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The 3rd Annual Arts Showcase was another smashing success!!! Thanks to all who attended and showed their support for the Arts! We have items from the Art Sale still available for purchase. Please contact Ms. Pautsch or Ms. Kitzman if you are interested!
Hello everyone!
So, Ms. Bachman has been helping me become more tech savvy, and I have created a new format for my lesson plans. From now on I will update a google doc with all lesson plans, links to presentations, worksheets, etc. Hopefully this makes things easier for you- technology rocks! Please let me know if you have any feedback- I want this to be easy and accessible!
Have a great week!
Ms. Kitzman
Middle School Art Lesson Plans
Introduction to High School Art Lesson Plans
2D High School Art Lesson Plans
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Finish gesso, start mixing base colors
Ms. Kitzman gone on pride field trip |
TBA | Review color wheel | Alebrijes |
| Tuesday | Finish paper mache | N/A | N/A | Alebrijes |
| Wednesday | Finish painting base colors, start with accents | N/A | Painting techniques review | Alebrijes |
| Thursday | Painting day | Review painting techniques | Review | Alebrijes |
| Friday | Start gesso, start painting | N/A | Painting techniques | Alebrijes |
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Start paper mache process | Oaxaca Folk Art
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Demo paper mache | Alebrijes |
| Tuesday | Plan out Alebrijes | Oaxaca Folk Art | Form Notes, & Alebrijes thumbnails & Planning construction of armatures | Build armature of Alebrijes |
| Wednesday | Build Alebrijes | N/A | Basics of construction | Build armature of Alebrijes |
| Thursday | Finish paper mache | N/A | Review paper mache | Alebrijes |
| 5Friday | Start paper mache process | N/A | Demo paper mache | Alebrijes |
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Choose an idea/ Start building armatures | Dan Reeder: paper mache master | Review form/help narrow down ideas | Paper Mache Alebrijes |
| Tuesday | Learn about form & paper sculpture | Jen Stark | “What can paper do?” Presentation | Notes on form |
| Wednesday | Start building armatures | Jen Stark | Tips on building | Paper Mache Alebrijes |
| Thursday | Watch Movie | N/A | N/A | “The Pixar Story” |
| 5Friday | Watch Movie | N/A | N/A | “The Pixar Story” |
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Experiment with form & do form notes | Sketchbook time
& Jen Stark |
Form presentation | Quick Fire Challenge: Newspaper towers |
| Tuesday | Finish chessboard project | Sketchbook time
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Review steps to finish project | Design your own chessboard |
| Wednesday | Experiment with form & do form notes | Jen Stark | Form presentation | Quick Fire Challenge: Newspaper towers |
| Thursday | Learn about Mexican Folk Art | N/A | Mexican Folk Art presentation & discussion | Class discussion: How can art define a place and culture? |
| Friday | Learn about Mexican Folk Art | N/A | Mexican Folk Art presentation & discussion | Class discussion: How can art define a place and culture? |
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Start Form | Quickfire Challenge: form | Form Presentation | Quickfire challenge & form notes |
| Tuesday | Make progress on Chessboard | Harry Potter chess scene | Directions on chessboard | Design your own chess board |
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Make progress on chess board | Lego artist | Look at requirements and freedoms | Design your own chess board |
| Tuesday | Do 2 point linear perspective | Lego artist | Linear perspective demo | Design your own chess board |
| Wednesday | Finish chess board and sketch of background | N/A | Review expectations | Design your own chess board |
| Thursday | Finish chess board | N/A | Talk about reflection questions | Design your own chess board |
| Friday | Make progress on chess board | N/A | Look at requirements and freedoms | Design your own chess board |
Middle School Art
| Day | Goal | Art Start | Instruction | Activity |
| Monday | Work on chess board | Anamorphosis | Review steps | Design your own chessboard |
| Tuesday | Begin Space | Anamorphosis | Space presentation | Space notes |
| Wednesday | Choose theme and design chess pieces | The art of chess | How to pre-plan chess design | Design your own chessboard |