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Ms. Sara King Sculpture Syllabus Wakefield High School
Email: Sking2@wcpss.net
Website: Google Website: https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/whsart/home
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, by appointment
Remind: Text @1whsart to 81010
Instagram: @wakefieldhighart
Course Description: Sculpture students will learn the fundamentals of 3D art, including relief work and sculpture in the round. Students will expand on using many different 3D media and techniques and will apply complex concepts and personal expression. Each project is identified with a problem. Students must find a solution through multiple compositional sketches and planning of ideas. Upon completion of their sketches, they will move onto their final piece of work. At the end of each project, a class critique will be used to evaluate and discuss each artist’s work. Art History, technology and other disciplines will be incorporated as they apply to each project. Sketchbooks are an integral part of this class. They will be used for notes, sketches, and homework.
Essential Outcomes:
1. I can apply the skills and language of specific visual arts and demonstrate the ability to create in the visual arts.
2. I can demonstrate the ability to present in the visual arts.
3. I can understand and evaluate how the specific visual arts convey meaning.
4. I can connect artistic ideas and works of art with personal and external meaning.
5. I can demonstrate personal growth in the visual arts.
Canvas: Canvas will have the due dates, directions, assignments, class announcements, etc. posted and available daily. There is a parent view of Canvas that parents can sign up for, here’s how.
Communication
Remind: Remind is a useful tool that allows teachers to communicate with students through a text message reminder. The Remind code for each class is at the top of this page. I use Remind to communicate directly with the class as a whole and to students individually. Students can also reach me directly using Remind. Remind is for student communication.
Talking Points: I will be sending weekly class updates and announcements through Talking Points, as well as individual communications. Talking Points had made communicating home so much easier and I encourage every parent to use it. It's a great 2-way line of communication between teacher and home. Talking Points is for parent/student guardian communication.
General Evaluation Criteria
1. Following directions
2. Design/Effort
3. Craftsmanship
4. Time management
5. Critique/Reflection
Assignment Percentages
Projects……………………..….. 50%
Sketches/Sketchbook….…..30%
Critiques/Quizzes…………….20%
Total………………………100%
Grade Scale
End of Year 1st quarter (40%) 2nd quarter (40%) Final (20%) = Final Grade (100%)
Classroom Expectations
1. Be RESPECTFUL to all people and materials.
2. Be ON TIME, prepared (with supplies and sketchbook) and ready to work.
3. Always LISTEN to directions and ask permission to speak during lecture. Do NOT talk
while the teacher is talking, you will miss important direction and impact other students’ learning.
Supplies: Can be purchased at Amazon, Walmart, Jerry’s Art-a-Rama, Target, Michaels Arts and Crafts
1. Spiral Bound, All Medium Sketchbook is required! (must be spiral or pages will come loose and be lost) This one is great
No smaller than 9x12 with at least 100 pages
All daily sketches, warm-ups, and homework is done in this book.
2. Pencils and erasers
3. A set of color pencils
4. Paint brushes, a set of 3-5 with small, medium and large would be ideal.
5. White glue
6. Pencil Sharpener
Class Fee: In an effort to ensure that we are able to provide students with a high quality art education, the art department will be charging a lab fee for this course to help bridge the gap between our limited budget and the high cost of art materials. This will be directly used to provide your student with additional materials in this course, including clay and tools, plaster, paint and various building materials.
Please cut off lower portion (if you are looking at a paper copy) or write this information on a piece of paper (if you are looking at online version) and return with $10 in cash in envelope with student name on outside.
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If you are unable to provide this class fee, please let me know and alternative arrangements can be made. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns: sking2@wcpss.net
“The arts provide us with new ways of thinking, new ways to draw connections…and they help maintain our competitive edge by engendering innovation and creativity.” -Chairman Landesman, NEA
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Ethical Issues
All artwork must be of YOUR OWN CREATION. You may not copy others’ ideas or work. Beware of copyright infringement. Merging ideas from a variety of sources to create your own image is acceptable and more creative. All artwork must be appropriate for school. Your artwork represents you, the school, your teacher, the community, and will be displayed. No Drugs, Alcohol, Violence, or Obscenities. Non-Compliance with this will result in a 0%.
Make-up and Late Work Policies
Late work due to an excused absence will follow the WCPSS make up work policy: Assignments assigned prior to an absence will be due upon return; this includes tests scheduled for the day of the return.
If the make-up work has not been assigned in advance, for absences of 1 to 3 days, the student will have a minimum of 1 day for each absence to complete missed assignments. For absences exceeding 3 days, the student will have a minimum of 2 days for each absence to complete assignments. Students will receive full credit for all make-up work following an excused or unexcused absence as long as the work is completed within the time limit according to teacher expectations and for unexcused absences as long as remediation has been attended to complete the assignment. Special consideration should be given in the case of extended absences due to injury or chronic illness.
Academic Courses
All students receiving academic credit for a course have the opportunity to recover grades through completing alternative assignments to demonstrate mastery, turning in missing work, and/or completing retests. Students will earn a minimum of 70% of the grade they would have received if turned in on time. Work that is submitted on time and meets the minimal completion requirements will receive a score no less than 50%. Teachers do not have to accept late work after one (1) week prior to the beginning of the exam period for the grading term (Midterms 1st and 3rd quarters/Finals 2nd and 4th quarters).
Honors Courses
All students receiving honors credit for a course have the opportunity to recover grades through completing alternative assignments to demonstrate mastery, turning in missing work, and/or completing retests. Students will earn a minimum of 60% of the grade they would have received if turned in on time. Work that is submitted on time and meets the minimal completion requirements will receive a score no less than 50%. Late work is due by the end of the unit or the day of the unit assessment and does not need to be accepted by the teacher after this time.
WCPSS Honor Code Policy
Honor Code Policy (4310) states: “Academic honesty is essential to excellence in education and is directly related to the Board's educational objectives for students to promote integrity and self-discipline in students. As all schoolwork is a measure of student performance, academic honesty facilitates an accurate measurement of student learning.
Each student, parent, family and staff member has a responsibility to promote a culture that respects and fosters integrity and honesty. Academic integrity and honesty requires that all stakeholders share responsibility in the fulfillment of this policy.
In fulfilling these responsibilities:
students will collaborate with their peers to foster a culture of academic integrity; refrain from participating, either directly or indirectly, in any form of cheating or plagiarism; and adhere to the honor code;
parents and family will actively support the honor code by encouraging their child(ren) to foster and uphold a culture of academic integrity;
staff will establish and annually teach expectations regarding academic integrity and honesty; and promote the honor code.
Prohibited Behavior
Cheating: Cheating is an academic deception where a student intends in some way to receive or attempt to receive credit for work not originated by the student, to give or receive unauthorized assistance, or to give or receive an unfair advantage on any form of academic work.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.
Falsification or Deceit: Intentional acts of falsification or serious deceitful misconduct that threaten the health, safety, or welfare of others, or that cause a substantial detrimental impact on school operations or other individuals are prohibited.
Prohibited Behavior
1. Cheating: Cheating is an academic deception where a student intends in some way to receive or attempt to receive credit for work not originated by the student, to give or receive unauthorized assistance, or to give or receive an unfair advantage on any form of academic work.
2. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.
3. Falsification or Deceit: Intentional acts of falsification or serious deceitful misconduct that threaten the health, safety, or welfare of others, or that cause a substantial detrimental impact on school operations or other individuals are prohibited.
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