Seventh Grade Art
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First Semester
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Drawing |
Review lesson over linear design concepts. Create a line image which camouflages a hidden creature. Submit for evaluation. |
Camouflaged Creature art piece |
26A 26B |
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Drawing |
Lesson on wax resist using crayon and watercolor. Students create a wax resist image. Submit for evaluation. Review lesson on value and shading. Students create a pencil value scale. Submit for grading.
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Wax Resist image.
Value Scale
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26A 26B
26A 26B |
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Drawing |
Review lesson on value and light source. Students create drawn ribbons and shade them to denote the direction of a light source. Submit for evaluation. Students draw an object and use perspective and light source direction to determine where its shadow will fall.
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Shaded Ribbon Drawing
Object with Light Source and Shadow |
26A 26B
26A 26B |
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Drawing |
Review lesson on 1 point perspective. Notes on terms. Students create a bird’s eye view cityscape. Quiz on terms. Lesson on 2 point perspective. Students create boxes with shading in 2 point perspective. Submit for evaluation. |
Bird’s Eye View of A City Perspective Quiz
2 Point Perspective Boxes |
26A 26B
25A 25B 26A 26B
26A 26B |
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Drawing |
Review copy drawing technique. Students create a copy drawing based on a photocopied image. Submit for evaluation. Notes in class on composition. Students set up a still life of objects and draw it. |
Copy Drawing
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26A 26B
25A 25B 26A 26B |
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Drawing
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Students continue and complete stil life drawing from Week 5. Submit for evaluation. Quiz on composition terms. Notes on color theory. Students draw out, label and paint color wheels.
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Still Life Composition Drawing
Composition Quiz
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25A 25B 26A 26B
25A 25B
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Color Theory
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Students complete and submit color wheels for evaluation. Quiz on color theory terms.
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Color Wheels
Color Theory Quiz |
26A 26B
25A 25B |
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Painting |
Students resource for ideas for a still life, landscape or animal painting. Students draw out draft lines. Students paint their paintings. Submit for evaluation. |
Student Tempera Painting |
25A 26A 26B |
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Color Theory |
Lesson on Georges Seurat and pointillism. Students create a pointillism image using markers to apply the dots to paper. Submit for evaluation. |
Marker Pointillism Image |
25A 25B26A 26B |
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Drawing Color Theory Painting
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Second quarter of seventh grade art is conducted with a second group of seventh grade students. Their curriculum and assessments are identical in content to the curriculum of the first quarter students. |
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Second Semester
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Design |
Lesson and examples for Visual Words design. Design terms notes. Sketches and final draft of word designs. Submit for evaluation. Quiz on terms. Lesson on graffiti lettering style. Activity on graffiti-style name. |
Visual Words Design Design Terms Quiz |
25A 25B 26A 26B |
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Design |
Continue and complete Graffiti Name. Submit for evaluation. Lesson on lettering with guideline grid. Activity on writing name in graphic letters using guideline grid. |
Graffiti-Style Name |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A |
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Design Art Analysis |
Continue and complete graphic letters with guideline grid. Submit for evaluation. Art Analysis activity using the Internet. Submit written work for evaluation. |
Lettering Using Guideline Grid Art Analysis Activity |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A |
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Art History |
Lesson on Cubism style of painting using the Internet. Activity creating a cubistic-style painting. Submit for evaluation. |
Cubistic-Style Painting |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A |
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Paper Craft Weaving |
Lesson and examples for dual image picture. Activity on dual image picture. Submit for evaluation. Review lesson on weaving technique. Activity on woven basket bowls. Submit for evaluation. |
Dual Image Picture Woven Basket Bowls |
25A 25B 26A 26B |
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Weaving |
Lesson on gods’ eye stick weaving. Activity on gods’ eye stick weaving. Submit for evaluation. Lesson on origami multi-layered star. Activity on origami multi-layered star. Submit for evaluation. |
Gods’ Eye Stick Weaving Origami Multi-Layered Star |
25A 25B 26A 26B |
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Computer Graphics |
Lesson on Adobe Illustrator. Activity creating three vector and filtered images using Adobe Illustrator. Submit for evaluation. |
Adobe Illustrator Computer Graphic Images |
25A 25B 26A 26B |
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Drawing |
Drawing of the human figure lesson and activity. Submit picture for evaluation. Drawing of the human face lesson and activity. Submit for evaluation. |
Figure Drawing Face Drawing |
26A 26B |
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Independent Artwork |
Student’s Choice Artwork. Student selects subject matter and media to create an artwork on an independent basis. Submit for evaluation. |
Independent Student Artwork |
25A 26A 26A 27A 27B |