Course Assessment

• Students will be assessed both formally and informally through observation, quizzes, hands-on lessons and projects. Students will work as individuals, in team settings and as an entire class. Daily participation in art activities will be vital to the students learning. Students will also have the opportunity to fulfill the district mission statement of being a Community Contributor in the art room and earn points daily by positively participating, helping others, assisting in clean up, etc. The following is a break-down of the grading system:
  
  
  40%  Participation/Weekly Work:
  
  Weekly assessments of students overall in-class participation and preparation: in-class lessons, assignments, free drawing, etc. 

  • 10pts Doodlebooks – all work complete for the week. GET AN ART NOTEBOOK AND FOLDER TO DO THE DAILY WORK AND GET CREDIT

  • Participation – work diligently daily to complete work; contribute to class discussions, clean up work area, or if the assignment was plagiarized.  (to take the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own)

• 50%  Projects
  
  Students will complete at least 4-5 individual projects during the 9/12 weeks. Students must turn in each project, on time, in order to receive a grade. Projects are graded out of 100 points based on the following:

  • 60 pts:   There are always 3 criteria for each project to meet. Some examples of this are requirements on materials used, techniques demonstrated, or creativity of expanding their ideas.

  • 20pts: Craftsmanship – Is the project done to the best of the student's ability? Did they skillfully use the art tools and media? Did they follow the proper procedures or directions?

  • 20pts: Effort – did the student take their time to develop their ideas and complete the project, did they use their class time well? 

• 10%  Community Contributor/Citizenshi
  Students will be given the opportunity to continually earn points in the classroom by helping others, helping clean up in the classroom, and being a good community contributor/citizen.

• Students will earn no lower than a score of 50 if they make a “reasonable attempt” to complete assignment. A score of "0" will only be given if a student made no attempt at all to complete the work, or if the assignment is plagiarized; (take the work or an idea of someone else and pass it off as one's own)

•  If a project is late 5 points will be deducted for each week.