Semester 1 Week 11 update

1847

Charles Willson Peale, The Peale Family, 1770-1773
Oil on canvas, Neoclassicism
    New-York Historical Society   

Thomas Cole The Oxbow 1836

Oil on Canvas,  Romanticism

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Homework Review – complete before week 12 class
Algebra 2	Lessons 39-42. Also, bring one math question from your own math book to put on the board.
Latin	Lessons 15 and exercises, translation sheets (finish “Hercules”, start “Golden Age”)
Logic	Finish Lesson 11 and answer questions
History: HSWTL	HSWTL – no reading this week
History: Art Essay Annotated Mona Lisa SoA	We will continue discussion on our Timeline and Notebook preparations. Circumstances Essay - The effects of the birth of America and the Industrial Revolution on the works of Charles Wilson Peale and Thomas Cole (Peale Family & The Oxbow paintings). Pages 72 and 81 each have information on the Artists, the Paintings, and the Era. Read chapter 11 in State of the Arts
Art Presentation:	Review guide’s parameters for the Art Critique/Presentation on week 15 (pg. 48 – answer questions)
British Literature Essay: WAS	Finish reading Jane Eyre. Words Aptly Spoken questions, pages 85-92 British Literature Essay on “Comparing similarities and differences between a few characters in Pride & Prejudice and Jane Eyre.”
Biology:	Finish Chapter 6 and exams and read Strawberry DNA (page 120 in curriculum guide).

NOTEBOOKS WILL BE DUE FOR REVIEW ON WEEK 14. See additional instructions in the inserted pictures below.

Quick Notebook synopsis:

Art Notebooks: Table of contents, sample pictures and artist’s information, & fall semester art essays.

Biology Notebook: While the students keep their own vocabulary lists, homework, and tests in a general folder, I am only looking at their LAB JOURNALS. Lab Journals include: Table of Contents, handwritten experiments in proper form (experiment number, supplies, objective, steps, and conclusion), and the four typed formal reports (experiment 1.2, 3.1, 5.1, and Strawberry DNA).

History Notebook: Cover Page, Table of Contents, Timeline (500 BC – 2014 AD, Artists and a few important historical figures from How Should We Then Live or authors in British Literature), a Map of Europe, and 3 final sections for: the Art Notebook, the Composer Notebook, and a historical people folder (the blog lists additional possible entries like photos, a glossary and a bibliography). Student with a timeline started in Challenge 1 can add to it instead of starting anew.

Algebra 2 – This week’s lessons involved solving problems with polygon and parallelogram angles. Additionally, we had a few introductory problems about using atomic and molecular weights to solve ratio problems for chemical compounds. We still have a few carryover Algebra 2 questions about exponents and factoring that we’ll begin with next week.

Latin – We covered comparative adjectives and the importance of choosing the best words with the clearest meanings. Both Latin and English vocabularies contain comparative adjectives that do not follow typical endings or spellings.

 Logic – We reviewed all we remembered from chapter 8 through chapter 10. We used Euler’s diagrams to determine extensions of terms in syllogisms. These chapters talk about the clearest ways to write logical statements to be able to complete valid arguments.

History – We discussed the “isms” papers - Neoclassicism versus Romanticism and then Realism versus Impressionism of the 18^th and 19^th century. Eras in art tend to change as they react to previous extremes (strictness in simplicity opens the door for exaggerated emotion. Fantastical heroism opens the door for painters to gravitate back towards realistic portrayals of life. Overly realistic details prompted painters to try new techniques to capture new viewpoints). The Impressionists painted landscapes using unique, intricate details of their own while still leaving the viewer with just impressions of the subjects. They also tended to paint outdoors instead of limiting themselves to studios. We also took a look at the new painters mentioned in chapter 10 of State of the Arts.

Art Presentation Project – We began planning the selection process of pictures for our “Art Presentation” project. The students individually will choose an art piece to “critique” and “present” to the class on week 15. They will need to include the specific details of the painting regarding: date, artist, era, museum location, etc. They also will explain what they think is occurring in the picture and the possible influences that the painter relied upon to create the artwork. Finally, the student will present why the piece does or does not fit parameters that define “good” art.

Art Grant Results – I want to thank the students for all their hard work on pulling together presentations! I sent home assessments sheets with Glowing and Growing remarks from our helpful judges. The 2014 Grant Winners are:

Ian Lawton & Sarah Wilson (Interactive Digital Art Displays) - $10,000
Hope Burnham (Theater in a Box) -$10,000
Klay Calhoun & John Gregory Long (Adult Playgrounds) - $5,000
Jordan Barrett & David Minihan (The Martial Arts) - $5,000

Seth Hatfield (Concept Art Expo) - $3,000

Michelle Willard & Bethany Boston (Tumbler Art Festival) - $3,000

Grace Carlson & Justin van Hoven (Verbally Challenged Teens) - $3,000
Wayne Thompson & Desiree van Hoven (Hitting the Charity Target) - $1,000

Asher Hurt (Remember Me) - $1,000

British Literature – We pushed our discussion circle to next week while discussing the Art Grant and the coming NOTEBOOK ASSESSMENTS. This will also give everyone time to complete Jane Eyre and write the comparison essay while including Pride & Prejudice characters.

Biology – www.donnayoung.org has Apologia Biology chapter vocabulary lists if you need them. This week we examined similarities and differences in plant and animal cells (example: both might have plasma membranes, mitochondria and a nucleus, but plant cells have rigid cell walls and chloroplasts). Photos from our microscope observations are below. They include plant (Buttercup - Ranunculus, & Corn - Zea Mays), animal (Hydra), & onion (our cork samples were not thin enough):