What's in the Bookbag Today?

Did you dig up any good books this week? Or any nuts?  Here are a couple of books you might enjoy this week while you think about where you left those nuts. These were all hits in our house.

1. If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

Composer and Artist Study Week 1

Grade 9 learning continues with composer and artist studies for the next 9 weeks. These are the links to what we are studying.

Week 1 Composer: Franz Josef Haydn -- String Quartet Op 76 No 3 C major 'Kaiser' 'Emperor'

1. Read his biographical information.
2. Another biography, printable version, geared to grade 3-4. 
3. Notebooking page for Haydn.
4. Listen to String Quartet Op 76 No 3 C major or click on video below. (23 minutes)

Week 1 Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815) -- Paul Revere 1768-1770

1. Paul Revere image (shown above)
2. Teaching Activities and a printable image for above painting can be found here.
3. Biography of John Singleton Copley.
4. Another biography geared at children. 

To learn more about Paul Revere:

1. Biography of Paul Revere
2. The True Story of Paul Revere by Charles Gettemy
3. Virtual Ride of Paul Revere
4. "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Art lesson for this week will be on Portraits (select one or more):

1. Go to site and watch the video on drawing a face, then using a photo or model, draw a portrait.
2. Create a portrait using the "Art Techniques 1"  lesson from the Mary Hill Museum of Art.
3. Artistic Pursuits Jr High book 1 - lesson 5 Neutrals - This has a lesson on how to draw skin colors followed by student drawing a self portrait in neutral pastels. 
4. Reflective Silhouette - 8th grade lesson on contour drawing using a silhouette of student

And from our favorite funny, here is how to draw the squirrel in the comic below.

A funny video to end the day.