Curriculum
Curriculum Guide
Westosha Art CBL - GANAG Curriculum Template
Beginning of Lesson
The Big Idea:
___ Engaging and relevant (ex: Identity, Sustainability, Creativity, Positivity...)
Essential Question:
___ Reflects personal interests and the needs of our community.
Introduction Overview:
___ Frame the relevance & urgency of the Idea & Essential Question to identify a challenge
The Challenge:
___ A call to action derived out of the Essential Question.
Team Formation & Collaboration
___ Utilize member skills, define roles & collaborative space for effective productivity
Guiding Questions
___ Directs & focuses research & represents the knowledge needed to meet the challenge.
As a Student, I want to know...
ACCESS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Entry Event
___ Cue and prompt: (predict, hypothesize, brainstorm, summarize, score, survey...)
As a Student I will...
Goals
___ Identify grade-level curriculum standards: (Content Standard)
___ Identify knowledge & skills: (Achievement Standard)
Content Standards:
As a student I will know...
As a student I will be able to...
Assessment
___ Determine ways to evaluate the processes (formative)
(Quiz, Journal, Outline Drafts, Prototypes, Checklists, Status Updates, Discussions)
___ Determine ways to evaluate the solutions (summative)
(Rubrics, Test, Peer/Self Evaluation, Surveys, Discussions, Reflections)
Middle of Lesson
NEW INFORMATION ACQUISITION
Taxonomy of Thinking:
Marzano’s Dimensions of Learning
Costa & Kallick’s 16 Habits of Mind
The National Visual Arts Standards
Guiding Resources:
Declarative Knowledge (Information)
___ Gather: (read, listen, view, touch, experience)
As a student I will...
___ Organize: (take notes, fill out form, use graphic organizer)
As a student I will...
Procedural Knowledge (Skills)
___ Gather: (read steps, listen to steps, view demonstration, experience)
As a student I will...
___ Practice: (shape, modify, repeat to automaticity)
As a student I will...
APPLY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Guiding Activities & Solution Development and Implementation:
___ Apply high-order thinking: (make decisions, compare, analyze, solve problems)
As a student I will...
___ Apply procedures strategically: (instruct, present, create, perform, test)
As a student I will...
End of Lesson
GENERALIZE LEARNING & GOALS
Assess, document, reflect & publish
___ Assess Goals: (review, summarize, evaluate, critique, display, share, publish)
Did I meet the challenge? As a student I will...
___ Assess Character: (reflect, journal, life-skills rubric)
Did I contribute? As a student I will...
Assessments and Grading:
Grading Buckets
Course activities are classified into categories focused on the targeted learning of the course.
Each category is weighted and contributes to the overall achievement grade.
The course’s weighted grading categories are:
Content Remembering & Understanding (20%)
- Define & Translate Terminology
- Recall & Discuss Significant Information
- Illustrate & Demonstrate Definitions
- Explain & Apply Technical Methods
Image Evaluation & Analysis (30%)
- Art Criticism (Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Evaluate)
- Art Critique (Appraise, Compare, Contrast, Improve)
- Reflective Assessment
- Artist’s Statement & Album Description
Image Creation (50%)
- Development of Concepts & Solutions
- Application of Materials & Techniques
- Aesthetics of Design & Composition
- Construction, Assembly & Production of Works of Art
Course Grades
You will earn an Achievement Grade and a Life Skill grade for this course.
Achievement Grade
Achievement grades, based on summative assessments, require you to demonstrate your understanding of the learning goals. A summative assessment occurs after you have had the opportunity to practice, receive explicit feedback, and correct errors in learning or thinking.
Formative assessments are practice opportunities that allow you to refine your understanding of new knowledge and skills without penalty. They occur during the learning process, provide you with specific feedback to inform your learning and provide teachers with feedback to improve instruction. Formative assessments will not count toward the achievement grade.
Life Skill Grade
The Life Skills grade will be assessed using the universal rubric below.
Life skills will be recorded weekly.
Opportunities for Reassessment
All assessments may be resubmitted until one week prior to the end of the grading period.
Extra Credit is Not Allowed
You have the opportunity to improve your academic achievement through reassessment options.
Non-Negotiable Assessments
All Image Creation Projects are considered non-negotiable assessments in this course and must be completed to pass the class despite your grade average..
Missing Work
Missing work for any reason will be recorded as “Missing”, which calculates to a 0%.
Absences
If you are absent from school, you shall be permitted to make up course work and examinations when you return to school. It is your responsibility to contact your instructor to determine what course work and examinations must be made up. Instructors shall have the discretion to assign substitute course work and examinations, as well as to specify where and when examinations and course work shall be completed. The time for completing the work shall be equal to the length of the absence, unless extended by an administrator based upon extenuating circumstances.
Self-Monitoring
You are encouraged to review your grades regularly in Infinite Campus and check your email daily. If there is a discrepancy in a recorded grade, please communicate with the teacher.
Copyright Issues
All your artwork must be original. If you use an other's work or a published image as a basis for your own works, there must be significant alteration to the work for it to be considered original.
Required Course Materials
Sketchbook
Creating Devices: Pencil, Pen, Camera, Video Recorder
Editing Devices: Eraser, Editing Apps/Software
Sharing Devices: Internet access
Classroom Procedures
Entering the room
Enter exhibiting proper public etiquette and prepared to learn.
Leaving the room
Inform the instructor of your intentions.
Use the proper pass.
Thoroughly clean up your areas, materials and tools.
Westosha's Equal Interval Grading Scale
