October Imaginative Arts

Film/Short Story


APPRENTICE
READ/STUDY:

1- Watch Elder Uchdorf’s “Create”
    Mormon Message

            

            2-Watch this short video on film. 

         
            3-Watch this clip on Steven Spielberg's Advice.    After watching, journal about things that                 you have felt whisper to your mind or heart. Do you feel that people have a personal                       responsibility to follow these whisperings or promptings they receive?
            
           4- Watch your favorite movie. Take notes on at least 3 things you like about the movie and                  why. Bring this to class so we can hear what your favorite movie is and share in your joy.

           5- Make sure you have finished the Apprentice book of the month, Huckleberry Finn.

KNOW/UNDERSTAND:

             1-  Write a Short Story!  Here are some basic steps for writing a short story.
Step 1: Think of an idea. (What happened to you yesterday?,  A great childhood story., A story about a grandparent., An animal story., A scary story., A funny Story.)
Step 2: Create a character and a setting.
Step 3: The Beginning. 
Step 4: The Conflict. 
Step 5: The Turning Point. 
Step 6: The Resolution. 
Step 7: The End.

It needs to be at least 1 page typed in 12-14 point font size.  Turn in your short story to your writing mentor. (assigned on vision day)

The writing mentors are as follows,

Brother Siufanua     feleni.gs@gmail.com
Jefferson, Jakob, Paige, Elena

Brother Fontano   jaydfontano@gmail.com
Breeze, Chris, Jacob, Kylee, Anneka

Brother Martin    Dfm1plus6@gmail.com
Harmony, Benjamin, Isa, Adam

Brother Brown   natjbrown@gmail.com and katyabrown@gmail.com
Jessica, Sarah, Jayson, Sam

Sister Andersen   laughadaisy@hotmail.com
Tara, Luke, Kate, Taylor, Caleb

            

            2-  Note Card Game--Please Define these 5 words and write them down in your cpb or on notecards.

lens

character

setting

scene

idiom             



         3- Get with your group either via text, email, or durning lunch on vanguard days before this class, and figure out what you need to get started on your film!  You will have 45 minutes to work on your film during class.

             4- Memorize our scripture and Theme for the year.

“By Divine Design,

I have a Work for Thee”

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
--- Proverbs 3:5-6

(There will be rewards!)

5- PENMANSHIP: On a piece of card stock or pretty paper or on whatever paper you have, write this scripture out in your best handwriting. Bring this to class to display under your name tag.

BECOME/SERVE:

Bring a ball of yarn to class!  We will work on a service project during our book discussion.  If you have more yarn that you can donate, that would be wonderful!

or

Every time someone shares an idea with you, make an effort to be encouraging and supportive. Write down how it makes you and the other person feel. Bring that experience to class.

or

     Every time you have an idea, write it down!  Lets see how many ideas you have.  I know I have a ton of ideas, but I tend to keep them in my head and then they get forgotten.  Let's remember all of our great ideas!

April IA

Apprentice

Study/learn

Finish Tom Sawyer.

Watch "Really Achieving your Childhood Dreams" here.  It's long so get comfy before you start!

Get your notecards or your CPB out and study the words we had you define.  We're playing a game; the more points you get the more "ammo" you'll gain for a battle later on!


Presentations

End year presentations:  (Come prepared to share your year with us)

Daisy
Sam
Jacob Harding
Benjamin
Megan
Anthony
Amanda
Isa
Elena
Tara
Caleb

For class we'll do presentations, the book discussion, and play some games. Also if you haven't done your talent presentation; plan on doing that too!

Then after lunch we're going on a field trip to UVU to the Roots of Knowledge exhibit.

Take a look at this video here about the exhibit.

March IA Master

Master

Study/learn

This week we're going to discuss Alexandre Dumas' book "The Count of Monte Cristo."  It's a huge book but so great!  SO, we're only requiring you to read just the first 200 pages.  We'll finish it later and then discuss it in history class.

Read about Alexandre Dumas here. 




Know/understand

Glue his picture into your CPB and write a summary about his life including important facts.

Wow!  This guy wrote a lot!  And it's weird to think that his father was a general in the same army as Napoleon.  Thankfully he left before Napoleon started conquering Europe.


Become/serve

 Discussion! 

We're going to talk a little about Dumas, and then we'll discuss the story that we've read so far.

It's been interesting reading about these authors over the Vanguard year!

