All Classes- progress reports are going out this week

• Be ready!
• Interested in FREE Digital Art classes? Click HERE for more info.
  
• Wednesday Oct. 6th is an early release day! 

"Sennett" Classes:

• This week keep an eye out for an invite/join code for Google Classroom
  • Link for Join codes is HERE and ready now!
    • Goin and wait for further instructions ;-) later this week.
  • When you join your class(s) start turning in work. Here is a video for how to do that.
  • If you haven't filled out The Sennett Students' FORM do so asap.
• You will have a progress report by the end of the week. if you submit nothing, then expect a 50% for now. 

Homeroom: this week we're going to jump into some "Cinema Therapy" episodes. Its a youtube channel-email me if you want to request specific ones. 
ALL Advanced Visual Art People:

• Proposal should be done enough for you to get started
• Reminder First Project for your series is due by the end of the week.
• If you need instructions for your Portfolio Proposal again click HERE.
• First Advanced Project Due: September 29th.

8th Grade Art and B117 Visual Art Beginning

• Mondal Unit
  • Complete through Day 6 of unit by end of week- everything you need is linked in the Mondala Unit. Use purple-puzzle-piece chrome extension to READ/LISTEN to instructions- don't assume what they say!
  • Turn in progress image at the end of each class period.
• 8th Grade Audition Reminder
  • ALL 8th grade students who wish to continue at NWSA for High School MUST pass a High School audition AND must enter the lottery for the corresponding NWSA program! 
    • Important Dates and Deadlines
    • Audition Requests, Dates & Deadlines, and Audition Requirements can be found at nwsaauditions.com. 
    • For questions, please contact [email protected].

7th Grade Art

• Continue Working on Wilson's instructions

B-117 2D MMA IP and Printmaking IP:

• Continue "Choose Your Own Art-venture". This week's focus is now on the Element of Art: Shape. Take notes and finish project project by the end of the week to get the project completed. Projects should fill 9x12 or larger paper!
  • Make sure you are completing all parts of instructions or you will risk losing some major points later when we grade your work- just a heads up.
  • Make sure you are collecting images of your progress and organizing them in a google doc of your choice. Be ready for more instructions for what to do with them next week.

Ceramics Beginning- (1A and 2A)

• Coil Building Unit
  • ​Complete Day 1-3 by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each work day.s

Ceramics IPA- 

• Continuing Contrast Container Unit.
  • Monday is your official 1st of 5 work days (due by end of next week).
    • Take progress images at the end of each class and upload to daily work assignment on canvas
    • If you think you'll get done early plan to make a set or start thinking of how to make design more intricate as you work on it. 

​Metals and Fibers IPA & Sculpture IPA-

• Paper Sculpting Unit 
  • Tuesday will be work day 2/6 (basically due at the end of next week)
    • keep in mind next Wednesday is an early release day.
    • If it looks like you'll complete it early or late start applying your contingency plan- you are expected to utilize full building time given. 

AP Art History

• Tuesday: Ancient Near East Exam- links will be here​
• Start Ancient Egypt Cards
• Thursday: Catch-up, Set-up, and/or start 2.2 Ancient Egypt cards
  • If you want to retake a quiz this will be the day to do it.
  • Progress check will be Friday next week, have your cards for this section "done enough" by then.

General Announcements:

• Progress Reports are going out next week
• "Sennett" B117 and F100 People ONLY need to READ and fill out this FORM. I'll email you more info this week so be ready for it ;-)

Homeroom: Last week we completed the Title IX stuff only thing left to do is fill out this Title IX Form and we're  officially done so we can go back to our usual stuff ;-)
ALL Advanced Visual Art People:

• You should have talked to Schmit or Wilson about your proposal- if you haven't do that asap- can always email us the ideas you have so far (especially if you're stuck).
• If you have me for a class then there will be a Canvas Assignment you can upload your proposal progress to ;-), everyone else fill out the form linked above asap so I can get you a way of submitting work.
• If you need instructions for your Portfolio Proposal again click HERE.
• First Advanced Project Due: September 29th. (~4 class periods away)

