VAUGHAN SECONDARY SCHOOL VISUAL ART DEPARTMENT
This course emphasizes learning through practice; building on what students know and introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic thinking and experimentation. Student learning will include the refined application of the elements and principles of design, while incorporating the creative and design processes. Students will also learn about the connections between works of art and their historical contexts. There is an Enhancement Kit of art supplies available to students, for an enriched learning experience.
As per ministry requirements the final grade for this course will be broken down as follows:
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Summative activities conducted throughout the course 70%
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Final culminating activity 30%
These two areas will be broken down as follows:
Knowledge/Understanding
Thinking/Inquiry
20%
20%
Communication
Application
20%
40%
Students will also be assessed as per ministry requirements on learning skills, which include independent work, teamwork, organization, work habits/homework and initiative. These skills will be assessed separately based on the expectations outlined on the attached rubric.
The course will use technology in two primary ways. It will be used as a tool for teaching art history. The students will also be able to use technology as an artistic tool of self-expression.
Assessment and Evaluation
All work submitted in this course will be assessed and evaluated using the standards set by the Ontario Ministry of Education.
Provincial Standards of Achievement Chart:
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Summative assessments form the basis of your mid-term mark and 70% of your final mark.
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Level/
Grade
Level 4 Very high to outstanding level of
80-100%
Achievement achievement. Above provincial standards.
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Only those summative tasks which have been successfully completed will be included in the calculation
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Summative tasks submitted after their assigned deadline WILL NOT be included in the calculation UNLESS PRIOR
Level 3
70-79%
Level 2
60-69%
Level 1
50-59%
Below
50%
High level of achievement. At the provincial level.
Moderate level of achievement. Below, but approaching, the provincial standard
Passable level of achievement. Below the provincial standard
Insufficient achievement of curriculum expectations. Credit will not be granted.
CONSULTATION WITH THE TEACHER
HAS OCCURRED WITH APPROVAL
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The number of summative assessments included in the calculation will determine the maximum level of achievement
Formative Assessment: Within each unit students will be assigned a number of tasks where they will receive direct feedback on their progress and learning.
These tasks and the resulting feedback are designed to improve student learning and to provide a foundation for the successful completion of the summative tasks assigned in each unit.
Summative Assessment : Within each unit there will be at least one summative assessment task that incorporates the knowledge and skills learned throughout the unit. These summative assessments form the basis of your mid-term mark and 70% of the final mark. Summative tasks are evaluated using one or more of the achievement chart categories.
Unit 1: Drawing
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Elements and Principles of Art
Review
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Reinforcement of drawing techniques: e.g. value, perspective, line
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Portfolio Design
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Perspective Drawing
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Value Ink Drawing
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Introduction to Sketchbook for use throughout each unit
Unit 2: Painting
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Study of Watercolour on
Paper
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Study of Acrylic on Canvas
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Analysis of Painting from different cultures
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Review of Art Terms
Unit 3: Printmaking
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Introduction to Intaglio printmaking
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Analysis of historic printmakers
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Design Process
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Creation of Intaglio Prints
Unit 4 Sculpture
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Introduction to methods of plaster sculpture creation
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Design Process
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Plaster Sculpture creation
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Oral Review of Art terms
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Canadian Aboriginal Themes
Unit 5 Culminating Assignment:
(final summative 30 % of total mark)
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Written Analysis of Mixed
Media in Art History
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Creation of Mixed Media artwork
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Iconic Celebrity Portraits
Portfolio: (70%-used to accumulate all summative tasks that students complete during the course)
Visual Arts Notebook
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To be used throughout course
Resources
1. Brommer, G. Discovering Art
History. Davis Publications,
Inc.Massachusetts. 1997
2. Mittler, G. Art In Focus.
Glencoe/McGraw: USA. 2000
3. Various art visuals e.g. slides, power point presentations, posters
3. Various art materials
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Unit 1:
Drawing
KU TI C A
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Art Vocabulary
Contour Gesture Drawing
Gray Scales in Pencil
Value Scales in Ink
Grade 10, Open (AVI2O)
NAME: _________________
1.
Summative Task
Portfolio Design
2.
Summative Task
Perspective Drawing
3.
Summative Task
Value Ink Drawing
Unit 4:
Sculpture
KU TI C
Unit 2:
Painting
KU TI C A
8.
Summative Task
Sketchbook
(Used Throughout Units)
Clay Sculpture creation
A
KU TI C A
4.
Summative Task
Study of Watercolour on
Paper
5.
Unit Summative Task
Study of Acrylic on Canvas Unit 5:
Culminating Assignment
KU TI C A
Unit 3:
Printmaking
KU TI C A
6.
Summative Task
Design Process
7.
Unit Summative Task 6:
Creation of Intaglio Prints
Final Summative Task
Research Report
Painted Paper Mache Sculpture
Oral Presentation of Research
Based Painted Sculpture
(5 min.)
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