8TH GRADE ART UNIT PLANS – 12 WEEKS

WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

PROCEDURES & PROCEDURES QUIZ

GET ACQUAINTED GAME

INTRODUCE, DISCUSS & REFLECT ON GUIDING QUESTIONS:

“Why Create Art?”  “What Makes an Artist an Artist?”

and “How Am I Becoming More of an Artist?”

3D VS 2D DRAWING

OVERLAPPING – GEOMETRIC OR LANDSCAPE

SHADING WITH PEN, MARKER, PENCIL

DRAWING

REVIEW POTTERY UNIT/TERMS/RUBRIC/QUIZ

BEGIN POTTERY – GLAZING

(2-3 pieces each, choice of coil, slab, pinch pot, sculpture, wheel)

(Trimester 2 students will do Sculpey/Fimo clay project instead of one piece)

8TH GRADE ART JOUNALS

ELEMENTS OF ART/PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

WATERCOLOR & ACRYLIC REVIEW (Using Graphic Organizer)

CREATING COLORS/TECHNIQUES

PAINTING (including Georgia O’Keefe style and Poetry)

TRIMESTER 2: STUDENTS CHOSEN TO PAINT ON WINDOWS

AFRICAN ROBES

NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN – YUCCA/STONE

STUDY AUTHENTIC DESIGNS/RECREATE

3D WIRE SCULPTURE

STUDY ARTWORK AND LEARN ABOUT FAMOUS ARTISTS

DUPLICATE ARTWORK OR PIECE WITH SIMILAR TECHNIQUE

SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITH CLASS THROUGH SKIT, ORAL REPORT, GAME SHOW, ETC.  (work in small groups)

GUEST ARTIST

ART SHOW