8th Grade Art and B117 Visual Art Beginning

• Mondal Unit
  • Examples of Booklets
  • Complete up through Day 4 slide instructions by end of week, upload images of progress at the end of each class to the daily work assignments.
    • B117 VA beginning people- continue following this stuff and keep photos of your daily progress in a google doc of your choice and share it with Ms. Schmit [email protected]

B-117 2D MMA IP, Printmaking IP, and 7th Grade Art:

• Continue "Choose Your Own Art-venture". This week's focus is now on the Element of Art: Line. You should be started on the project by the end of the week to get the project completed. Projects should fill 9x12 or larger paper!
  • I know a lot of you have done stuff similar to things like this, however you have higher skills and knowledge you can apply to them. Show us you do :-)
  • All stuff for Texture should be completed, if not it's homework and get it done asap! You will be turning it in soon so be ready!
  • Make sure you are completing all parts of instructions or you will risk losing some major points later when we grade your work- just a heads up.
  • Make sure you are collecting images of your progress and organizing them in a google doc of your choice. Be ready for more instructions for what to do with them next week.

Ceramics Beginning- (1A and 2A)

• Pinch Pot Unit
  • ​Complete Day 3-4 by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each work day.
  • A2 people:
    • If you don't know what that is or have not started it work given out since the first day of school- now is the time to get it started.
    • At the end of every class you need to take pictures of your work using your chromebook. Then add/organize them in a google doc of your choice. Be ready for more instructions on what to do with that doc soon. (Add images of all your other work to you have done so far as well doc too ;-)
    • Don't know what you needed to be doing? Scroll down to previous weekly blog entries. You need to have that work caught up by the end of the week to be on track for progress reports!

Ceramics IPA- 

• Continuing Contrast Container Unit.
  • Complete Worksheet by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each day.
  • Start sculpting when you're ready ;-) You will have 4 full class periods for making your Contrast container- so plan accordingly ;-)

​Metals and Fibers IPA & Sculpture IPA-

• Paper Sculpting Unit 
  • Have up through Day 7 Completed by the end of the week.

AP Art History

• This week's focus is 2.1 Ancient Near East
  • ​Monday- Progress Check and Start going through Sumerian, Akkadian, and 
    • Assignment: Ancient Near East Progress Check
      
      Class: AP Art History 2A
      
      Available as of: 9/19/2021 12:00 AM EDT
      
      Due: 9/22/2021 12:00 AM EDT
      
      Link for students to take test: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/2/assessments/assignments/41274065
      
      Link for teachers to track progress: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/2/assignments/progress/41274065
      
  • Wednesday- Go through Babylonian, Neo-Sumerian, and Assyrian
  • Friday- finish up any images and be ready for 2.1 Quiz on Tuesday Next week.

Anyways, on a positive note it sounds like there are enough people interested, we'll continue to do NAHS. For now the plan for now is Mr. Wilson and I are thinking of sharing the NAHS leadership duties and inorder for our chapter to be official we'll need to have some student officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, Historian, etc. We can talk more about this stuff with the next meeting- that I promise will happen. If you're potentially interested in being a NAHS Officer just let me know (email or in-person is fine).

General Announcements:

• Saturday Jewelry Workshop at the Gant CLICK HERE for more info.
• Thursday is a Teacher Workday- no school for students!
• If you are interested in National Art Honor Society (basically visual art's club) we will be having 2 virtual interest meetings:
  • Saturday September 11th 10am-11am-ish
  • Saturday September 18th 10am-11am-ish
  • Click here to access the zoom link- it's the same for both meetings​
  • Note- if you are in B117 and don't have me or Wilson, you are welcome to show up and ask questions about any work so far in your classes.

Homeroom: This week we're doing the Title IX stuff and going over study tips.
ALL Advanced Visual Art People:

• Go over your proposal progress with Ms. Schmit or Mr. Wilson before the end of the week- also organize all your progress documentation in a google doc- be ready to share it at some point with someone!
• If you need them again click HERE for your Instructions, this includes 2D MMA, Ceramics, Sculpture, Metals and Fibers, Printmaking etc. If it wasn't obvious before: the main media you need to work with needs to correspond to the course you are taking ;-). It's ok to explore the same ideas in multiple media but you'll need to keep that in mind if you are working for various classes.

