 & Goal Sheet - any questions? How will you clearly illustrate growth through your solutions to the assigned visual problems?
  - Project rubric - clarification/advice on completion/review of concepts
  - Artist Statement - review purpose & guidelines (see homework)
  - Mat vs. mount/ATG
- Time permitting, Introduce linear perspective:
  - How is this concept similar to/different from observational drawing?
  - How is this concept related to that of foreshortening?
  - How is this concept related to figure drawing?

FRIDAY: (modified schedule/Pep Rally)

Warm up: 10 min.
- Use this time to work on a PRACTICE drawing for SB #4 - or any last minute project work
Class activities:
- Put artist statements in the "Finished Work" folder, along with the projects and rubrics
- Artist Spotlight #8 - discuss

DUE WED./THURS. = SB Check/Artist Spotlight # 8
DUE FRIDAY = Final artist statement (will be displayed with your work). FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:
- Use the Artist Statement Flow Chart to help guide your work but FOCUS ON POINT #3
- Font = 12 pt./standard (Arial or Times are good choices)
- Spacing = 1.5
- Heading/right justified = Name (bold) and Title (underneath name) (italics)
- Leave "breathing space" between heading and body of paragraph
- Statement/full justification = 1 - 2 paragraphs (one page, max.)
- SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE DETAILS (must be on a computer)
DUE Jan. 18/19 = SB #4 & Goal Sheet (review & do on your own; come to class with questions if you have them)
DUE EVERY MONDAY/TUESDAY = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work
DUE PERIODICALLY = Check Powerschool; it is your responsibility to follow up with make up/late work, questions, or discrepancies in a timely manner

HAPPENINGS:

Jan. 15 = Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 16 = NAHS meets 11:45 am - 12:15 pm (this is a change)
Jan. 17 = Art Club/NAHS picture @ noon in the gym; wear your t-shirt!
Jan. 19 = Odd day and Honor Council assembly (modified schedule)
Jan 23 = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

(16) Week of January 1st

1/1/2018

Welcome back!!! Here we go again!!!

While "exam review" actually started on the first day of school, it's now time to kick things into high gear. Every project, conversation, activity, field trip, and sketchbook assignment has been designed to present or review exam content. You will need to demonstrate this knowledge (knowing it, doing it, and writing about it) on the exam. If you have not learned something well enough and still have questions, now is the time to seek answers and to do additional - and very deliberate - practice.

MONDAY: Holiday/New Year's Day

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:
Warm up: 10 minutes

Pick up FOUR NEW handouts: 1) SB #4; 2) Goal Setting Sheet; 3) Artist Statement Flow Chart; 4) Project evaluation rubric
Take out YOUR Project Planning document
Read SB #4 & Goal Setting Sheet and attach both into your SB
Review & complete your Project Planning document

FRONT: Review all criteria carefully - AGAIN; you should be able to check ALL the boxes by the end of class today (or, if not today, by the start of next class)
BACK: Review the rough draft of your artist statement and work to refine it, using the Artist Statement Flow Chart to guide your work

Class activities:

FINISH Subject, Composition, Content project (this is the last studio day - (finished projects and rubrics are due in the class drawer by the end of the day, Friday)
- Select final COMPOSITION - Glue - consider craftsmanship carefully as per the Project Planning document
- Mount work using ATG
- Sign your work on the front (optional) with the medium with which you drew; write name/class code on the back with pencil (mandatory)
WHEN FINISHED
- Finalize the Project Planning document, including revision of your artist statement (the final/typed version will not be due until next week)
- Begin the self-assessment process using the project rubric (this is due by the end of the week, along with the completed project)

THURSDAY/FRIDAY (Friday is an Odd day) = SNOW DAYS!!!
What we were scheduled to do (below) may or may not be made-up next week... You'll find out when next week's agenda is posted. In the meantime, you have homework to do,

Warm up: 10 minutes

Review your Project Planning document ONE LAST TIME to make sure that it is complete. It will be turned in with your final artist statement (see homework)
- Use the Artist Statement Flow Chart to help guide the development of your final artist statement (which will be displayed with your work)
Begin/continue/finish the self-assessment process using the project rubric
Do any last-minute work to your project, so that it is "critique-ready"

Class activities:

CRITIQUE finished work

DUE Jan. 10/11 = Artist Spotlight # 8 (do this on your own)
DUE Jan. 12 = Final artist statement (to be displayed with your work). FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:
- Use the Artist Statement Flow Chart to help guide your work
- Font = 12 pt./standard (Arial or Times are good choices)
- Spacing = 1.5
- Heading/right justified = Name (bold) and Title (underneath name) (italics)
- Leave "breathing space" between heading and body of paragraph
- Statement/full justification = 1 - 2 paragraphs (one page, max.)
DUE Jan. 18/19 = SB #4 & Goal Sheet (review & do on your own; come to class with questions if you have them)
DUE EVERY MONDAY/TUESDAY = Check the website at the start of each week; update your agenda accordingly and complete any required preparatory work
DUE PERIODICALLY = Check Powerschool; it is your responsibility to follow up with make up/late work, questions, or discrepancies in a timely manner

HAPPENINGS:

FRIDAY = Art Club/NAHS pics @ noon (sharp). Wear your t-shirt.
Jan. 9 = NAHS
Jan. 12 = Figure Drawing Friday and Pep Rally (modified schedule)
Jan. 19 = Odd day and Honor Council assembly (modified schedule)
Jan 23 = Art Club
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

SEMESTER EXAMS:

Jan. 25th - Periods 2/8
Jan. 26th - Periods 1/7
Jan. 29th - Periods 3/5
Jan. 30th - Periods 4/6
Jan. 31st - work day for teachers/make-up exams

Art 1/Weekly Agenda:

(20) Week of January 29th:

It's time to think aboutcourse registration for next year... Art 2, Digital Art, Survey of World Art, Photography...?

(19) Week of January 22nd

FYI, your "Quiz" on Jan. 29/30 is more like a TEST because it will NOT be open notes. It will serve as an end-of-the-semester assessment in lieu of the cancelled exam. As per usual, it will contain cumulative content.

(18) Week of January 15th

You will have a quiz on Jan. 29/30.Please put the appropriate date on your calendar.

(17) Week of January 8th

Pay special attention to the agenda; things have gone back and forth quite a bit as the school schedule has changed again and again...

The FINAL DUE DATE for the Subject/Composition/Content project AND the self-assessment rubric AND the artist statement is now FRIDAY. Please note that there is NO guaranteed class time in which to work; use lunch/other times as needed.

(16) Week of January 1st

Welcome back!!! Here we go again!!!

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It's time to think about
course registration for next year...
Art 2, Digital Art, Survey of World Art, Photography...?

You will have a quiz on Jan. 29/30.
Please put the appropriate date on your calendar.