Art Appointment Passes

Bogged down in my work sample and getting nervous for comprehensive exams, but I thought I'd update this blog and post something small but useful: art appointment passes. These ensure that your students won't forget if they need to come to your room and it lets other teachers know whats going on. I always hate it when students say they need to go to someone's room, but I'm never sure if they really are going there are just skipping and I never have other teacher's numbers. Anyway, these can be easily modified into art hall passes too. In order to save trees you could even laminate them! You know you're an organizational freak when you're excited to laminate and label...

Art Appointment Pass

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Work Sample Lessons

I realized after looking at my last post that it isn't that useful unless you are writing a work sample. So for all those teachers out there that just need some good lesson plans I'm giving you just the part of my work sample is actually taught in the classroom. All the lesson plans, handouts, tests, and slide shows. If you're looking for an interesting way to teach color and line this unit might be a good fit.

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Goals and Objectives
Lesson Plans
Handouts
Pretest
Posttest
Rubrics
References
Slide Shows
History of Graffiti
Line Examples
Color Examples
Test Graffiti Slides

Work Samples

Today I thought I'd ask for comments and suggestions on work samples from those of you that haven't blocked them out due to painful memories of assessment analysis and goals and objectives. I'm preparing to start my second (and biggest) work sample and would love any suggestions that people could give me about art work samples. So many of professors can't help me because they aren't familiar with my subject. Any advice you guys could give me on structure, tests, time management, or something you discovered along the way would be great. I have an idea for my next work sample but I just don't know how it will all turn out. I'm worried about the outcome of this work sample a little more than the first. Do you have any horror stories about work samples you'd like to share as well? I don't know if anyone is actually reading this thing yet, but I'd love to hear from anyone who is and has a work sample story. I've included a condensed version of my first work sample on graffiti art, line and color. It's kinda boring, like most work samples are, but I thought it might help anyone out there needing examples of how an art work sample could be put together. Hope it helps a little!

Graffiti Art Work Sample

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Visual Art Rubric

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything because I got busy with grading, then with the flu. Just a little reminder to all the teachers out there that the flu shot takes less time and is less painful than the actual flu. I guess they even come in a nasal mist now (no needles!). Anyway, thought I'd quickly post something that has saved me lots of time so far: my complete visual art rubric. I use it to grade just about every project at the high school because effort, craftsmanship, composition, creativity, and use of medium are important in any project. At the beginning of the year I went over the whole rubric with the class so they knew exactly how they'd be graded. Right now it's out of 20 to match my mentor teacher's system, but can be altered for what you need. I don't have the actual word document anymore so it's a jpeg, but if you needed to make any changes it's pretty easy to retype. When I have more time I might redo it myself in case I wanted to change anything. It's been really efficient having one grading sheet to worry about (and try to find next year) instead of boxes full, and the students get used to it and learn what the different areas mean more in depth. Hope it saves you some time!

Visual Art Rubric

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