MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Today we finished any work that was still unfinished from the first quarter.TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2014
NO SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Today we were grouped into teams of 3, 4 or 5 and we did a team-building exercise with our new group members. Paper Tower ActivityTHURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Today we worked on developing one of the ides that we brainstormed for our toy design.Objectives
- Finish brainstorming a design for a toy.
Essential Question
- How can an artist refine their ideas in order to make them stronger?
Focusing Task (5 min)
- Get sketchbook and review your toy design brainstorm ideas.
Guided Practice (15 min)
- Teacher will review the project.
- Students will take 30 sec to share all of their ideas back and forth with their shoulder partner.
- Timed pair share: Student A shares 1st idea for 30 sec, student B shares 1st idea for 30 sec. Then they share the 2nd and 3rd ideas in the same manner.
- Students will then help each other decide which is their strongest idea and choose what they would like to continue developing.
Learning Activity (20 min)
- Students will work to develop the back story for their design.
- Students should develop:
- Name
- A personality/characteristics/mannerisms/quirks/behaviors
- A place where they live
- Favorite things
- Things they don’t like
- Friends & enemies
- What their power/abilities are
- Most striking feature (emphasis)
- Vocabulary/key phrases/speech
- Strengths & weaknesses
- What would the character want to be remembered for?
- Biggest goal
Closure (3 min)
- Ask your partner a question on a design feature that you are having trouble with.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Today we continued to develop our characters and then worked on a line design project.Your task:
- Finish character development activity from yesterday’s class.
- Work on line design project: Line Design Directions