Course Outline 2014-2015

Sandra Lewis
Discovery of Art/ Grade 9
Q1/3 Unit 1: The World o !rt
Lesson one:
The Lan"ua"e o !rt
Learnin" "oal:
Students will re#o"ni$e that %isual art is an alternate or&
o #o&&uni#ation '( #o&)arin" it to s)ea*in" and writin"+
and that the ele&ents and )rin#i)les o art are e,ui%alent to
words and "ra&&ar in written and s)o*en #o&&uni#ation-
Lesson two:
Learnin" "oal:
Students will 'e a'le to identi( and des#ri'e the 3 'asi#
)ro)erties o a wor* o art-
Lesson three:
Learnin" "oal:
Students will 'e a'le to list and #lassi( the inor&ation
in#luded in the #redit lines o artwor*-
Unit 2: The .le&ents o !rt
Learnin" "oals:
Students will 'e a'le to des#ri'e and deine the se%en ele&ents o art and
"i%e e/a&)les o how the( #an 'e used in artwor*- This will in#lude
ho&ewor* su#h as sear#hin" throu"h &a"a$ines or ad%ertisin" desi"n
that relies on stron" use o the ele&ents to )ro&ote )rodu#ts-
Unit 3: The 0rin#i)les o !rt
Learnin" "oals:
Students will 'e a'le to deine the )rin#i)les and des#ri'e their role as a
&eans or or"ani$in" the ele&ents to #reate uniied artwor*- 1ands-on
)ro2e#ts will in#lude C3 #o%ers and ound &aterial #olla"es illustratin"
the )rin#i)les o art-
Unit 4: !rt Criti#is& and !estheti# 4ud"&ent
Lesson 1:
Learnin" "oal:
Students will 'e a'le to e/)lain the )ur)ose o art #riti#is&-
Lesson 2:
Learnin" "oal:
Students will 'e a'le to )eror& the ste)s o the art #riti#is&
)ro#ess as the( #riti,ue %arious e/a&)les o artwor*-
Lesson 3:
Learnin" "oal:
Students will e%aluate the su##ess o artwor* a##ordin" to the three
aestheti# theories o 5&itationalis&+ 6or&alis& and .&otionalis&-
Q2 /4 7asi# 3rawin"
Lesson 1:
Learnin" "oals:
Students will #reate 3 re#ord drawin"s to de&onstrate their
#urrents le%el o drawin" s*ills '( drawin" a wooden des* #hair+ a
a#e ro& &e&or(+ and their own hand in an interestin" )ose-
Lesson 2:
Learnin" "oals:
Students will reine their drawin" s*ills '( #o&)letin" a series o
o'ser%ation e/er#ises in#ludin" u)side-down drawin"s+ "rid
drawin"s+ ne"ati%e s)a#e drawin"s+ )ure #ontour drawin"s and 80-
10 #ontour drawin"s-
Lesson 3+et#-
Learnin" "oals:
Students will #ontinue to reine their drawin" s*ills as the( #reate
drawin"s o a %ariet( o o'2e#ts 'oth in #lass and or ho&ewor* in
their s*et#h'oo*s- These will in#lude su#h ite&s as shoes+ )urses+
2ewelr(+ #oats+ )lants+ a))lian#es+ sna#* ood+ their wor*s)a#e+ a
%iew throu"h a window+ et#-
Lesson 4:
Learnin" "oals:
Students will #reate &ore or&al drawin"s- Se%eral e/a&)les
in#lude )ositionin" their hands a##ordin" to the si"n lan"ua"e
al)ha'et and then drawin" the&+ drawin" stued ani&als usin"
'oth "ra)hite as well as #har#oal )en#ils+ and 4translatin" #olor
)i#tures o ani&als into #har#oal drawin"s-