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Welcome to Mrs. Forstner's Home Page. I am an Art Specialist at Kewaskum Middle School. On this page you will find your child's Syllabi
Below are Syllabi 6th, 7th, & 8th
Title of Program: Middle School Art Middle school students will understand and apply the elements and principles of art through a variety of media and techniques. Students will build upon prior knowledge with an emphasis placed on understanding and appreciating the influence of art from other times and cultures.
How do visual artists use media to convey ideas?
How do visual artists organize art elements to convey ideas?
How do visual artists select and present subject matter, symbols, and ideas?
What are the similarities and differences of visual art among cultures and across time?
How do people respond to art?
How is art related to other disciplines and daily life?
Students will:
• understand, select, and apply media, techniques and processes. (Media)
• understand and apply elements and organizational principles of art. (Elements & Principles)
• consider, select, and apply a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas. (Symbolism)
• understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. (Art History)
• reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate their own and others’ work. (Assessing Art)
• make connections between visual arts, other disciplines, and daily life. (Purpose of Art)
Student Learning Outcomes:
The student will be able to...
• create art using at least three different media.
• identify and utilize the following elements and principles of art: line, shape (circle, square, rectangle, oval, triangle, pentagon, parallelogram), form (sphere, cube, pyramid, cone, and cylinder), color (primary, secondary, warm, cool and complimentary), texture, balance, repetition, and variety.
• identify symbolic meanings found in artwork.
• identify artwork from three different cultures and at least three different artists.
• reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and other’s work.
• understand that people create art to express thoughts, feelings and ideas; to make money; to make their environment pleasing; to record history; to tell a story and make the connection that math, writing, reading, and critical stance are connected to the visual arts.
Course Outline/Syllabus:
I. Media
a. drawing
b. painting
c. sculpture
II. Elements of Art
a. line
b. color
c. shape
d. form
e. texture
III. Principles of Art
a. balance
b. repetition
c. variety
IV. Symbolism
V. Art History
a. artists
b. cultures
VI. Assessing Art
a. reflect
b. describe
c. analyze
d. interpret
e. evaluate
VII. Purpose of Art
a. connect art and daily life
b. connect art and other disciplines
These goals are on a continuum basis Since students come from various schools, there is a need to review basic skills. A foundation is presented in grade 6 and reinforced and expanded upon in grades 7 and 8. Since there is more fine motor control in grade 8 students, projects are more complex and elaborate with additional tools and techniques.
District Writing Expectation:
Examples:
• Create cartoons to reinforce writing skills through main ideas and sequence.
• Create movie posters and critique substantiating opinions to reinforce critical stance.
• Critique paintings to reinforce implied verses of stated ideas.
• Critique a story written about students' original gargoyles.
• Write a biography about their original cartoon characters.
• Persuasive writing through use of current art topics.
• Students write a description of their artwork and explain if there is anything they would do differently and discuss the reasons.
Students will write in their journals.
Integration of Technology:
Website research, Webquest, Power Point, Computer Simulation
Evaluation:
Performance-based assessment projects which may include: Drawing- portraits, still life, Op Art, Pop art, symmetrical designs; Painting-Asian brush painting, Aboriginal dreamings, folk art, faux stained glass; Sculpture: masks, pottery, wire sculpture, Plastercraft, polymer clay.). Other evaluation tools that may be used are reflections, rubrics, class participation, one writing assignment per semester, and portfolios.
Other Key Materials:
The Art Teachers Book of Lists
The Annotated Mona Lisa
Drawing with Children
Drawing with Older Children and Teens
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Smart Art
Women Artisits
Magic World of M.C. Escher
From Ordinary to Extraordinary
School Arts Magazine
Arts & Activities Magazine
Expressions Magazine
Scholastic Art
Department video resources
Department slide resources
Department print resources
Department book resources
www.crayola.com
www.ctcurriculum.org
www.artlex.com
www.42explore.com
www.brigantine.atlnet.org
www.home.comcast.net/~c.art/
www.naea-reston.org
www.saxarts.com/index.jsp
www.dickblick.com
www.mundidesign.com
www.pbs.org
marcopolo.com
Visiting artists
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