Students focus on exploration and process.
The end product is the souvenir from their journey.
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| Leah Boyle |
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| Leah Boyle |
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| Branna Sundy |
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| Liv Drey |
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| Analisa Pauline |
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| Kayla Nuti |
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Learn: terms and concepts: rhythm, pattern and pattern terms, motif, shapes vs. forms, synthesis
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x1
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Explore and gather evidence: photography (this is one of those cases where looking through the viewfinder actually makes the students see more!)
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x30+
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Day
2
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Identify and indicate: digital drawing over the photograph to recognize and mark the pattern
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x20
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Day
3
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Modify/enhance: remove the photographic layer and add new elements that maintain the original patterns
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x10
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Day
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Synthesize: Create transparencies of the drawings and stack them in groups of 3 making complex results, modify as necessary to unify
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x3
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Modify/declutter: Repeatedly subtract a minor element from the field to strengthen the patterning
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x3
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Day
5
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Identify and indicate: using a different color, mark the repeating motif
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x3
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Convert: Reimagine the motif as a form and draw it
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x3
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Day
6
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Learn: what is a prototype? What it is role? What can it be?
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x1
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Build: create a sculptural prototype of the motif with cardboard and tape
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x2
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Self-assess: complete rubric and end of unit evaluation
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x1
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