Quarter 3

7th Grade Art 

(2 Day Rotation: B Day)

Day 1

Activities:

1. Introduction and course expectations.

2. Make Portfolio to store work in.

Objectives: Become familiar with the course expectations & projects. Use the Portfolio to store work in the art room. The portfolio will focus on organizational skills and personal pride in student work.

Assessments: Students will have an understanding of course expectations. Students will use the Portfolio for organizational skills in the classroom. 

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Activities:

2. Introduction to Scratch Art.

3.  Scratch Art Tips. 

4. Scratch Art practice paper pencil drawings.

5. Scratch art 3 final projects.

Objectives: Students will demonstrate the use of a variety of lines in scratch art design, use of pattern and positive & negative shapes in their work. 

Assessments: The art piece represents use of different types of line, neatness, effort put into the project and balance between positive and negative shapes.

Standard(s): Create, Present, Respond, Connect

Days: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,

Activities:

Objectives: Students will learn about watercolor and develop techniques to create a final watercolor project. The techniques they will acquire are: bands of color, thick and thin, wrist flick, painterly strokes, texture, cutting edges, wet-on-wet and dry brush.

Assessments: Students will demonstrate knowledge of watercolor by using the following techniques in their final project: bands of color, thick and thin, wrist flick, painterly strokes, texture, cutting edges, wet-on-wet and dry brush.

Standards: Create, Present, Respond, Connect


Days: 24, 25, 26,

Activities:

1. Daily Doodle 10 minutes. 

2. Cultural Clay Jewelry project introduction research and sketches. 

3. Create the the clay cultural jewelry project. 

Homework: Project research, images and sketches. 

Objective: Create clay jewelry using a culture study to incorporate your designs. Research a culture and incorporate symbolism from that culture into your necklace pieces.

Assessment: Students can discuss the culture they choose to represent in their clay jewelry piece and the symbolism that their jewelry piece represents.

Standards: Create, Present, Respond, Connect