Playing in Clay

Notebook Grade (MP2)

Choose 5 notebook entries from the list below to hand in. These entries will be your notebook grade for Marking Period 2. This is worth 50 points.

• 10.17 Sounds Writing (10 Freewrites)
• 10.20 Identity Writing (Bubble Maps)
• 10.22 Artifact Writing
• 10.27 Family Tree
• 10.28 Friends Tree
• 11.07 Conflict
• 11.10 “An Underground Movement”
• 11.12 Character I’d Least Like to Be
• 11.12 Yellow Mexican Tile
• 11.14 Peruvian Gourd
• 11.17 Rothko’s Blue Painting
• 11.17 Line Writing (Freewrites)
• 12.04 My Experience with Clay

Vocab: consolidate (v)
Tim had three jars of jelly beans that were half full, so he decided to consolidate them all into one jar.

Artist Reflection

You will write an artist reflection about the decisions you made with your story and the experience you had with clay. The final product should be typed, double spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Make sure you also have a heading.

Name
English 10
Artist Reflection
Date

Paragraph 1: The Important Part of My Story

• Why did you choose to tell this particular story? What does it show about you?
• Describe the scene you choose to show in a tile? Why that particular scene?

Vocabulary to use in Paragraph 1

• character, introduction, event, conflict, setting, resolution, symbol(ize), point of view
  

Paragraph 2: Working in Clay

• What did you do to get the point of your story across using clay? What colors, lines, figures, and imagery did you use?
• Discuss your experience with clay as a medium to tell a story. What was challenging about clay? What did you find interesting or fun about working in clay?

Vocabulary for Paragraph 2

• composition, emphasis, carve, texture, abstract, color, line, symbol(ize), shape, glaze
  

Getting Back to Reading

Today is the day to reconnect with our independent reading books.

Vocab: visage (n)
After she won the game, you could see the joy in her visage, because her grin was huge and her eyes glimmered.

Storytelling in Clay

Finally we got the clay in our hands! We have been working for a few weeks to express our personal stories on an earthenware tile, about 5" x 5". Again, as always, all of my students leave me speechless with their creative expression. Here are some pics of their diligence and ingenuity.