Making a Statement

1. Making a Statement 8th Grade Students write an artist statement to explain the meaning and thought process behind their Surreal Hand Drawing .

2. Do Now: What do you think the following artwork means. Objective: You will brainstorm and organize thoughts about your Surreal Hand composition in order to write a descriptive explanation of your work.

3. Notes about Artist Statement • In classwork section of your sketchbook: • Write the name of the artist, title of the work and date it was created. • Jot down 3 facts you learned about the artist or artwork.

4. Use the Graphic Organizer to help plan and write your essay. • Read Write Think website- pre-writing/rough draft tool

5. Do Now: Finish your “Essay Map Organizer”. If it’s finished- read it over and see if there are additional items to add that will improve your description. • Objective: SWBAT use the writing process in order to write an artist statement that helps the reader understand the artist’s intentions.

6. Writing Process • Analyze your artwork and think about it’s meaning and what you learned while making it. • Use the organizer to write down a rough outline of your essay. • Peer Critique- Read/Review/Give Feedback • Write a rough draft. • P,Q,P- Read/Review/Give Feedback • Type final draft.

7. Do Now: What does it mean to format something? In what situations do you think formatting might be important? Objective: You willuse Microsoft review & editing tools in order to peer review the artist statement Final Draft due end of next class period. Report directly to lab 108

8. Art Smart Vocabulary • Format-the organization, plan, style, or type of something

9. Format your word document • Use default margins. • Use 12 font size • Select and easy to read font style such as Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman… • Black text color. • Type name, class and date in the upper left hand corner. • Give your work a title, bold, and in quotation marks. • Indent after each paragraph by using the tab key. *Save work as your last name and artist statement- example Pickles_Artist Statement

10. Rough draft>Edit>Final Draft • Write your rough draft on Microsoft Word. • Format your document according to directions. • Have a peer critique your work and critique their work using the comment tool and PQP format. • Save your PQP work to the Student Work folder. • Delete comments and edit your work for the final draft. • Save your work to your H drive. • Post to Edmodo • Get your group code from Mrs. Chenowith • Log on with your BCPS username & external password • Upload document to your “backpack” • Post as a link in the class blog.

11. How to add a comment in Microsoft Word for Peer Review Select the text you would like to comment on . Then select the review tab and then New Comment. Then type your comment.

12. Use PQP format and save your work in the appropriate student work folder. 1. Type “Praise” then write your critique.

13. Use PQP format and save your work in the appropriate student work folder. 2. Type “Question” then write your critique.

14. Use PQP format and save your work in the appropriate student work folder. 3. Type “Polish” then write your critique. Save to the appropriate student folder with your last name: example- Smith_PQPforRogers

15. Final Draft Artist Statement • Complete Spelling & Grammar Check • Save to your H drive with your last name: example- Smith_Artist Statement • Upload your file to Edmodo