App: Drawing Box

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying

Other Similar Apps- Brushes, SketchBook X

Objective:

TSW create adigital art work in the style of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night with a separate artist's description. This project can be saved to the camera roll, or emailed.

Standards:(These are just a few covered)

ELA

CCR Writing Anchor Standard 6: (K-12th Grade)

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6-12

WHST 11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

  1. Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension

WHST 9-10.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

  1. Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections, and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

WHST 6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

  1. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  2. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

WHST 11-12.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

WHST 9-10. 4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

WHST 6-8.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

WHST 11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

WHST9-10.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

WHST6-8.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently

Lesson Ideas: (Summarizing/Explaining)

Empressionistic StyleArtwork

  • Students create a piece of art work in the style of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.
  • Each design must have a separate artist's description with a title for the piece and a paragraph explain the emotion that is being expressed.
  • All designs will be landscapes or seascapes and must be original.

How to useDrawing Box

  1. Tap on the app icon.
  1. Tap on the home icon.
  1. Tap on the type of media you want to use. Tap the pencil for pastels, chalks, pens or pencils. Tap of the paint tube/brush if you want to paint. The paint tubes will help you change colors. These are your accepted media for this project.
  1. Use your "strokes" to create textures. There must be visible textures in your work.
  1. Your subject matter should be a nature scene; that is a scene of a large outdoor space without people. Your focus is the scenery. It could be a picture of the ocean (seascape) or land (landscape/cityscape).
  1. Add your title to your piece. Save your artwork to the camera roll or email it to Mrs. Rosamond.

7. Write a brief description of your artwork including the title, your name and the feeling(s) you intend your artwork to express to your audience.

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