Chappell.Hardy.Trudeau improv, Shreveport / photos Cassie Tobin Chappell
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1. Preparing students to excel in college via written composition, vocab and arts background.
2. Enhancing the skill of evaluative, descriptive writing. There will be an emphasis on critical reviews (examples at rottentomatoes.com) and comparison essays.
3. Transmitting the canon of basic Western art history and vocab.
4. Participation in arts experiences.
5. Presentations to the class via mixed media.
Homework in advance of every class:
Read This web site.
Brief quiz questions will be designed to keep your reading current (3 - 5 pts).
This site will function as the textbook. My entries are typically based on citations from Wikipedia, the NY Times, World Book, Newsweek & Time, museum sites and numerous books, both from my personal and public libraries.
You should find attribution with each entry. And I will expect you to document All of your work for this class, too.
Notebook
Since I illustrate all the notes delivered in class lectures, a sketchbook would be appropriate for the notebook in this class. You see, despite your level of fluency in drawing, I will expect you to do much in copying the illustrations.
Additional points may be earned by students who capture the notes and other work in an artful and colorful sketch book.
Use of color, collage, photography and non-traditional media (watercolor, 3-D paper, etc) are encouraged in notes and projects.
Questions will be quickly attended to at trudeau11@gmail.com.
Fees
Field trip costs must be born by parents and students. Our basic trips will be to Norton, Meadows and La State museums and to Artspace. I will collect a $10 fee prior to our first sortie - in September.
Testing and project schedule
- One multiple choice, open notes quiz per unit or every 3 weeks (about 15 pts).
- One 300-word essay - using class guidelines - in each period (about 15 pts).
- One mixed media presentation in each period (15 pts).
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