Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School
BOYCP is a public high school in Chicago with IB MYP and DP programs. I was placed as a student teacher in Sculpture 1 and 2 classes (IB MYP) for 2017-18 academic year. Below are the two major unit projects I taught at the school.
Sculpture 1 (G9&10): Memorial Sculpture
Central Idea: To create a subtractive memorial sculpture as a way to acknowledging one's feeling of loss while remembering the subject of loss
MYP Criterion Objectives:
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the art form studied, including concepts, processes, and the use of subject-specific terminology
Criterion B: Developing skills
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Demonstrate the acquisition and development of the skills and techniques of the art form studied
Criterion C: Thinking Creatively
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Develop a feasible, clear, imaginative and coherent artistic intention
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Demonstrate a range and depth of creative-thinking behaviors
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Demonstrate the exploration of ideas to shape artistic intention through to a point of realization
Criterion D: Responding
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Create an artistic response, which intends to reflect or impact the world around them
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Critique the artwork of self and others
Sculpture 2 (G10&11): Anxiety
Central Idea: To translate one's feelings and thoughts on anxiety into a 3D form using Model Magic clay and acrylic paint
Objectives:
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Students will generate collective lists of words and phrases about feelings and thoughts related to anxiety. (SE:2A.4a)
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Students will experiment with Model Magic and acrylic paints to make sculptures about anxiety or related thoughts and feelings. (VA:Cr1.1.Ia)
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Students will translate the feeling of anxiousness and related ideas into 2D drawing and to 3-D form. (VA:Re7.2.Ia)