Week of May 11 - Year End: 

 

Week of May 4-8:

This week we are finishing up Chapter 8.  We decided to take advantage of the nice weather last week and complete our Digital Photography unit. Students will finish up with their "cartoonization" of themselves.  We will begin a unit on Adobe Illustrator.  This is another great piece of software for them to know how to use as graphic designers.  We will work in Illustrator for the next two weeks.

 

Week of April 20-24:
We are continuing our journey into Chapter 8.  Students needed more time to complete Chapter 7 assignments and to finish their Magazine Covers (Major grade).  We will finish Chapter 8 by having the students "vectorize" an image of themselves.  The finished vector image will look like a clip art image or cartoon!

 

Please be on the lookout for progress reports that I will be handing out and sending home.  Students who have below a C average will need to have these signed.  MANY, MANY students are not turning in assignments for grading.  Students are asked numerous times to turn in their work and in many circumstance I have extended to due dates out an entire week! We still have 6 weeks left and students need to keep up their work ethic. 

 

Week of April 13-17:  

Monday-Students will be reviewing Chapter 7 by completing a written review and two exercises covering Filters and Patterns.  We will have our Chapter 7 test on Thursday, April 16.

 

Tuesday-Friday-Students will be working on Chapter 8:  Working with Vector Graphics.  In this chapter, students will learn what the difference is between vector and raster graphic images and how to create and manage layer groups, use the pen tool, create shape layers and paths, and add detail to clip art images.  Students will complete the Step-by-Step exercises, AYK, Labs  1-3 and Cases 1-4. 

 

 

Week of April 6-10: 

Welcome back from a great Spring Break!  It's hard to believe we only have one quarter left in the school year.  Remember to keep up your attendance, grades, and effort in class as we finish up the year.

 

This week we will be finishing up our Chapter 6:  Channels.  Students will have Monday and Tuesday to complete chapter assignments that will count as daily grades (SBS, AYK, Labs 1-3).  Our test on Chapter 6 will be on Thursday.  

 

On Friday, we will begin discussing Chapter 7:  Applying Filters & Patterns.

Week of March 23-27:

 This week students will be working on Chapter 6:  Creating Color Channels and Actions.  Students will be working through the chapter step-by-steps and then working on the end of chapter assignments.

 

On Friday, students will have a lunch out.  It will cost $1 to get onto the track field and pizza and snacks will be for sale. There will be music, games and fun!  All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.  Have a great Spring Break!  :-) 

 

Week of March 9-13:

 

Day	Topic/Objective	Classwork	Quiz/Test
Monday	Chapters 1-4: Design and create a Movie Poster using all tools and concepts used thus far.	*Students will be working on the Movie Poster assignment   *Additional Chapter 4 test review   *Chapter 4 TEST on Wednesday! J
Tuesday	Chapter 4	*Complete the Movie Poster assignment *Review for Chapter 4 test *Begin discussing concepts of Chapter 5
Wednesday	Chapter 5: -Repair/heal tools -Level corrections -Sharpen tool -Dodge& burn tools -Correction tools (red eye, distortions) -Text elements	*Chapter 4 TEST *Students will begin working on:             -Chapter 5 SBS, pages 276-324	*MAJOR grade
Thursday	Chapter 5	*Students will complete the Chapter 5 SBS *Students will begin working on:             -AYK, pages 326-327             -Lab 1, page 328
Friday	Chapter 5	*Students will begin working on:             -Lab 2, page 329             -Lab 3, pages 330-331             -Cases 1, 2, & 4, page 332	*All classwork will be scored as a minor grade

 

 

Week of March 2-6:

 

This week we will be catching up a bit!  We will complete the Chapter 4 assignments and begin a couple of additional exercises.  Students will be working with the brush tool to colorize images.  Ask your student about this!  They really do look cool and they are doing a great job.  Next, we will talk more about adjustment layers and how to edit photos without destroying the original picture.  We will also cover several text tools and features.  This will lead up to our next major assignment: Movie Poster.  Finally, we will complete our review of Chapter 4 and prepare for our test by completing a vocabulary crossword puzzle.

 

Please continue to monitor your student's progress on Parent Portal or feel free to send me an email for an update.  The end of the quarter will be here before you know it!  :-)

 

 

Week of February 23-27:

 

Day	Topic/Objective	Classwork	Quiz/Test
Monday	Chapter 4: -Apply and create gradients -Paint using brushes -Brush settings -Shape tools -Color modes -Eyedropper tool -Apply colors with Paintbucket tool	*We will watch the video Ad Layout 1: Space Allocation and discuss concepts related to creating a well-designed ad   *Students will continue working on the Chapter 4 SBS on pages 204-258   * I will be checking Chapter 3 class assignment for grading (AYK, Lab 3, Case 1 and 2)   *Chapter 3 TEST on Wednesday! J	*Minor grades for class assignments
Tuesday	Chapter 4	*Review for Chapter 3 test *Students will begin working on Chapter 4:             -AYK, pages 261-262             -Lab 1, pages 263-264             -Lab 2, pages 264-265
Wednesday	Chapter 4	*Chapter 3 TEST *Students will begin working on:             -Lab 3, page 266             -Cases 1, 2 and 5 on page 267	*All classwork will be scored as a minor grade
Thursday	Chapter 4	*Students will complete all Chapter 4 assignments *We will watch the video Ad Layout 2: Visual Direction and discuss concepts related to creating a well-designed ad
Friday	Chapter 4	*Review all concepts covered in Chapters 1-4

 

 

Week of February 16-20:

 

What a week!  Holiday, Snow/Ice day and 3 delays!  We are still working in Photoshop...we will be starting a Magazine Cover assignment that will lead into next week.

 

Please be on the lookout for the Computer Use & Acceptable Behavior Agreement.  Students will have until Friday, January 23rd to return this document signed by their parent/guardian.  It will count as a homework grade.  Next week, I will begin posting the weekly template that will outline our weekly assignments and major grades.