COURSE GUIDE / SYLLABUS

by Marty J. Reep

Student’s Name: Course Title: ART DISCOVERY, Sem Class

Meeting Day & Time:

Note: Specific
17 school weeks in Semester 1 Resources: Title: Scholastic Art
19 school weeks in Semester 2 ISBN: multiple
Publisher: Scholastic, 2001-2008
1 subject per week, on average Handouts: Magazines with questions
Web site: scholastic.com
Updated 8/14/2009
Methods of Evaluation: Each class assignment is equal to five (5) hours of work. Five semester credits will be earned upon successful
completion of all the course assignments, as contracted.
Objectives: All objectives for assignments can be referenced in each district-adopted curriculum/textbook.
Methods of Study: Assignments can include reading of text, writing, discussion, experimentation, observation, research, and hands-on projects.
EVALUATED BY:
Assign- PROGRESS EVALUATION /
ment ASSIGNMENTS COMMENTS / GRADE
(TEACHER’S INITIALS
OR SIGNATURE)

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Leonardo da

Vinci: Working With Line.”
 Do handout on “Leonardo da Vinci: Working With Line.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
1
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Annie Leibovitz:

Working With Composition.”
 Do handout on “Annie Leibovitz: Working With
Composition.”
2 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

Method of Reporting: To the best of my knowledge and Date of Completion:

belief, this report has been kept as required by law and in
accordance with the instructions of the Superintendent of Grade for Course:
Public Instruction.
Credits Earned: 5 / 5 Semester Units

Supervising Teacher

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Semester Class, only
Weekly Assignments

EVALUATED BY:
Assign- PROGRESS EVALUATION /
ment ASSIGNMENTS COMMENTS / GRADE
(TEACHER’S INITIALS
OR SIGNATURE)

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “The Wyeth

Family: Working With Composition.”
 Do handout on “The Wyeth Family: Working With
3 Composition.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Salvador Dali:

Working With Space.”
 Do handout on “Salvador Dali: Working With Space.”
4 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Jackson Pollock:

Working With Abstraction.”
 Do handout on “Jackson Pollock: Working With
5 Abstraction.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Wayne Thiebaud:

Working With Composition.”
 Do handout on “Wayne Thiebaud: Working With
Composition.”
6
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Working With

Monumental Sculpture.”
 Do handout on “Working With Monumental Sculpture.”
7 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

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Semester Class, only
Weekly Assignments

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Mexican

Muralists: Working With Narrative Art.”
 Do handout on “Mexican Muralists: Working With Narrative
8 Art.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Harlem

Rennaissance: Working With Pattern.”
 Do handout on “Harlem Rennaissance: Working With
9 Pattern.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Helen

Frankenthaler: Working With Abstraction.”
 Do handout on “Helen Frankenthaler: Working With
10 Abstraction.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Modern Native

American Artists: Working With Juxtaposition.”
 Do handout on “Modern Native American Artists: Working
11 With Juxtaposition.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Six-Weeks’ Test on material covered in 2nd Six-Weeks

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Women Sulptors,

Today: Working With Volume.”
 Do handout on “Women Sculptors, Today: Working With
12
Volume.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

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Semester Class, only
Weekly Assignments

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Jasper Johns:

Working With Symbols.”
 Do handout on “Jasper Johns: Working With Symbols.”
13 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Gustav Klimt:

Working With Pattern.”
 Do handout on “Gustav Klimt: Working With Pattern.”
14 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Thomas Hart

Benton: Working With Composition.”
 Do handout on “Thomas Hart Benton: Working With
15 Composition.”
o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 Read through Scholastic Art magazine on “Frank Gehry:

Working With Form”
 Do handout on “Frank Gehry: Working With Form”
16 o Write your answers on a separate paper.
 Return handout and magazine (part of your grade for this
assignment)

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

17 Review for Exam

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

18 Review for Exam

Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

 SEMESTER EXAM
19
Date Assigned: Date Due: 100

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