A new favorite project of mine! Doing these sign language self portraits has been on of the best portfolio creation projects I have tried out so far! Every 9 weeks I get a new set of 7th graders, it's fun to learn a little about them through their portfolio covers, which hold their work for the quarter.
Each student was asked to learn their first and last initials in sign language. Then brainstorm a list of 10 things about them. I asked them to incorporate drawing with text. The outcome was very elaborate, and quite cute! This is a GREAT way to learn a little about them personally, as well as discover the skill level they are starting out with. During this lesson I had students with previous sign language skills introduce phrases and terms to the class. We started each class day learning one new phrase or a few words. Some students even took on looking up a phrase to learn and then teach! It was a very fun way to get to know my new 7th grade class.
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One of the best ways to take out the fear of drawing portraits, is to lend students a good point to start out. I find that these half and half portraits always come out AMAZING. The student has an image to look directly from, an image to match it up with, and values to use as a comparison. Although we will work our way to full portraits, this gives them confidence in drawing and is a fun way to draw people of interest. All works are from grade 9 and 10. More to come.
7th grade is getting excited for Halloween with our "SCAREDY PUMPKINS." Talking about emotion and reaction in class, we created festive pumpkins that show A LOT of emotion. This is a lesson I worked on while a substitute was here. It was based on a lesson created by Claudia Loubier. In this lesson we focused on multimedia and how various materials interact with each other. The students got VERY in to creating names for their pumpkin friends and really creating an image for their personality.
Today I decided to share more current work that is going on in my classroom! We are always doing current and relevant activities to keep the students engaged. Two of my favorite short activities have been with my high school photography class and my 7th graders.
Digital did a one day assignment focusing on perspective! What better way to learn about perspective than goofy pictures of ourselves involving our favorite books. #bookfacefriday is trending and we are in to it! Each student picked a book that they could complete the image to. The focus was on depth of field, angles, and creativity. The project was inspired by the librarian at our school from the website below. •http://www.literaryhoots.com/2016/07/bookface-friday-in-library.html |
AuthorHaley Rice. 7-12 art educator. Archives
April 2018
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