MYP Programme Guide - Lincoln Community School

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Middle Years Program Lincoln Community School Page 17 D. Personal engagement. Students are expected to develop the attitudes essential to engage with the artistic processes and the art form studied. The student should develop the personal and interpersonal skills that will enable him or her to initiate, to explore, to negotiate with others and to take informed risks during his or her artistic experience. At the end of the course, students should be able to show commitment in using their own artistic processes, demonstrate curiosity, self‐motivation, initiative and a willingness to take informed risks, support, encourage and work with their peers in a positive way, and be receptive to art practices and artworks from various cultures, including their own. Courses: Visual Arts 6 (1 semester): Students will focus on three areas of creative exploration: symbolism, personal identity, and community. They develop skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, image manipulation, multi-media, design, and idea development. A study of printmaking focuses on the West African Adinkra symbols and is followed by a life-sized self-portrait unit that incorporates technology and multi-media. Linking with their class project (tree planting), students will use recycled paper from around campus classrooms to create large-scale collaborative pieces of tree art that focus on sharing an educational message relating to tree ecology. Visual Arts 7 (1 semester): Three areas of creative exploration in this course are natural/ local environment as inspiration, celebration of culture, and incorporation of message into a piece of finished art. Students use botanical study of the plant life on campus to experiment with composition and blending techniques. They work collaboratively to explore children’s literature and illustrators whose work celebrates diversity, culminating in a large scale public painting that becomes a part of the LCS permanent collection. In addition, students will use recycled materials to create a finished piece that celebrates and teaches others about the symbolism and power of the West African images, Kente weaving motifs, and Asante stools. Visual Arts 8 (1 semester): Areas of creative exploration in this course include radial design and patterning, research in art history, creating and submitting art to an online gallery, selfdirected multi-media art with an emphasis on environmentalism, and portraiture. Students will create mandalas which require repetition, mirroring patterns and color blending techniques. They will work on an environmental, Internet-based project in which they explore Art History through the lens of environmentalism. Students will create and submit their own environmental art into an on-line gallery that features student works from around the world. Visual Arts 9-10 (1 year): In this course, art history, criticism and aesthetics will be addressed as a part of each project. Students keep a developmental workbook that reflects their understanding of art and design including research, experiments, ideas, sketches and personal reflection. Throughout the year students look at a wide range of artists and cultures and work with practicing local Ghanaian artists. At this level students use the whole design cycle from idea to outcome. The course guides students to develop a greater mastery in applying media, techniques, and processes; understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures; explore, express and communicate ideas; develop selfconfidence and self-awareness through art experiences and to reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others. This course meets technology and art requirements for grade 10. Advanced Visual Arts 10 (1 year): For students with a love of the arts who intend to continue their study of visual arts in the Diploma Program, this course places special emphasis on knowledge and skills that prepare young artists for the rigors of the diploma course. MYP Film and Photography 9/10 (1 semester): Students will learn photographic and film techniques, develop ideas, produce short films and look at historical development and samples. This course combines practical and theoretical work involving the use of still and video cameras along with the critical investigation of notable films and photographic works. Students will develop a portfolio that showcases their own film and photographic works. Links are made with other areas of the curriculum, in particular, with English and Technology. The Arts: Music, Drama, Visual Arts
Page 18 Lincoln Community School Middle Years Program The Arts: Music, Drama, Visual Arts Students will keep a developmental workbook throughout the course - taking notes, planning ideas and storyboards, collecting feedback and reflecting on their practical work. This course meets technology and art requirements for grade 10. Drama 6, 7, 8 (1 semester each year): Drama 6, 7, and 8 will emphasize to students the importance of working as an ensemble. Students will gain knowledge and skills related to the theatre as they research, devise, write, direct, perform, and design for various classroom productions. Throughout the program drama will be employed to explore socially relevant material, as well ideas and issues investigated in other courses. A strong focus of the class will be on learning about theatrical traditions from a variety of times and cultures. High School Drama 9/10 (1 year) The full year drama program will include many of the elements of the semester-long course, but these elements will be examined and practiced in much greater detail. Students will first be taken to the days of Ancient Greece through an exploration of Greek tragedy, mask, and the Ancient Greek chorus. The elements of comedy will then be explored through a practical examination of Commedia dell’Arte and related comedic traditions. Examining Theatre for Education productions and principles, students of HS Drama will devise a class performance piece with a specific socio-historic focus. In the final semester students will gain knowledge and understanding of playwright, director, designer, actor or technician through an independent project of the student’s own choosing. Multiple opportunities for student performance in and around the community will occur throughout the year. This course meets technology and art requirements for grade 10. Band 6 (1 year): Students explore basic sound production on their instrument, the conventions of music reading and writing, following a conductor and overall band dynamics. Throughout the course students develop their instrumental skills, performing skills and music awareness and appreciation. The major assessments in the course include performances, practice journals, written commentaries and project presentations. Band 7 (1 year): Students develop sound production on their instrument, use and deepen their understanding of music reading and writing, following a conductor and overall band dynamics. Throughout the course students develop their instrumental skills, performing skills and music awareness and appreciation. The major assessments in the course include performances, practice journals, written commentaries and project presentations. Band 8 (1 year): Students perfect sound production on their instrument, deepen their understanding and experience of music reading and writing with an emphasis on less common time signatures and a first attempt at composing. They will practice and perform in smaller ensembles. Throughout the course students develop their instrumental skills, performing skills and music awareness and appreciation. The major assessments in the course include performances, practice journals, written commentaries and project presentations. Band 9/10 (1 year): In High School Band, students perfect sound production on their instrument, use and deepen their understanding of music reading and writing. They are exposed to jazz and will be challenged to write in a variety of styles for a range of instruments beside their own. They will have the opportunity to practice and perform in smaller ensembles. Throughout the course students develop their instrumental skills, performing skills and music awareness and appreciation. The major assessments in the course include performances, practice journals, written commentaries and project presentations. Choir 6 (1 semester): Students explore the world of music and engage in performance practices in solos, duets, trios and mini choral ensembles. The program begins with structured technical exercises starting from pitch, fragmented melodies and motifs, breath control, enunciation and projection as fundamental blocks in creating the awareness of music in various cultures. Throughout the course students gain further insight into different styles of music and are guided to understand approaches of different songs, their characterization and the context in which they were written – as models to help students construct their own in future. The major assessments in the course include presentations in unison and two-part harmony showcased as mini-choral ensembles, duets and solos. In addition students analyze songs and construct a portfolio of audio recordings.
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