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Ceramics Qtr 2: Oct 13 - Dec 18 |
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| DATE | What we are doing in class today! | Homework and Comments |
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October 12 |
Teacher Workday |
Teacher Workday |
13 Tuesday |
Continue work on glazing masks. Masks that are glazed and fired may be clear-glazed and re-fired. Studentsd should also be working on their pattern vessel. | None. |
14 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
15 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
16 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
| weekend | ||
| 19 Monday |
Begin NESTING BOX project. Students will design either square boxes or a rectangular boxes that will next together, cut 6 sides for each, bevel all edges and completely assemble the leatherhard pieces. Once the boxes are enclosed the lids will be cut off and a lip created on each to hold the lids on. The boxes must nest together. | None. |
20 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 21 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
22 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
23 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
weekend |
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26 Monday |
Continue box project above. | None. |
27 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 28 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
29 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
30 Friday |
Continue above. Fire boxes. | None. |
weekend |
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November 2 Monday |
Demo glazing techniques: sgrafitto and marbleizing. Boxes will be completed with either of the two underglazing techniques done in a painterly manner. | None. |
3 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 4 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
5 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
6 Friday |
Continue above. Fire boxes for glaze. | None. |
| weekend | ||
9 Monday |
Continue interlocking box project. fired boxes will be decorated with sgrafitto or marbleizing. | None. |
10 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 11 Wednesday Veteran's Day Program |
Continue above. | None. |
12 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
13 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
weekend |
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16 Monday |
Introduce Zen Garden Lantern unit. The class will discuss the cultural andf untilitarian aspects of these lanterns and see examples. Students will design a lantern on paper that is made from paper pattern pieces. They will create 3 separate section sto each lantern: the viewing/light chamber area, the roof and the base. They will cut all pieces out of slab clay and assemble as they did for their boxes. | None. |
17 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 18 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
19 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
20 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
weekend |
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23 Monday |
Continue above. | None. |
24 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 25&25&27 Wednesday |
Thanksgiving Break |
Thanksgiving Break |
weekend |
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30 Monday |
Continue Zen Garden Lantern. | None. |
December 1 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
2 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
3 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 4 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
weekend |
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7 Monday |
Continue above. | None. |
8 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
9 Wednesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 10 Thursday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 11 Friday |
Continue above. | None. |
| weekend | ||
| 14 Monday |
Continue Zen Garden Lantern. | None. |
| 15 Tuesday |
Continue above. | None. |
| 16 Wednesday Semester Exams |
Continue above. | None. |
| 17 Thursday Semester Exams |
Continue above. | None. |
| 18 Friday Semester Exams |
Continue above. | None. |
| weekend | ||
| 21st-31st No School |
End of Second Grading Period |
End of Second Grading Period Christmas Break |