Activities for May 2020

Hello May! We are going to celebrate Haitian Heritage Month, Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, and Memorial Day.

We are going to learn how to create Minecraft projects and use recycled materials for our artworks. Isn't that exciting? You are going to have 4 assignments for the month of May.  One to create for each week.

This is what you need to turn in for May 

Assignment 1 - Theme: Cinco de Mayo celebration on Tuesday, May 5th  

                         Research and design a Cinco de Mayo craft HERE

                         OR

                         Research and draw a Cinco de Mayo item

                    

Assignment 2 - Theme: Mother's Day celebration on Sunday, May 10th

                         Research and design a Mother's Day craft HERE

                         OR

                         Research and draw a Mother's Day card

Assignment 3 - Theme: Haitian Heritage Month celebration during May

                          Research and build a Haitian Gingerbread House using Minecraft

                          OR

                          Research and draw a Haitian Gingerbread House on a piece of paper

 

Assignment 4 - Theme: Memorial Day celebration on Monday, May 25th

                          Research and design a Memorial Day float in Minecraft

                          OR

                          Research and design a Memorial Day craft and/or drawing

You are going to view the details of these projects when you scroll down this page.

But before we begin, did you know that only 26% of Oak Grove art students turned in their work during the month of April?  That means that 288 students did not successfully send their work last month. So as we begin, you are going to choose how you are going to continue reading the assignments for May.

1) If you are part of the 26% of students who turned in their work, congratulations! You can scroll down until you reach the details for the assignments.

2) If you are one of the 288 students who did not turn in their assignments or you are still not sure how to best send your work, I want to go over a few things with you.

Following, I'm going to show you how to get on Teams, ask questions, and turn in your projects. 

You are going to keep making art from your home.  Whatever device you use, you will need to take a picture at one point for me to see your work and give you a grade.  I will communicate with you using Teams to help you create your assignments and help you send your pictures. This is how Microsoft Teams works.

If you haven't done it already, sign in to your student portal and click on Office 365 and then Teams. Play the following videos if you are having trouble.

How to take screenshots

For Windows open this link: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/windows.html

For Macs open this link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361

You can also use your phone

Once you get to Teams it will look like the following image when you click on your art class section.  From there you can click on the "Assignments" section and upload your picture to the "Add work" section.  If you are having trouble with that, you can upload it through a post in the chat section using the "Attach" button that looks like a paper clip. If that still does not work, you can show me your work when you join in one of our weekly online video meetings.

Let's Review the Steps

If you are still having difficulties you can e-mail me by clicking on the blue OUTLOOK e-mail icon and send me a message at dorothywawa@dadeschools.net

As a reminder, beginning on Monday, April 6, ALL STUDENTS are accountable for their learning.  What does that mean?

It means that:

1.  you will need to sign in to your student portal every day of the week.  That will be for your attendance. 
2.  you will need to work on ALL your assignments for ALL your classes and turn them in.  That will be for your grades.

Let the Fun Begin!

Assignment 1

Cinco de Mayo celebration is on Tuesday, May 5th

Research and design a Cinco de Mayo craft HERE

   OR

 Research and draw a Cinco de Mayo item

When is Mother's Day? Answer

Assignment 2

Mother's Day celebration is on Sunday, May 10th

    Research and design a Mother's Day craft HERE

    OR

     Research and draw a Mother's Day card

The Gingerbread Houses reflect a time of prosperity and creativity in Haiti. This period and the iconic style of Haitian architecture came to an end in 1925.

Learn more about Haitian Gingerbread Style Houses HERE.

Click HERE and HERE for other examples of Haitian Gingerbread Houses.

Choose a design that you would like to create. 

Use the following examples as guides to design your own Haitian Gingerbread Style House.

Choose a house that you are going to create as an example for your assignment.

Assignment 3

Haitian Heritage Month celebration during May

Research and build a Haitian Gingerbread House using Minecraft

OR

Research and draw a Haitian Gingerbread House on a piece of paper

For the rest of the school year, we are going to use Minecraft, the Education Edition, as one option to create our artworks.  Before we begin, we need to understand how we are going to use MinecraftEE. 

STEP 1

Watch the following video for help on how to get Minecraft Education Edition

Use your student e-mail address to sign in (student ID#@students.dadeschools.net )

Download Minecraft Education Edition HERE

STEP 2

Set up to Begin

If you never played Minecraft, you can learn how to play it HERE

If you do not have a mouse, you can go to settings and set the Controls on Touch.

Or you can learn how to play without a mouse HERE

 

STEP 3

Start your Lesson Below

Download the Minecraft World HERE 

Click on Play and Import World

Click on the World you downloaded and Press Open

To download families and read about the details of the lesson click HERE

Click on View My Worlds, choose EmpathyEducation2, and start creating!

If you want to use My World so that we can collaborate in creating your houses,

use this code:

(I will update the code as needed)

STEP 4

Turn In a Picture of your Gingerbread House

Remember to send me a message through Teams if you have any questions.

Have fun creating your Haitian Style Gingerbread Houses!

To celebrate Memorial Day, you are going to create a parade float or design a craft piece.

Assignment 4

Theme: Memorial Day celebration on Monday, May 25th

 Research and design a Memorial Day float in Minecraft

First, choose a float as an example HERE.

To create your float, you will download and use the world HERE.

This video is just an example to help you build your float.

 OR

 Research and design a Memorial Day craft and/or drawing

For more inspiration, you can use this site HERE.

Don't forget to take a picture to turn in your assignment.

Visit this site HERE to create gift ideas.

Click HERE to get some ideas to create fun art during the summer.

You can also explore the Bass Museum's Summer Art activities HERE.