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1.278 Don’t forget, vocab quiz next Wednesday. Study guide: vocab study guide 125compatible

Cultural Arts Night Update: We need more participation!

Attention:  McClure students & your families

You are invited to join us in celebrating Cultural Arts Night!

When:  Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Where:  McClure Middle School

We need all families, students or groups of students who would like to present their country of origin, somewhere you have traveled to or a culture that you have studied to be a part of this great night!

 You can be as creative as you want to be!

 Cultural Arts Night will include:

• Table presentations with information about your country, artifacts, power point presentations, a skit, native dance, native sport, food samples or anything about your country that you would enjoy sharing with everyone
• Community outreach opportunities to support Must Ministries 
• Interactive learning stations
• Entertainment with our band & orchestra
• Student art on display
• An international fashion show
• An international food contest & an international chocolate contest. (We need donations of international food & international chocolate.)

 We will be collecting donations of peanut butter & jelly for Must Ministries!

We want you to be a part of this fun night brought to you by your PTSA! Please contact us: Patty Reinhardt @ reinrpar@comcast.net, 770-421-1782 (H), 678-640-5718 (C) &Deanna Slone @ Deannaslone@msn.com, 678-290-8574 (H), 678-429-8144 (C)

See yesterday’s post for information about due dates etc. and the vocab quiz which will be next Wednesday. Here is the study guide in a format that might be easier to open: vocab study guide 125compatible.

Cultural Arts Night is quickly approaching… it will be held on Febraury 11 at 7:00. Please see flyer below, and if your are interested in hosting a cultural table, bringing food etc., please contact PTSA. We would love your participation and attendance! Cultural Arts Family Flyer 2010

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Everyone: Your first vocabulary quiz will be on Wednesday February 3. It will cover words from the first day of class through last Friday  (1/22). The study guide  may make it easier to study: vocab study guide 125Note! The words for each grade are different, so use the study guide for your grade level. If you need a printed copy and do not have a printer, please ask for one in class. The quiz will be fill-in-the-blank format, but will not be open notes, SO STUDY!

8th: For 8-1, your last day to paint alter-egos is Wednesday, and for 8-2 it is Thursday.

7th: 7-1, your last day to finish mandalas is Wednesday, and 7-2, your last day is Thursday. They will be due Friday, so take them home to finish if not finished in class. We will then paint our tiles before starting our next project.

6th: Your effigy vessels will be fired in the kiln tomorrow. We will finish sketching out our designs for teh amate bark paintings today, transferring to the amate paper with white chalk, and will begin our painting unit later this week.

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7th Grade: We worked on mandalas today and you will continue working on them tomorrow with the substitute. Friday we will begin coloring or detailing mandalas so that they will be ready to hand for Cultural Arts Night on February 11. We will paint initial tiles next week.

8th: Today we have shortened class due to the writing test. We will work on Mr. Proportions. Tomorrow, you will be doing som ebasic drawings of animals with the substitute. The work will be for a grade so be sure to turn it in at the end of class.

6th Grade: Today you will be creating your community imaginative animals with the substitute. Please be sure to turn all work in at the end of class. Tomorrow effigy vessels will be due at the end of class.

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Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather yesterday for our MLK day off!

7th Grade: Tiles are currently firing in the kiln. We started mandalas today in the mean time, and will continue working on those tomorrow. If you were absent, please ask to see th power point upon return. Please bring compasses if you have them.

8th: You masks are firing in the kiln. While we wait for those to finish so that we can paint them, we are starting a unit on expressive self-portraiture. We began today with a pretest and drawing Mr. Proportions. We will finish drawing Mr. Proportions tomorrow.

6th: Effigy vessels should be uncovered and drying so that they can be fired in the kiln. When they come out we will glaze them. Tomorrow you will again be working on some basic drawing skills, and we will begin our next project on Thursday.

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7th/8th: All clay projects are now finished and are being loaded into the kiln. I will plan to fire the kiln on Tuesday so that we can begin paintings hopefully on Wednesday (if the kilns have cooled enough). 8th graders, we will then begin self-portraits- bring in magazines! 7th graders we will then begin mandalas- bring in compasses for drawing circles!

6th: Your effigy vessels will be due on Tuesday at the end of class. Today we learned how to make faces and how to make lids fit.

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7th: Initial tiles are due at the end of class tomorrow. We will be working on some drawing skills on Monday and then starting our mandala drawings to be hung for the Cultural Arts Night in February.

8th: Masks are due at the end of class tomorrow. Monday we will discuss color symbolism and take our portrait pre-test. We will paint our masks as soon as they have been fired. We will start self-portrature next, so please bring photos of yourself and magazines that you can cut up to collage your background.

6th: We will continue working on effigy vessels today and tomorrow. We will finish the vessels on Monday and Tuesday of next week. They will be due Tuesday at the end of class.

Hi everybody,

Sorry, it’s been a few days since the last posting due to the snow day and me being out on Monday afternoon. I’ll post the catch-up PowerPoints below:

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7th Grade: We are working on clay initial tiles, which will need to be finished by Friday at the end of class. We will start a new project while they dry and we wait to fire the. Once fired, we will paint them and seal them. Those who finish their tiles early this week, will have various early finisher assignments to choose from.

8th Grade: We are creating our alter-ego masks, which will be due on Friday at the end of class. We will then allow them to dry out so that we can fire them, and we will begin our self-portraits in the mean time.

6th Grade: We started working with clay today. Effigy vessel sketches were checked off, and we made and decorated coil pots to get used to working with clay.  Tomorrow, after a demonstration of different techniques, you will begin sculpting your effigy vessel based on your sketch.

Thank you to all who have have brought in items from the wish list! They will come in extremely handy!

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7th Grade: Finish intial tile sketch for homework, if you were not able to in class.

8th: Finish alter-ego brainstorm, drawing worksheet, and alter-ego mask sketch for homework. Should be ready for check-off at the beginning of the next class.

6th: Finish effigy vessel thumbnail and final sketches for homework.

Let’s hope for wintery weather so that we can play in the snow!

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If you forgot your syllabus today, please bring it tomorrow. Check PowerPoint, above, if you were absent or missed anything in class. Please remind me as well, to get your picture (photograph) upon return if I haven’t yet.

We worked on drawing from observation today, learning to start with basic geometric shapes and then slowly get into more complex, organic shapes. These drawings were turned in for a classwork grade.

Tomorrow, we will start brainstorming and working towards our first project, which will be clay for all classes. Please bring hand cream/lotion if you have it because the clay will dry out your hands in this wintry weather. 8th graders will be making alter-ego masks, 7th graders will be making clay initial tiles, and 6th graders will be making effigy vessels, or containers with the likeness of an animal. Look forward to it!