Curriculum Pacing Plan, Spring

 

Grade: 11th                                            Department:  New Media Academy—Digital imaging 2

 

Month: January   Unit Topic or Theme: Flash MX                             Month: February             Unit Topic or Theme:  Flash MX

Essential Questions:

1. What is Flash used for?

Essential Questions:

1. What do buttons do?

 

2. What is tween motion?

 

2. What does the frame rate represent?

Week 1

 

Content Standards: Art 2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.

2.2 Plan and create works of art that reflect complex ideas, such as distortion, color theory, arbitrary color, scale, expressive content, and real versus virtual.

3.1 Identify contemporary styles and discuss the diverse social, economic, and political developments reflected in the works of art examined.

3.2 Identify contemporary artists worldwide who have achieved regional, national, or international recognition and discuss ways in which their work reflects, plays a role in, and influences present-day culture.

Reading

1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency,

and Systematic Vocabulary

Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension

(Focus on Informational Materials)

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Choose and research an artist for website

Week 5

 

Content Standards: Art 2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.

2.2 Plan and create works of art that reflect complex ideas, such as distortion, color theory, arbitrary color, scale, expressive content, and real versus virtual.

3.1 Identify contemporary styles and discuss the diverse social, economic, and political developments reflected in the works of art examined.

3.2 Identify contemporary artists worldwide who have achieved regional, national, or international recognition and discuss ways in which their work reflects, plays a role in, and influences present-day culture.

Reading

1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency,

and Systematic Vocabulary

Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension

(Focus on Informational Materials)

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Using text and shape tweening

Guide layers

Produce animation using guide layers

Week 2

 

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Read and discuss Flash basics pgs 11.1-11.8

toolbox, frames, symbols, frame properties, tweening

Week 6

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Buttons and links

Creates buttons for artist website

Week 3

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Flash history pg 4-5, Setting the stage for animation pgs 6-9

frame-by-frame animation pg9-10

create bouncing ball with frame-by-frame animation

 

Week 7

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Web design and web basics12.1-12.4

Week 4

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Create bouncing ball using tween animation

 

Week 8

 

 

Content Standards: Same

Setting up your website

 

Culminating Project:  Create buttons and animation for website based on the life of a famous artist


Curriculum Pacing Plan, Spring

 

Grade: 11th                                            Department:  New Media Academy - Digital imaging 2

 

Month: March   Unit Topic or Theme:             Dreamweaver                                     Month: April      Unit Topic or Theme:  Design

Essential Questions:

1.

Essential Questions:

1.

 

2.

 

2.

Week 9

 

Content Standards: Art 2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.

2.2 Plan and create works of art that reflect complex ideas, such as distortion, color theory, arbitrary color, scale, expressive content, and real versus virtual.

3.1 Identify contemporary styles and discuss the diverse social, economic, and political developments reflected in the works of art examined.

3.2 Identify contemporary artists worldwide who have achieved regional, national, or international recognition and discuss ways in which their work reflects, plays a role in, and influences present-day culture.

Reading

1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency,

and Systematic Vocabulary

Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension

(Focus on Informational Materials)

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Templates and tables

Week13

 

Content Standards: Art 2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.

2.2 Plan and create works of art that reflect complex ideas, such as distortion, color theory, arbitrary color, scale, expressive content, and real versus virtual.

3.1 Identify contemporary styles and discuss the diverse social, economic, and political developments reflected in the works of art examined.

3.2 Identify contemporary artists worldwide who have achieved regional, national, or international recognition and discuss ways in which their work reflects, plays a role in, and influences present-day culture.

Reading

1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency,

and Systematic Vocabulary

Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension

(Focus on Informational Materials)

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Design and build multi-page website about the life of a famous artist

Week 10

 

 

 

Content Standards: same

Timeline and rollovers

Week 14

 

 

Content Standards: same

Post websites and peer review

Week 11

 

 

Content Standards: same

Design and build multi-page website about the life of a famous artist

Week 15

 

 

Content Standards: same

Fire Drills

Week 12

 

 

Content Standards: same

Design and build multi-page website about the life of a famous artist

Week 16

 

 

Content Standards: same

Fire Drills

 

Culminating Project:   Students produce an interactive website about a famous artist