AVI 101: Visual Arts, Grade 9, Open
Course Description
This course is exploratory in nature, offering an overview of visual arts as a foundation for further study. Students will become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials by using a range of media, processes, techniques, and styles. Students will use the creative and critical analysis processes and will interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.
Prerequisite: None
Summary of Units of Study:
|
Unit |
Title |
Design Theory:
The Visual Experience |
Media |
Timeline |
| 1 |
Drawing |
Chapter 4: Line
Chapter 5: Shape/Form |
|
Sept-Nov |
| 2 |
Sculpture
(Gardiner Museum) |
Chapter 8: Texture/Movement
Chapter 9: Analyzing What You See |
-
Wre Armature Sculpture
-
Clay Sculpture |
Dec |
| 3 |
Painting - Perspective |
Chapter 10: Design
Chapter 6: Value & Colour
Chapter 7: Space |
|
Jan-Feb |
| 4 |
Printmaking |
Chapter 18: Island of Time I |
|
Mar-Apr |
| 5 |
Culminating Activity |
Realistic/Collage/Abstract |
|
April-June |
Evaluation of Student Achievement
|
Course Evaluation |
|
|
1. Term Work
-
Summative Activities (Drawing, Printmaking, Painting etc.)
-
Journal Activities (Term 1, 2 & 3)
-
Quiz/Tests |
70% |
|
2. Culminating Activities
|
20%
10% |
|
Total |
100% |
|
Category Weighting for all Units |
Mark Breakdown |
|
] Knowledge/Understanding (i.e. Tests, quizzes, research etc.) |
20% |
|
] Thinking/Inquiry/Problem Solving (i.e. Sketches, journals, written assignments etc.) |
15% |
|
] Communication (i.e. written assignments, oral presentations etc.) |
15% |
|
] Application/Making Connections (Studio work) |
50% |
|
Total |
100% |
Textbooks:
- Hobbs, Jack and Richard Salome. The Visual Experience:Second Edition.Worchester, Mass: Davis Publications Inc., 1995. ISBN 87192-291-6
- Mittler, Gene A. Art in Focus. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe, 2000. ISBN 0-02-662271-8
- MacGregor, R.N., C.P.Hall, B.Bennett and A.Calvert. Canadian Art:Building a Heritage. Scarborough, ON: Prentice-Hall, 1987
Please Note:
- Textbooks can be signed out. If your assigned textbook is not returned, the amount of $107.00 will be collected.
Materials:
ª Sketchbook 11" x 14"– hard cover and coil bound
ª Kneaded Eraser
ª Set of Sketching pencils: HB - 8B
ª Watercolour Set (Curry’s/ Pentel Transparent Watercolor Set)
ª Watercolour Brushes: sizes: 2, 4, 6 & 8 (Curry's Series 2600 Brush)
ª Glue stick
ª Standard Ruler (metal ruler with cork backing)
ª Black fine point marker
ª Scissors