November Imaginative Arts

November Imaginative Arts

IMPROV/Descriptive Essay



Read/Study:

                  

1- Watch this Improv Video.  
My friend Leah did a wonderful job introducing improv.  We will do a few more fun games using our skills in class.  Practice looking at people in the eye and building each other up.  Remember to make people look good!


2- Make sure you have finished reading "Call of the Wild."


3- Note cards:  Define the following words,
essay, fiction, non-fiction, imagery, metaphor, simile 

4- Make sure you have made contact with your movie group!  You should be almost ready to start some filming.  Bring your props and costumes and anything else you need.  Also, Please go fill out this Google Doc with all the information for your group.  If you don't know the information, then please get it figured out!


Know/Understand:

1- Descriptive Writing:  Go learn more about descriptive writing here. 

Option A: Choose a person that is important to you!  It could be a family member, friend, someone in history, church leader, neighbor, etc... Write a descriptive essay about this person. Describe this person in as much detail as possible.  Describe their facial features, expressions, clothes, appearance, etc...  Who are they and how do they impact you? 

OR

Option B: Choose your favorite food, animal, sport, or something like that and do a descriptive essay.  Describe this thing in as much detail as possible.  You want to make your readers understand all the emotions that go with describing your favorite thing! Use the ideas given on the descriptive writing page.

OR

Option C: Select an object:  Modes of transportation, plants and flowers, furniture in a room, or buildings in a city, etc...Write a scenario that brings the object or other objects to life by seeing the world through their eyes.


Your essay this month needs to be at least 1 page typed in 12-14 point font.  Turn your essay into your writing mentor.

You may also continue to work on your short story from last month.  You should have turned it in and received some feedback.  Your mentors are there to help you become a better writer!  Keep improving!  They are reporting to me or Sister Fontano about who has turned them in.

                  

2-  Memorization:  Memorize either the scripture or the quote or both.

“Wherefore, seek ye earnestly the best gifts,

always remembering for what they are given.” 

D&C 46:8

"The gifts given to each individual are given not only for the one who receives,

but also for those who can benefit when the gift is shared with others."

--- Robert D. Hales

We will actually pass these off from now on.

3- Penmanship:  Go watch this Ted Talk. Then, write in your best handwriting, on a piece of nice looking paper, the scripture and quote above or a scripture and quote that you love.  Think about how you could improve your handwriting from last time.  Bring your paper to class to hang above your name.
                  

Become/Serve:

1- Write a note or a letter to someone that has inspired you in your life.  Tell them thank you.  Deliver or mail your note.  Use your best handwriting!

or

2- Make a list of all the gifts you have been given.  Write down how those gifts can bless another life if you share them.

IA October Journeyman/Masters

Imaginative Arts Journeyman/Masters

These classes will be kind of combined because we need more time for sewing!  There will be easy sewing projects that can be done in an hour, or projects that can be done in 2 hours, or projects that will take a few classes to complete.  You must complete the reading and assignments for Journeyman for the first hour and for Masters if you want to stay to work on your projects during the second hour.

If you want to do the assignments and bring your own project to work on, that is acceptable.  You do not have to sew.  You can also come and work on service projects that we don't finish in apprentice.  You DO need to have something to keep you busy and engaged.  We will discuss our reading while we work!


READ/STUDY:

Journeyman

1- Read Chapters 1–5 of Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie

Write down your thoughts in your CPB as you read Orbiting the Giant Hairball.

Write a journal entry on what you think about the book.

Masters
1- Read Alice in Wonderland. (It's Short) We will read Through the Looking Glass next month.

Journal in your commonplace book about your favorite Character from the book and why they are your favorite. 

Go to the Google Doc to sign up for Sewing Projects. Please Sign up by Tuesday Night so that I can gather all the supplies we will need.  Also, if you want to do a medium or big project, you will need time to shop for your fabric.

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.