1^st Quarter

Content

· What students should know

Perspective (single point – top view)

Mosaic

Scratch Art

Warm and cool color (basic forms)

Tesselation

Op Art

Mondrian – drawing (early style)

Flower drawing (in o’keeffe style)

Bag Drawing

Cut-paper (matisse)

Pop Art

2 longer than usual (more involved) projects in 8^th grade (mosaic & tesseation)

_____ Homer

Georgia O’Keeffe

OP Art (review)

· What students should be able to do

· Using the performance descriptors as a guide, list the skills that you plan to have students master.

Language of the Arts

(Art Elements)

lien, color, shape, value, texture, space 20-30

Creating and performing (tools and materials)

Arts and civilization (Art History)

· List what instrument (by name) and type (by format, i.e. selected response, essay, performance, or personal communication)

Class participation

Creativity problem solving following guidelines of project

Possible use of portfolios next year

Written test and or slide test on artists and periods of art

· List the standard and benchmark under which the skills taught are located.