March IA Journeyman

Journeyman

Study/learn

This month for Journeyman we're study artist Johannes Vermeer.  Click here to learn more about him and his art.  Glue his picture into you CPB and write a summary of his life including important facts.





Know/understand

Why is art so important to people?  Why is the arts so important to you?  Why even study it and it's history?  What have you learned this Vanguard year about art that you might not have learned in past years? 

For me I've realized that we'd be missing a big chunk of history if we didn't study the art that went with it.  I also realized that just like music, art is highly influenced by belief.  Especially in early art history.  When I look at modern art I see a lot less religious influence.  We'll discuss in class why that is.



Become/serve


For the next couple of days I want you to make your favorite art.  Whatever it is that you love to do.  Ideas are drawing, painting portraits, landscape, photography, a short story, crochet, knitting, sewing, jewelry, coloring, chalk, sculpting.  Anything!  Bring what you've started/done to show us in class!

March IA Apprentice

Apprentice

Modern Music

Study/learn

Composer

This month we're studying Schubert. Listen to him here while you study him.

Read about him in "Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers." Also, take a look at his life here.

Glue his picture into your CPB and write a brief history of him and important facts.

I really like his music!  He's up there with one of my favorites to listen to.


So I wanted to study modern classical music.  And I found out that there're A TON of composers and in insane amount of music to study!  So this is what I've decided to do:

Click here and here to listen to some modern composers just to get a taste.  Each video has a list of who the composer is, (click open the description box) and it doesn't play the whole tune so you should be able to listen to the whole of both videos.  If you need; take notes in your CPB and form an opinion on what's your favorite, and even research the composer you like the most and add notes about them.

Field trip!

Next week for history class we're going on a field trip to the BYU Museum of Art.  The exhibits we're going to be looking at are M.C. Escher and Louis C. Tiffany.  Click here to learn about Escher, and click here to learn about Tiffany.   I'm sure you've seen some of their art before, I'm totally excited to see some more of their work!


Know/understand

Over this past Vanguard year, what have you learned the most since the beginning of this class?  I know it's a deep question, and it's going to take time to ponder, but really think about it and record it in your CPB.

To help you along I'll give my answer to this question; I never realized how much the early composers were inspired to write their music because of their beliefs.  They truly believed in God and wanted to write praises to Him in the form of beautiful music.  And I also learned that music is SO IMPORTANT because it connects our emotions to whatever it is that we're learning/remembering at the time, whether for good or ill.

We'll discuss our answers in class.


Become/serve

Come to class prepared to give your opinion on who's your favorite modern composer that we listened to.
The goal for this class is to help you understand the importance of music and how it influences your life, and also to hopefully open your mind to the idea that listening to good music often will enrich your life and can even influence your beliefs.

Music is more powerful than I think we realize (another thing I learned this year!)  Think about how much we sing/listen to music at church.  We sing in almost every class!  At the beginning and end just like prayer.  Ponder about that for a minute.

February IA

Apprentice

Study/learn

The History of Ballet

Click here to get a brief history of ballet.

And watch this TED video here to see how ballet evolved.

Here's a couple of ballets you can watch, I'm sure you can find more if you're not interested in these:

Swan Lake
The Nutcracker

Write a summary of the history of ballet in you CPB.
Obviously ballet was a lot different back in the 17-1800's compared to what it is now.  It makes you wonder how it'll change in the future.

The history of other styles of dance all root back to ballet and the elites elaborate parties.  Ballroom dance came from the social side of dancing, and modern styles of dancing came from branching off of ballet.  Since ballet was so strict in it's movements, contemporary dance broke those rules.  Modern dance today now takes on more of a story or message that they want to convey.

Look here for a good example of modern contemporary.
Here's another fun one.


Add these to your CPB or make notecards:

Requiem
Scala, La
Sonata
Soprano
Stradivarius
Symphony
Tenor
Unison
Vivaldi, Antonio
Water Music

Composers

Listen to Beethoven while you read about him.

Read "The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers" under the chapter Beethoven.
Here's another take on his life here.

Write in your CPB a brief history of Beethoven, and Mozart.  (I forgot to have you do Mozart's last month, oops!) Remember to glue their pictures into your summaries of them.

I'm amazed that he was still writing music even though he couldn't hear it!

Another thing that I thought was interesting was that these composers were alive around the same time Napoleon was alive!  I had never connected that before.

Know/understand

Answer these questions in your CPB:
What do you think about dance?  Do you think it could be a vehicle for good?  Like music, do you think that it can bring us closer to God?
Obviously music and dance go hand in hand.  Do you think that dance along with the music can be even more moving than without it? We'll discuss these things in class.




