Grade/Class:

Ceramics
Department: Art
Aligned to: State Standards: _x_

Phillips Course Curriculum

National Standards:____

Units of
Instruction &
Materials

Essential Outcomes
What do we want students
to be able to do?

I can

3D Sculpture:
Slab
Pinch
Coil
Wheel Thrown

I can demonstrate art techniques,

tools and materials in both 2D and
3D artwork.

Reflection/Review
Critical Response
Protocol
Art is H.O.T.
(Higher Order
Thinking)
Self-Assessment

I can analyze and revise artwork

based on feedback and critique.

I can analyze how artworks
influence and are influenced by
personal, social, cultural or
historical contexts, including the

I can create artworks to express

ideas.

I can describe the characteristics
of different art styles.

I can analyze a variety of artworks
including their meaning and
function.

Critical Information Daily Learning

and Vocabulary
Objectives



Students will
Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),
balance
Slip/score
Slab, pinch, coil
Greenware,
leatherhard, bisque
Bat
Incising
Plasticity
Trimming
Kiln
glaze

Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern

Time

Trimest
identify and show
er
balance, contrast,
emphasis, movement,
pattern, rhythm and
unity in artwork
use various clay
methods to
demonstrate form and
texture
identify functionality of
a piece

identify balance,
contrast, emphasis,
movement, pattern,
rhythm and unity in
artwork
prepare artwork to be
displayed or shared

1 week
(dispers
ed
through
out
semeste
r/trime

Common Unit Technology

Assessments
Integration
How do we
know students
know or can
do it?
Pinch creature
Slab box
2 x 6 in coil pots
or 1 x 12 in coil
pots
4 wheel thrown
pieces (one with
handle, two
wheel trimmed,
one with
incising, one
surface
designed using
sgraffito)
1 plate
(stamped)

Google
Classroom
Rubrics,
reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building

Critical
Response
Protocol on
variety of
artworks
Art is H.O.T.
reflections

Google
Classroom
Rubrics,
reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building

contributions of Minnesota
American Indian tribes and
communities.
I can analyze how the
characteristics of Western and
non-Western styles, movements,
and genres in art contribute to the
creation of, presentation of, or
response to artworks.

and rhythm),
balance
Portfolio
Media/medium
Techniques/process

digitally (take photos)

ster)
or displayed for
hallway viewing
identify tools, methods,
mediums and
processes used to
create specific artwork
alter or revise artwork
based on peer and
teacher review

Self-assessment
in google
classroom