Maria Shah Dr. Michelle Pauken Justin Clumpner.

Maria ShahDr. Michelle Pauken

Justin Clumpner

Role as a Middle School Art Teacher

•Recruitment: 5th and 6th •Students are not sure about art yet•Limited electives•Varied skill levels•Positive atmosphere •Bragging and display

Middle school art•Competitions help drive program•Show often•Good Balance of 2d-3d projects•Art 1, art II, Sculpture 1, Sculpture II•All draw

Art One•Limited electives•Varied skill sets•Communicate clearly with parents•Fair grading•Great mix of 2-D and 3-D

Art Two•Select students•Communicate with counselors•Communicate expectations•Rigor•Projects •Running sketchbook altered book

Art Two•Required competitions•Required Art show•Student show case•Required to attend District show, pre

ap•Enrollment in Pre Ap

Sample Rubric• Candle Value Drawings Grade sheet

• ____ (15) Drawn Forms

• ____ (15) Cast Shadow Direction

• ____ (15) Value Gradient (“rounds”)

• ____ (15) Value Sides (“cubes”)

• ____ (15) Creativity

• ____ (10) Craftsmanship

• ____ (15) Time/Effort

• ___ Total Score

Dr. Michelle Pauken

Pre-AP Art Recommendation Form 

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Quality of Work in relation to peers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Maturity/Independence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Work Ethic/Use of class time wisely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Completion of Assignments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Drawing skills 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Total = ____________

What do they learn?

Art as a Discipline

Competency with a Variety of Materials

•Pencil•Charcoal•Ink/ washes•Oil Pastel•Chalk pastel•Watercolor•Acrylic

How to develop an idea•Weekly sketchbook assignments

•Building from previous assignments•Self-reflection of art work•Looking at other artists •End-of-year mini independent study

project

Sketchbooks•Nice, hardbound sketchbooks (can’t tear pages

out)•Students design the cover (take ownership)•Sketchbook assignments are due the same day

every week (ADHD/LD) Assignments are given the Friday before

•Look at sketchbooks as a class every Friday•BRAG! BRAG! BRAG! Positive reinforcement•Art treasure box (external motivation)•Emphasize experimentation over technical

ability

Concept Assignments

Pre-AP 2

AP Portfolio

Rockwall ISD•Maria.Shah@rockwallisd.org•Michelle.pauken@rockwallisd.org•Justin.clumpner@rockwallisd.org