Become/serve

Keep listening to the composers we've been studying!  And make sure you sing your hymns in church.

Also keep vigilant on what you watch, read, and listen to.  Music, dance, and reading all can be beautiful things when used the way Heavenly Father wants us to use them. But Satan has easily made these things for great evil. 



Journeyman

Study/learn


This month we're studying artist Rembrandt.

Click here for a brief history of him.

Take a look at his history here and write a summary of his life in your CPB.  Add at least 3 facts about him, and make sure to glue of picture of him in also. 

Define these words:

The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Michelangelo
montage
mosaic
mural
naturalism
Pieta
Raphael



Know/understand

Do you notice the depth and shadows he has in his paintings? 
Some of his portraits are amazing! 

This picture to left is really realistic!  It almost looks like a photo.  Back in the 1600's that would've been absolutely amazing.


It's interesting that he was born into a rich family but died poor?  I keep noticing the artist/musicians that we're studying aren't good with money.  Do you think there is a connection to that?

I LOVE this one to the right.  I want to hang that in my house.  It's called "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee"


If you want to see these paintings better click here and click on the paintings and they will be bigger.






Become/serve

Now we're going to continue to sketch.  Keep drawing your eyes, nose, and mouth. 

Here's another way to draw an eye here
Nose here
Mouth here
Hair here

There're a ton of videos on art, so if these don't seem to be your style; with your parent, take a look at more videos on youtube.

Now come to class with a portrait, or with parts of a face i.e eyes, nose, mouth, hair!  Those of you that are artists we want to see your portrait art!  Come prepared to hang up what you've drawn!

Also if you do decide to do a portrait, make sure to use a photo of someone or yourself.  It's helps a ton, instead of just making a random picture out of your head.



Master

Jane Austen

Study/learn

This week read any Jane Austen book that you'd like.

Take a look at her biography here.  Write a summary of her life in your CPB, and make sure to glue her picture in with it. 

Know/understand

I feel so bad that she couldn't get married because of social ideals!  Whenever I read books about that day and age I can't help feeling bad that marriage wasn't meant the same as it is today.  People marry for love a lot more nowadays than they ever did back then!  

Why do you think she never married again?  

Become/serve

Bring a treat, and come prepared to discuss!

 

(Another note; next month we're reading "The Count of Monte Cristo"  It's a big book so start reading/listening now! )

January IA

Apprentice

Study/learn

The Symphony Orchestra

Have you ever wondered what instruments makes the full sound of a symphony?  Or maybe you've asked, "How has it changed since it's inception?"

This week for Imaginative Arts:

We're studying the history of the symphony, and do a little ear training to learn what each instrument sounds like.

Study composer, Mozart.

Write these terms on your notecards or in your CPB:

maestro
The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
Messiah
Moonlight Sonata
movement
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Ninth Symphony
opera
orchestra
overture
quartet



Below is a video of the same person that we saw last month.  I really like her videos and how she briefly explains things, so we're going to use her videos again. It comes in two parts, but I found out that the second video was taken off because of a copyright problem, but she does have it on her blog for you to read, and it's not that long.

pianotvpart1
blogpostpart2

Some of her videos that she posted didn't work for me.  If they don't for you, you can look up what she's talking about.  Below are the ones that I needed to look up.


Beethovens5th
Shostakovich7th


Beethoven's 5th, I'm sure you've heard some of.  Shostakovich's 7th is one that's new to me.  It's really good, and you should listen to at least 20 minutes of it.  So while you're listening to this music, I want you to give a brief summary of what the symphony is.  Also write or print out a diagram of what a symphony is, i.e where the woodwinds, brass, string instruments sit.  You can print out the picture to the side.  Make sure to size it to fit into your CPB.



Mozart

Read: "Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers," the chapter entitled Mozart.

Listen to Mozart

I'm always astounded at how much these composers were devoted to God.  Even though he wasn't perfect (like we all are) he had a huge foundation in Christ.


Know/understand

Answer all of these questions in you CPB:

Do you think that listening to Mozart (and other classical music) bring us closer to God just like they were when they wrote it?

Watch this video:  Here

When you listen to your favorite music why do you like it?  What is it about it that makes you love it?

What is your favorite classical music to listen to, and why?  Journal about it in your book.

Here's an article on the effects music has on our spirits.  click here
Take a minute and review your music that you listen to, and take out what you know could be destructive to your spirit.  We're going to have a discussion on the effects that music has in our personal space.


