Homework-January 6, 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON

January 6, 2016
Read the quote from Holocaust Survivor and artist, Chava Wolf. Then complete one of the levels below.

"I am in two worlds... If I can paint with those colors it is a sign that I am optimistic." -Chava Wolf


LEVEL 3: Explain the quote based on Chava's paintings in your own words. 

LEVEL 2: Put the quote into your own words. 

LEVEL 1: Create an illustration that shows what you think the quote means. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 
Please leave any comments or questions below. 
Parent/Guardian Signature:__________________________

Homework-January 5, 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON

January 5, 2016
Read the explanation of Chava Wolfs painting. Then complete one of the levels below.

LEVEL 3:

Describe what you see in the painting. What do you think the images represent?

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Compare your answers with the description of the painting from the artist. How does the artist describe the painting?

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LEVEL 2: 

Describe what you see in the painting.

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LEVEL 1:

How does the artist describe the painting? Highlight the key-words in the excerpt and write them below!

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Parent/Guardian Signature: _____________________

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below! 

Have a wonderful night! :) 

Homework-January 4, 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON

January 4, 2016
Read the poem and the quote from the Holocaust Survivor, Chava Wolf. Analyze the painting below. Then, complete the correct level below.

In the Other Childhood 

By Chava Wolf

In the other childhood
German fairy tales
About magical princesses and love stories
And on Saturday nights, after "Havdalah"
A Hassidic tale about the wonders
Of great rabbis
Always surrounded by love.

I was deported to a void!
Our whole lives packed in bags
My mother's hand caresses my head
My father's glance gives comfort.

No more tales of miracles and wonders,
That won't happen here.
The princess now crawls in the snow,
Begging for some bread and water.
Her clothes are torn, her feet frozen;
A princess sick with typhus searches for a bed.
No more light in the castle,
The memory of stories extinguished.

"I am in two worlds...If I can paint with those colors, it is a sign that I am still optimistic."

Level 3:

Why does Chava Wolf paint in the colors and style that she does?

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How do you overcome dark or challenging times and/or memories?

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Level 2:

What colors does Chava Wolf use? Describe her style.

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How do you overcome dark or challenging times and/or memories?

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Level 1:

What colors does Chava Wolf paint with? Describe the colors.

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How do you overcome dark or challenging times and/or memories?

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Parent/Guardian Signature: _______________________________

Please leave any questions or comments below! 

Have a wonderful night!:)

Homework-January 3, 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON

January 3, 2016

Level 3: Explore the cover, the back cover, and the first few pages of the novel. Then complete the first TWO parts below.

WHAT I KNOW:

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WHAT I WANT TO KNOW:

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WHAT I’VE LEARNED:

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Level 2:

Explore the cover, the back cover, and the first few pages of the novel. Then complete the first TWO columns below.

WHAT I KNOW	WHAT I WANT TO KNOW	WHAT I’VE LEARNED

Level 1:

Explore the cover, the back cover, and the first few pages of the novel. Then complete the first TWO columns below. Use symbols and drawings to express your answers

WHAT I KNOW	WHAT I WANT TO KNOW	WHAT I’VE LEARNED

Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________

Please leave any questions or comments below! 

Have a wonderful night! 

Homework-WInter Break 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON
💫Winter Break 2016💫

Wonderful job this month reading and analyzing "To Kill a Mockingbird"! Have a wonderful break and see you in 2017!

Level 1: Complete 1 activity a day
Level 2: Complete 2 activities a day
Level 3:Complete 3 activities a day

💥Activity List 💥
1.) Find 3 pieces of art in your neighborhood
2.) Draw a portrait of yourself using a mirror.
3.) Draw a portrait of someone in your family
4.) Draw a landscape of somewhere you have been.
5.) Draw a landscape of somewhere you want to go.
6.) Choose a current event and create a collage from a local newspaper
7.) Act out a scene from one of our books. Assign roles to your family members.
8.) Create alternate lyrics for your favorite song to relate to an event in your own life.
9.) Write an a critique of a show or a movie that you watch over break.
10.) Research different artists and decide on your favorite!

Have a wonderful, safe, and restful break!
😊😊😊😊😊
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Homework-December 22, 2016

ART HOMEWORK

STILLWAGON

DECEMBER 22, 2016

LEVEL 1: In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life. […]

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow. "

Part 1: If you had the power to replace a negative in our world with a positive what would it be? Draw an image of the two below!

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LEVEL 2: There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life. […]

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box."

Part 1: What does Atticus say is the “ugly facts of life”?  

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Part 2: If you had the power to replace a negative in our world with a positive what would it be?

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LEVEL 3: There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life. […]

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box."

Part 1: Explain the quote in your own words above:

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Part 2: If you had the power to replace a negative in our world with a positive what would it be?

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Parent/Guardian Signature: 

Please leave any questions or comments below! 

