3-23-06: Speaking skills

We shared our speaking history with classmates

Journal Entry #2B
"What are the five strongest strategies that you use to give a spectacular presentation"

Shared some great speaking tips and exercises

Talked about how to use stage fright to your advantage.

Tongue twisters, inflection and delivery

Practiced speaking with Apples to apples.

Final speech preparation sheet

Signed up for presentations

HMWK: Practice, practice, practice, practice

Projects: Original art and presentation due after break

3-21-06 Waking up

Lesson:
Journal entry #1B
How have you been a performer in your life?

Turned in idea for final art project

Oral Interpretation ground rules and warm up

Wake up dance activity
If you are absent----Write a 500 word paper writing truthfully about your experiences performing/speaking in front of an audience (or the experiences of other people you know).....

HMWK: performance history writing

Projects: Final art project

3-17-06 Art in Ghana: Adinkra stamping and weaving

Lesson:
View Ghanaian art
Adinkra stamping in class

HMWK: None

Projects HMWK: Final art project idea due next class

Need to say what you are making and how you will make it. Needs to show a connection to the art you studied. Must be original. Be specific.

3-15-06 Late start mix and match

Lesson:
Final Project Ideas
Art and craft journal entry
Finish Masai bracelet
If finished with bracelet options include:
North African Filigree Jewelry
Scratch art (further geometric design)

HMWK:
If absent answer this question on a separate sheet using a venn diagram:
"What is the difference between art and craft?"
Finish bracelet or filigree
Bring Fabric to stamp if you wish to keep your design for next class

Projects:
Project proposal due Tuesday

3/13/06 Masai bracelets

Lesson:
Slide show on Masai culture and art
Worked on Masai beaded bracelets. Get materials next class if absent. Look at Masai bracelet designs on-line.
HMWK: Art Project proposal due Next Tuesday 3-21-06

Geometric Design

Lesson:
Collected Journals
Showed clip of Ndebele houses
Worked on geometric designs

HMWK: None (Finish your geometric design if you did not finish it in class
If absent make sure you turn in your journal when you return and look at Ndebele houses on-line!!