Become/serve

Over this week and next month try everyday to listen to some classical music.  Even if it's for just a song/movement or two.

Also, at church make sure you get out that hymnbook and sing with the congregation. Click on the link here and scroll down to verse 12.

Learning about the great composers of the past and how they affected the world shapes who we are.  What I've learned since we started is that these wonderful composers were hugely inspired men, and that music has the potential to take you to great spiritual heights, or it can go the wrong way and push the Spirit away.  We'll discuss this in class.

I'm so thankful for music!  I'm so thankful that Heavenly Father inspired people to make instruments and make beautiful sounds!  Can you imagine watching a movie without music?  It would be totally boring.  Or even church; church wouldn't be the same without the beautiful hymns we get to sing.  Or the children songs we learn in primary.  Can you imagine if we never knew those beautiful songs?  Music connects our emotions with truth that we've been taught.  You might not remember the lessons you were taught by your teacher, but you do remember the songs and the emotions that went with them; which in turn, enforced the lessons they taught.   Again, I'm so thankful for music.


Journeyman

This month we're going to study the artist Raphael.

Study/learn

Here's a video about Raphael here.

Glue his picture in your CPB.

Also take a look at the Wikipedia biography here.  Skim through it and write down a summary of his life, and at least 3 interesting facts about him.
Raphael liked to do realistic art like Michelangelo and da Vinci.



Know/understand

The more I look at the art of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci I am amazed at the detail of their work.  It's beautiful!!

The detail that they put into their work for that time was hugely innovative.  Notice the depth, shadows, the folds in the clothing.  All of those minute details make their art beautiful and amazing. 

Here's an explanation of what materials they used back in the Renaissance.  Click here.




Since starting this course, my appreciation for these wonderful artists, and anyone that does art has grown leaps and bounds. 


Raphael's work is really beautiful.  His detail is really impressive.






Become/serve

We're going to try to make some 3D art.  Take a look at this video.   Now get a glass/cup and try to sketch it as 3D as you can get it.  Come to class prepared to share your work!

If you have any other art that you've been working on over the break, bring it.  Has anyone ever done art similar to Raphael?  If you have we'd love to hear about it, and see it if you have it!





Master

Study/learn

Read "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.

Take a look at these biography's of her here: #1 and #2.  

Know/understand

Glue or tape her picture into your CPB, and write up a summary of her life, and any interesting facts that you'd like to add.  

I feel so bad that she never found someone to love and marry!  What do you think?

Become/serve

Here're some discussion questions that we can talk about in class:

Why does Brontë juxtapose Jane’s musings about women’s social restraints with the mysterious laugh that Jane attributes to Grace Poole (p. 125-26)?

Rochester tells Jane, “if you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours; Nature did it” (p. 153-54). Are we intended to agree or disagree with this statement?

After Mason’s visit to Thornfield, Jane asks herself, “What crime was this, that lived incarnate in this sequestered mansion, and could neither be expelled nor subdued by the owner?” (p. 237). What crime does Bertha represent? Why does Rochester keep her at Thornfield?

Does Rochester ever actually intend to marry Blanche Ingram? If so, when does he change his mind? If not, why does he go to such lengths to make Jane believe he does?

Rochester’s disastrous marriage to Bertha was based on passion, while St. John refuses to marry Rosamund because of his passion for her. What is Brontë saying about the role passion should play in marriage?

What does St. John feel for Jane? Why does Jane end her story with his prayer?

Jane asserts her equality to Rochester (p. 284), and St. John (p. 452). What does Jane mean by equality, and why is it so important to her?

When Jane first appears at Moor House, Hannah assumes she is a prostitute, but St. John and his sisters do not. What distinguishes the characters who misjudge Jane from those who recognize her true nature?

When Jane hears Rochester’s voice calling while he is miles away, she says the phenomenon “is the work of nature” (p. 467). What does she mean by this? What are we intended to conclude about the meaning of this experience?

Brontë populates the novel with many female characters roughly the same age as Jane—Georgiana and Eliza Reed, Helen Burns, Blanche Ingram, Mary and Diana Rivers, and Rosamund Oliver. How do comparisons with these characters shape the reader’s understanding of Jane’s character?

What is the balance of power between Jane and Rochester when they marry? Does this balance change from the beginning of the marriage to the time ten years later that Jane describes at the end of the novel (p. 500-501)?

Also bring a snack to share while we discuss!