FINAL EXAM ESSAY – ART CLASS

STUDENT NAME: _______________________________ BLOCK: ______ DATE: ________________

SHORT ESSAY – 5 PARAGRAPHS EACH PARAGRAPH IS WORTH 20 POINTS. WRITE AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES
IN EACH PARAGRAPH, FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 25 SENTENCES.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Describe your overall experience in the class this semester. What did you expect? Have you taken
another of my classes? How was this one in comparison? What drove you to enroll in this course? What
were your expectations? What was the reality? What are some of the more memorable assignments
from this year? Why did they stand out to you? Describe your favorite project. What was it about? What
did you have to do? How difficult was it? Do you feel like you were successful? If you haven’t been doing
well in the course, tell me why you think that is. Honesty can take us a long way in this life. What skills
have you acquired during this course? Has your vocabulary expanded at all? Talk about the art critique
assignments we’ve done. Which is your favorite? Can you remember the name of the piece, the artist’s
name, their intent with their work, or the elements of art and principles of design that were used in the
piece? What was your interpretation of the work? Do you feel like you’ve grown at all as an artist during
our time together? What recommendations do have for students who will be taking the course next
year? What do you think can be done to improve the class? Should there be an adjustment to our pacing
or our workload? Why do you think these changes would benefit us?

INTRODUCTION:

The goal of your introduction is to let your reader know what they can expect from your paper.

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BODY:

This is where you discuss your main idea as stated in the introduction.

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CONCLUSION:

A conclusion works to remind your reader of the main points of your paper and summarizes what you
want your reader to “take away” from your discussion.

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