Visual Arts-AVI3M

Course Prerequisite

Visual Arts, Grade 9 or 10, Open

Description

This course enables students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts. Students will use the creative process to explore a wide range of themes through studio work that may include drawing, painting, sculpting, and printmaking, as well as the creation of collage, multimedia works, and works using emerging technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process when evaluating their own work and the work of others. The course may be delivered as a comprehensive program or through a program focused on a particular art form (e.g., photography, video, computer graphics, and information design).  

Course Info

Course Outline & Units

Unit Order

Unit Name

Suggested Time

Unit 1

Art Theory and Graffiti Art:  

students will

  • Engage in personal reflection on creativity and art production.  
  • Solve visual and conceptual problems through exercises in creativity.  
  • Use appropriate art terminology in their oral and written work.  
  • Understand and explain how the elements and principles of design are reflected in a specific work.  
  • Learn about Graffiti art and its impact in society and politics.
14 hours
Unit 2

Drawing:  

Student will  

  • Learn how to use a variety of drawing tools and materials effectively.  
  • Engage in studio activities to promote their ability to draw what they see.  
  • Understand sighting techniques rendering accurate proportion of the form.  
  • Explore techniques of drawing shadow and light using value and line.  
  • Practice their knowledge of composition and drawing techniques through the production of a large composite drawing
22 hours
Unit 3

Water Colour:  

The students will 

  • Learn the review of color scheme 
  • Learn about landscape and the perspective rules applied there. 
  • Explore the basics of water color and the rules for the technique 
  • Create a land scape piece through application of what they learned
15 hours
Unit 4

Surrealism and Hand:  

The students will 

  • Learn about the history of the surrealism and famous artists such as Salvador Dali or Rene Magritte and … 
  • Review the basics and rules of Surrealism 
  • Practice drawing the hand and its anatomy 
  • Explore all these in creating a drawing piece in which the hand drawing is involved
22 hours
Unit 5

Acrylic Painting: 

The students will  

  • Learn basic studio safety practices as well as proper maintenance of art tools.  
  • Produce accurate examples of basic colour theory using acrylic paint.  
  • Explore techniques of painting using acrylic paint.  
  • Demonstrate an understanding of chromatic colours through the creation of realistic painting.  
  • Practice their knowledge of composition and colour through the production of painting on canvas and in Chalk pastel.
27 hours
Final Evaluation 30%

Final Project

Final Exam 

8 hours

2 hours

Total 110 Hours
Learning Strategies

A wide variety of instructional strategies are used to provide learning opportunities to accommodate a variety of learning styles, interests and ability levels. These strategies include, but are not limited to:  

  • PPT/PDF Lessons   
  • Audio/Video Lectures  
  • YouTube / TedTalk/ Vimeo / Art21/Media Analysis  
  • Individual Presentations   
  • Independent Studies  
  • Learning Logs  
  • Discussions  
  • Directed Reading/ Thinking and Writing Activities  
  • Conferences   
  • Field Trip to Galleries and Museums
Course FAQ
The course duration is 110 hours, delivered in an online school format.  
Visual Arts, Grade 9 or 10, Open
The course fee is based on the selected option of Online Instructor-Class Credit For detailed information and pricing, please check our website.
Assessment & Resources

Purpose       

The primary purpose of assessment is to improve student learning. Assessment relates directly to the expectations for the course.   

A variety of assessments for and as learning are conducted on a regular basis to allow ample opportunities for students to improve and ultimately demonstrate their full range of learning and for the teacher to gather information to provide feedback. Assessment tasks relate to the success criteria set out in lesson plans. Success criteria allow students to see what quality looks like.   

Evaluation is the process of judging the quality of student work in relation to the achievement chart categories and criteria and assigning a percentage grade to represent that quality. Evaluation is based on gathering evidence of student achievement through:   

  • Products  
  • Observations  
  • Conversations  

Assessment for Learning – we provide feedback and coaching. Assessment FOR Learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for the use of learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to go there.   

Assessment as Learning – we help students monitor progress, set goals, reflect on their learning   

Assessment AS Learning is the process of the explicit fostering of students’ capacity over time to be their own best assessors, but teachers need to start by presenting and modeling external, structured opportunities for students to assess themselves.   

Assessment of Learning – we use assessments to provide evaluative statements about student achievement. Assessment OF Learning is the assessment that becomes public and results in statements of symbols   

(marks/grades/levels of achievement) about how well students are learning. It often contributes to pivotal decisions that will affect students’ future.   

ASSESSMENT TOOLS        

Assessment and evaluation in this course will be continuous throughout the term and will include a variety of methods.   
Assessment As Learning    Assessment For Learning    Assessment Of Learning   

Student Product:  

Learning Logs   

KWL Chart    

   

   

   

Student Product:  

Assigned Questions / Worksheet/ Homework    

Diagnostic Quiz    

Student Product:  

Unit Culminating Activities   

Unit Tests    

Independent Study Project    

Final Exam    

Observation:  

Self-Monitoring    

Observation:  

Group and Individual Presentation    

   

Observation:  

PowerPoint / Poster/ Media Presentation    

   

Conversation:  

Reflective Discussion and Online Communication    

Conversation:  

Student Teacher Conferences Q/A Session     

Online Communication    

   

Conversation:  

Student- Teacher Conferencing    

Resources  

  • Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools (2010)  

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growSuccess.pdf   

  • Adobe Photoshop (30-day free trial)   
  • Adobe Illustrator (30-day free trial)   
  • Adobe Edge (30-day free trial)  
  • iMovie (Mac only), Final Cut Pro X (or 7) (30-day free trial)  
  • MoMA Website. The Museum of Modern Art. >http://www.moma.org>
Course Final Grade & Report Card

Grading     

  • The final grade is based on performance in 3 areas: products, observations, conversations.  
  • 70% of the grade is based on evaluations conducted throughout the course.  
  • 30% is based on a final evaluation.  

Weighting of categories  

Knowledge/Understanding  Thinking/Inquiry  Communication  Application 
25%  25% 25%  25%
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Course Grade

Grade 11

Course Code

AVI3M

Course Category

Arts

Course Type

University/College Preparation

Course Delivery

Online

Course Duration

110h

Course Credit

1.00

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