8th Grade Art and B117 Visual Art Beginning

• Mondala Unit
  • Examples of booklets
  • Complete Day 1-2 slide instructions by end of week, upload images of progress at the end of each class to the daily work assignments.
    • B117 VA beginning people- start following this stuff and keep photos of your daily progress in a google doc of your choice and share it with Ms. Schmit [email protected]
• Auditions Help- if you want more specific idea of what to be doing on your own at home to get your Portfolio for Auditions ready: CLICK HERE

B-117 2D MMA, Printmaking, 7th Grade Art:

• Click Here for your Instructions
  • Planning and project should be completed by the end of this week. 
  • make sure you are collecting images of your progress and organizing them in a google doc of your choice. Be ready for more instructions for what to do with them next week.

Ceramics Beginning- (1A and 2A)

• Pinch Pot Unit
  • ​Complete Day 1-2 by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each work day.
  • B117 people:
    • Your ticket for clay is showing Ms. Schmit/Substitute your Class Work Google Doc. If you don't know what that is or have not started it- now is the time to get it started.
    • At the end of every class you need to take pictures of your work using your chromebook. Then add/organize them in a google doc of your choice. Be ready for more instructions on what to do with that doc soon. (Add images of all your other work to you have done so far as well doc too ;-)
    • Don't know what you needed to be doing? Scroll down to previous weekly blog entries. You need to have that work caught up by the end of the week to be on track for progress reports!

Ceramics IPA- 

• Continuing Contrast Container Unit.
  • Complete Packet by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each day.

​Metals and Fibers IPA & Sculpture IPA-

• Paper Sculpting Unit 
  • Have up through Day 4 completed by the end of the week. Make sure you upload progress images at the end of each work day.
  • Reminder: the only difference between the Sculpture class and Fiber arts class is that Sculpture has to be able to be viewed in the round. Other than that the really are basically the same. 

AP Art History

• Complete Unit 1: Prehistoric Art Final Quiz (the one from last week was just a progress check ;-)
• Continue Unit 2.1 Ancient Near East - Required image cards due by the end of this week- Be ready for quiz next week too; we'll review as a class the day before.

If you are interested in National Art Honor Society (basically visual art's club) we will be having 2 virtual interest meetings:

• Saturday September 11th 10am-11am-ish
• Saturday September 18th 10am-11am-ish
• Click here to access the zoom link- it's the same for both meetings

Welcome! Basically just look for the instructions that fit your class description the best. 

ALL Advanced Visual Art People:

• Click HERE for your Instructions, this includes 2D MMA, Ceramics, Sculpture, Metals and Fibers, Printmaking etc.

Room B117 People:

• Click Here for your Instructions

8th Grade Art-

• Wednesday: Go through the Auditions Instructions and take notes and start planning for your Audition Portfolio. Think about what artwork you have, some you may want to polish, and what you think could be better if you started them on your own.
• Friday: Intro and start Pre-planning for Mandala Unit.

Ceramics Beginning- (1A and 2A)

• Tuesday and Thursday: Start "Ceramics Basics" Unit. You'll have 2 class periods to complete the work. Just click on the link and work your way through the directions. Turn in progress images at the end of class each day this week. Be ready for an exam next week.
• If you complete notes early: condense your information into an info-graphic. If you don't know what that is- Click HERE

Ceramics IPA- 

• Wednesday: Intro and start Pre-project planning for "Contrast Container" Unit.
• Friday: Complete Pre-Project Planning- be ready to start using clay next class!

​Metals and Fibers IPA & Sculpture IPA-

• Tuesday/Wednesday: Start Paper Sculpting Unit and complete up through Day 1. Turn in images of your progress at end of class.
  • Extension Assignment 1: Read "Origami: How the Ancient Art of Paper Folding Evolved Over Time and Continues to Inspire", take notes and write a summary/reaction.
  • Extension assignment 2: Try out some origami you are unfamiliar with using photo copy paper until the end of class. Top 10 Origami for Beginners has some ideas that are a little more interesting that just a paper crane or a fortune teller; but feel free to look up some more interesting ones if you want.
• Thursday/Friday: Continue Paper Sculpting unit- complete day 2 instructions. Turn in images of your progress at end of class.

AP Art History
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/2/assessments/assignments/38491528/
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