What makes a good music video?

Ms. Wert's 6/7 class has made some spectacular marionettes. Today we will be choosing songs to make music videos starring our creations. What makes a good music video? All the videos below tell a story.

Sharpie (Hard-Boiled) Eggs

So easy, but so effective. All you need to make these fancy Easter eggs is a black Sharpie and a hard-boiled egg. You might want to review our lessons on Zentangles and line drawings for some great patterns. A hard-boiled egg should not be left at room temperature for longer than 2 hours, and goes bad after a week in the fridge. Happy Easter!

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Here are some eggs made at home by Georgia and Nicole. Great work girls, and thanks for sharing!

GarageBand

Here is a link for an overview of GarageBand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRTvU17dMI

Mrs. R's 6/7s will be watching from the 8:00 minute mark to learn about recording, tracks, and mixing.

At the end of class, please be sure to delete all recordings!

Marionettes

For Ms. Wert's 6/7 class, here is a collection of videos on the creation and manipulation of marionettes.

How to make a scarf marionette:

How to control a scarf marionette

Bill Baird Marionettes (we watched this one in class)

Davy Jones' Locker: Bill Baird's Puppet Marionettes (Part 1, 2 and 3)

How to make a doll into a marionette:

And just in case you wanted more videos, here is The Lonely Goatherd song from The Sound of Music movie!

What is lip syncing?

As the day before spring break gets closer, many students are thinking about their entry for the Lip Sync contest. Lip syncing is a fine art. You need to memorize the words to your song. Then, you pretend to sing in time to the music. Some people add dancing to go with their pretend singing, but pretending to sing is the most important part. For a GREAT example of lip syncing, please watch the video below!

Line drawing: hand

Zentangle

After a lesson on line and shading, students can explore Zentangles. The links below take you to an image search for Zentangles on Pinterest, and a great video for creating Zentangles.

Pinterest image search for Zentangles.

Video tutorial for creating a Zentangle.

Tree landscape

For this Grade 6/7 art lesson, we will learn about perspective. Students will use watercolours, tissue paper, and ink to create a winter snow scene.

Gift bows

Making bows out of magazines

(From the blog How About Orange)

Make nine strips of paper out of a magazine page. Try to use a page that has all colour on it. The strips should be 3/4 of an inch wide. Leave 3 of the strips full length, cut one inch off of the next three strips, two inches off of two strips, and the final strip should be three inches long (3 + 3 + 2 +1).

Loop eight strips as shown above and secure with glue, holding on for a few seconds so the glue sets. Curl the smallest strip into a circle. Assemble all the pieces from largest to smallest. The first layer make a six point star, and the final layer is the circle in the middle.

Grade 6/7 art projects

Music sheet wreath

(Via Pinterest: as shown on http://missmustardseed.com/2011/09/packages-pillows-paper/)

Snowstorm 

(Via Pinterest: as seen on http://www.designsponge.com/2010/02/diy-project-sarahs-snowflake-panels-light.html)

Living statues

Last week all classes learned some vocabulary around emotions and used their faces and bodies to show their feelings. Students had a chance to act for an audience of four and for the whole class, by themselves and in a small group. This week, we will be exploring the concept of living statues and tableau. Students will learn the skills of holding a position, maintaining an expression, and using their bodies silently to express a "living" picture. Some examples below show us "living statues."

B/eat it

Writing lyrics is sometimes a difficult process. This week we will be re-writing lyrics to very familiar songs (such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and maybe some of our favourite songs. We will try to perform the re-written song for our classmates. Then, as a class we will decide on a champion and have the whole class sing along to the new lyrics.

To help us think about this process, we have the karaoke version of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, and the lyrics to "Eat It" by Weird Al Yankovic.

Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic

How come you're always such a fussy young man

Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran

Well, don't you know that other kids are starving in Japan

So eat it, just eat it

Don't want to argue, I don't want to debate

Don't want to hear about what kind of food you hate

You won't get no dessert 'till you clean off your plate

So eat it, don't you tell me you're full

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Get yourself an egg and beat it

Have some more chicken, have some more pie

It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried

Just eat it, eat it,

just eat it, eat it

Just eat it, eat it,

just eat it, eat it, ooh

Your table manners are some cryin' shame

You're playin' with your food, this ain't some kind of game

Now, if you starve to death, you'll just have yourself to blame

So eat it, just eat it

You better listen, better do what you're told

You haven't even touched your tuna casserole

You better chow down or it's gonna get cold

So eat it, I don't care if you're full

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Open up your mouth and feed it

Have some more yogurt, have some more spam

It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Don't you make me repeat it

Have a banana, have a whole bunch

It doesn't matter what you had for lunch

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

If it's gettin' cold, reheat it

Have a big dinner, have a light snack

If you don't like it, you can't send it back

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Get yourself an egg and beat it (oh lord)

Have some more chicken, have some more pie

It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Don't you make me repeat it (oh no)

Have a banana, have a whole bunch

It doesn't matter what you had for lunch

Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Human Beatboxing

This week we are learning about rhythm and beat boxing. What is beat boxing? It's using your mouth and voice to make sounds like a DJ. We will be learning to establish a steady beat (using rhythm sticks), add in bass rhythm (using hand drums), and effective syncopation (using castanets). We also will be using our voices and microphones to make beat boxing sounds. Boot city cat city!

Graffiti Name Art

We are making our name art for the Fine Arts room in graffiti style, working on the skills of lettering, 3-D, and shading. Below is a video to help illustrate (ha!) these skills.