In the Advanced class, students work at a vastly different paces from one another. Some students may take 3-4 weeks on a particular assignment. Do not be alarmed if your student in not caught up to the current lesson. The advanced student typically works slower and some students are very meticulous. Extended time on assignments is often granted.
As the semester continues, we may deviate from group lessons, and students will explore the assignments in the order them wish. For the start of the year we will work together on the first few assignments.
Lessons are subject to change if I feel a change is in the best interest of the class.
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Week 1-2
Free Choice Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a well crafted ceramic work of choice, based off of the design principles and prior knowledge. Requirements: Challenging enough for an Advanced Ceramics student, but open enough to allow you to create something "fun" and slightly less demanding as the other assignments on the list. |
SEMESTER TWO
Weeks 16-17
WRAP UP
Students at this point are at various stages in different projects. Some are done with their DIA works and have moved on to Free Choice, but some have not started the DIA Project yet. The DIA Project will fall on the Second Semester gradebook, since not everyone has completed it yet.
WRAP UP
Students at this point are at various stages in different projects. Some are done with their DIA works and have moved on to Free Choice, but some have not started the DIA Project yet. The DIA Project will fall on the Second Semester gradebook, since not everyone has completed it yet.
Weeks 10-12
Sculpt a Metaphor Learning Goal: Students will be able to sculpt out of clay a metaphor of their choice. A metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. Examples of metaphors:
Discuss your ideas with your friends. Come to me with your idea. |
Week 7-9
Free Choice Learning Goal: Students will be able to create a well crafted ceramic work of choice, based off of the design principles and prior knowledge. Requirements: Challenging enough for an Advanced Ceramics student, but open enough to allow you to create something "fun" and slightly less demanding as the other assignments on the list. |
Week 4-6 - Underglaze Assignment
Learning Goal: Using the principles of design, the students will be able to apply a unique, creative & detailed underglaze design to a self created pottery.
Requirements: The ceramic shape must be more challenging than what you would have made in Ceramics 1.
Also, the student must challenge themselves to create a more sophisticated underglaze painting than would have been created in year 1.
Reference the Principles of Design and Elements of Art
Learning Goal: Using the principles of design, the students will be able to apply a unique, creative & detailed underglaze design to a self created pottery.
Requirements: The ceramic shape must be more challenging than what you would have made in Ceramics 1.
Also, the student must challenge themselves to create a more sophisticated underglaze painting than would have been created in year 1.
Reference the Principles of Design and Elements of Art