Unit Title:

A Completed Portfolio Assessment

Content Area: Art 4 or Senior

Grade: 12

Duration: Weeks

Standards and Benchmarks:

Objectives:

Students work demonstrates excellence in craftsmanship, originality and imagination.  Completed works will include two or more principles of design. Start new projects depicting a place and or culture of Louisiana. Student will provide (their own resources of) photos or images depicting their choice of subject, and choice of media mutually agreed upon by student and teacher. 

Resources and Materials:

Guided handouts; portfolio and all classroom and personal resource. 16 or more works of art.

Differentiation:

Student’s selection of appropriate materials with individual and assisted help. .Students have chosen to complete Louisiana project outside of class as independent work.

Preparing Students for the Lesson:

·        Transitions

·        Expected behaviors

Student shows reflective ability to critique artworks of other’s and his or her owns.  Student will uses vocabulary correctly and demonstrates thorough understanding.

Assessment:

All elements of portfolio are completed and included. The portfolio is neat , very well organized, and labled. 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

Each student is currently working on independent project.

Work in progress Painting 2

Charcoal 1

Work in progress

Work in progress

Critique progress of current work and portfolio.

Week 2

Work in progress still life; painting, and charcoal drawing

Work in progress independent project.

Checking Work in progress independent project.

Work in progress independent project.

Critique Work Checking (progress 1) 9 week project

Week 3

Final week for current project in progress… still life; painting, and charcoal drawing

Work in progress independent project… checking for accuracy

Checking Work for detail of still life in progress an independent project.

Work in progress independent project.

Final Critique of current project.

Week 4

95 % completion of current project.

All current projects must be completed today. 

Discuss choice of subject and choice of media for next project.

 Start project reflecting culture and or place in Louisiana

Work in progress.
Critique (progress 2) 9 week project. 

Week 5

Students will Start charcoal drawing 3 Oil pastels drawing 1

Work in progress

Checking composition of charcoal drawing. Checking technique using oil pastels.

Work in progress

Critique Work in progress. Oil pastel.

Start self portrait (1)

Week 6

Work in progress

Self portrait.

Pastel drawing.

Work in progress

Self portrait.

Pastel drawing.

Checking Work in progress

Self portrait.

Pastel drawing.

Work in progress

Self portrait.

Pastel drawing.

Critique; all current projects must be completed. Checking (progress 3) 9 week project.