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Hello! My name is Mrs. Kerr and I am the head of Art & Design at St. Jude's Academy. I hold an Honours Bachelor Degree in English and Visual Arts from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University. My interests include: travel, 19th century literature, rugby, ice hockey, bluegrass music, mixed media art & art history.

Monday, 26 September 2016

Monday September 26th, 2016

ALC2O
  • Students had a quiz on the Principles of Design today. No homework!
SK ART
  • Today recognized various emotions/feelings after listening to scenarios. They also drew emotions on blank portraits provided.
GR. 7 DESIGN
  • Today we discussed further, and students were shown various examples of the Elements of Art. 
GR. 8 DESIGN
  • Students began the Inquiring and Analyzing stage of the Design Cycle for their new simple invention project. They are to recognize an everyday problem that could be solved by a simple invention solution. Students focused on the following in today's class:
    • Explaining and Justifying the Need for a solution to the problem that they have chosen.
    • Identifying and Prioritizing the Research needed to come up with a solution to the problem.
    • Analyzing Existing Products to both compare and contrast to their ideas.
Homework Due Next Class: Mind Map (Explaining and Justifying the Need) 

    • 7 Mind Map ideas of everyday problems
    • Top 3 Choices - point form, explain and justify the need for a solution to that problem.
    • Final Choice - paragraph justification ready to present to Mrs. Kerr in one-on-one conference tomorrow!



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