Have a wonderful night!:) 

Homework-December 21, 2016

Art Homework

Ms. Stillwagon

December 21, 2016

Complete one of the levels below!

Level 1: Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"

This is the first time Scout and Jem experience racism first-hand. They feel like they're the objects of someone else's racism, which sure put them in a unique position.

What did Lula say to Jem and Scout?

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How did that make them feel?

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Level 2: Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"

… When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.

One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "Mister Jem," he said, "we're mighty glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula, she's contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty ways—we're mighty glad to have you all." (12.48-52)

This is the first time Scout and Jem experience racism first-hand. They feel like they're the objects of someone else's racism, which sure put them in a unique position.

Explain what happened in your own words:

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Level 3: Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"

… When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.

One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "Mister Jem," he said, "we're mighty glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula, she's contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty ways—we're mighty glad to have you all." (12.48-52)

This is the first time Scout and Jem experience racism first-hand. They feel like they're the objects of someone else's racism, which sure put them in a unique position.

How do you think this experience changed Jem and Scout?

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Parent/Guardian Signature: _______________________________

Please leave any comments or questions below!

Have a wonderful night! :)

Homework-December 20, 2016

Art Homework

Ms. Stillwagon

December 20, 2016

ead the passage about the novel “ To Kill a Mockingbird” below. Then complete the parts below.

Level 1

Are kids just the mini-me versions of the adults they will become, or is something lost—or gained—in adulthood? To Kill a Mockingbird shows a child's perspective on adult events. You gain a little and you lose a little as you grow up, and some of the abilities that disappear—like fairness—are well worth trying to keep.

Draw to images that represent YOU as a child and then as you are now. What changed and what stayed the same?  

Childhood

Adulthood

Read the passage about the novel “ To Kill a Mockingbird” below. Then complete the parts below.

Are kids just the mini-me versions of the adults they will become, or is something substantial lost—or gained—in the transition to adulthood? And how does that process work, anyhow? To Kill a Mockingbird shows a child's perspective on adult events. You gain a little and you lose a little as you grow up, and some of the abilities that disappear—like fairness, compassion, and a critical way of looking at the world—are well worth trying to keep.

Level 2

What does “To Kill a Mockingbird” say about transitioning to adulthood?

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Level 3

Read the passage about the novel “ To Kill a Mockingbird” below. Then complete the parts below.

Are kids just the mini-me versions of the adults they will become, or is something substantial lost—or gained—in the transition to adulthood? And how does that process work, anyhow? To Kill a Mockingbird shows a child's perspective on adult events, and suggests that while children aren't just adults in miniature, they also aren't what adults imagine or misremember children to be. You gain a little and you lose a little as you grow up, and some of the abilities that disappear—like fairness, compassion, and a critical way of looking at the world—are well worth trying to keep.

What does “To Kill a Mockingbird” say about transitioning to adulthood? Explain in your own words below.

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Parent/Guardian Signature:________________________________

Please leave any comments or questions below!

Have a wonderful night! :)

Homework-December 16, 2016

Art Homework

Ms. Stillwagon

December 16, 2016

Reflect on our study of symbolism today! Create your own example of symbolism. Choose a symbol, like an animal, and explain what that symbol represents. For example, many people believe lions represent power or strength. 

SYMBOLISM: the use of symbols to represent ideas.

Level 1:

The Mockingbird represents:

a.) Innocence

b.) Happiness

Because the mockingbird is:

a.) Dangerous

b.) Harmless

Now describe your symbolism sculpture and the meaning of the animal you chose.  What animal did you chose? What does it represent? Why?

 

My Symbolism Sculpture is a sculpture of a ___________

_________.  It represents ________________________ because ______________________________________

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Level 2: 

1. What does the Mockingbird represent?

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   2.) Why does it represent this? _____________________________________________________

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Now describe your symbolism sculpture and the meaning of the animal you chose.  What animal did you chose? What does it represent? Why?

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Level 3:

Describe the symbolism of the Mockingbird in “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

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Now describe your symbolism sculpture and the meaning of the animal you chose.

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Homework-December 14, 2016

Art Homework

Ms. Stillwagon

December 14, 2016

*Some of you expressed some confusion on last nights HW. Here is a modified version to hopefully improve and expand your understanding of the task! 

Reflect on our study of symbolism today! Create your own example of symbolism. Choose a symbol, like an animal, and explain what that symbol represents. For example, many people believe lions represent power or strength. 

SYMBOLISM: the use of symbols to represent ideas.

Ex. The Mockingbird is a symbol used in the novel to represent innocence. 

Mockingbird=Innocence 

Level 1: 

SYMBOL: Caption:

Level 2: 

SYMBOL: MEANING:

Level 3: 

What is Symbolism? 

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SYMBOL: MEANING:

Parent/Guardian Signature:_______________________________________________

Please leave any comments or questions below! 

Have a wonderful night! :)