Middle School Students: I will be passing out Sketchbook information packets in class. This will be the only hard copy you will receive in an effort to go GREEN as a school community. So keep it in a safe place. Possibly securely attached to you sketchbook or in a school folder that you keep homework assignments. All middle school students are required to keep a sketchbook/visual diary during the school year. Students are expected to spend approximately 30 minutes on each assignment. The drawings should be done in pencil (unless otherwise assigned) and should be large enough to fill the page. Unless measuring is involved, students are asked not to use a ruler. Each trimester is graded with emphasis being put on the student's effort. Grades 5-5: Go to my teacher Home Page and click on the icon of a camera labeled Sketch Book. You will find a copy of Sketchbook Information that I will pass out in class and is for all middle school students 5-8. The only link, labled Sketchbook Assignments are for grades 6-8 only. Your sketchbook assignments are on this page. Grades 6-8: Go to my teacher Home Page and click on the icon of a camera labeled Sketch Book. You will find a copy of the sketchbook assignments and pictures that I passed out in class. These sketchbook assignments are for grades 6-8 only! Grade 5 Sketchbook Assignments for Trimester One. 1. Lie on the floor, draw what is at eye level. 2. Draw and objdect that is it by a candle. 3. Draw an apple, pear, bannana or any 3 fruits or vegetables you have in your house. 4. Look out your bedroom window, draw what you see. 5. Crumple a magazine ad, draw it.(colored pencils) 6. Make a drawing that looks sticky. 7. Draw a chair.