Students are usually quite happy to learn that Ms. Robertson rarely gives additional work to complete at home. The reason students may have homework for art is a project or assignment was not completed during class time. Here you will find "last class to complete" due dates and the "need to complete classwork for homework" due dates. Generally speaking, I give one night (or weekend) at home to complete work without penalty.
​For information regarding grading guidelines and supplemental art class resources see the Art with Ms. Robertson website.
Mrs. Beutler & Ms. Robertson are sharing classrooms! Students have been working in the art room on a mask project with Mrs. Beulter for the last two weeks. This week, Black team students are beginning a technology project with Ms. Robertson to support their development in Digital Literacy. Students will research a chosen topic and create a visual to aid them in an oral presentation of their digital literacy topic. Worksheets #1 and #2 on GoogleClassroom are due at the end of class Thursday, March 7th. The project should be completed in class by Tuesday, March 12th. We will present Wednesday through Friday March 13, 14, and 15.
Students have worked very hard this quarter on a life drawing unit. This is not easy work! But I'm happy to say that a large percentage of students report their drawing skills have improved "much more than I thought they would" or "more than I thought they would" when we began the unit.
Though the 2nd quarter officially ended this past Friday, some students brought their final value drawings home for completion over the weekend, due Tuesday, January 27th without penalty. All students were given the opportunity to complete the project at home if they were not happy with the grade they earned on Friday.
Another assignment that many students owe (also to be completed for HOMEWORK, due Tuesday without penalty. STUDENTS ARE BACK IN TECH MONDAY, JANUARY 26th!) is the final Q2 assessment. This assignment can be found in Ms. Robertson's GoogleClassroom and will either be entered as full credit/50 points (completed) or a zero/0 no credit (not completed)!
Grades for these final two Q2 assignments will be entered into PowerSchool on Sunday 1/25 but grades can still be improved upon. If necessary, please finish and hand in one or both of these assignments by Tuesday. Grades will be updated in PowerSchool before the Q2 report card goes home.
Since Ms. Robertson's last post, the Black Team students have created designs on individual portfolios using their names and BLOCK LETTERING techniques. Now students are engaged in a unit on LIFE DRAWING. The number of students reporting progress on his/her drawing skills is rising every day!
On the first day of Q2 students completed a pre-assessment on Google classroom. I just entered grades for this--25 points for completing/0 points for not completing. THIS CAN STILL BE MADE UP! If you (or your child) has a 0 for this assignment in PowerSchool my Google classroom, my code in zmaspp3. The assessment is all true/false and multiple choice. I'm expecting students may not know these terms yet and that's fine!
Last week students began working on a 6 x 6 square utilizing COLOR, PATTERN, and CONTRAST which will become part of a larger team mural. Some students may be bringing this home to complete over the Thanksgiving holiday.
We now are beginning our portfolio projects utilizing block lettering (along with the above ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES of ART and DESIGN).