To Start:

• Pick up your binder and "mail," and one of each paper from the outbox.
• Draw a horizontal line across your starter/closer page, and title it "Starter - January 12th."
• Get out your "Art Project Overview" and read over the grading criteria.
• Think of two things that you personally need to do, above and beyond my grading criteria, to earn an A on your project, and write them on your starter document.

In Class:
We're postponing our gallery walk until Wednesday, so that we can make the most of our critique time. Please plan on having a totally complete draft to show tomorrow in order to earn credit.

We'll also go over the expectations for our exhibition and invite people to come.

To Close:

• File the "Art Project Overview" in the resources section of your binder.
• Draw a horizontal line across your starter/closer page, and title it "Closer - January 12th."
• Answer the following questions:
  • Which three people did you invite?
  • What snack are you going to bring to share?
  • Will you be coming to the challenge extension seminar for "The Sorrow of War" on Thursday at lunch?
• Put what you're going to work on in your planner.
• Turn your starter/closer into the box.
• Shelve your binder.

At Home:
Work on your art piece for our gallery walk tomorrow. If you haven't put in time outside of class, your project is probably looking pretty unpolished and unprofessional right now. Take the time to make it something you're proud of.

In Class:

• Set a goal for the day on your starters document.
• Sign up for a conference with Ally.
• Begin working on your art project.

To Close:

• File your "Project Proposal" in classwork and "Art Project Overview" in resources.
• Draw a horizontal line across your starter/closer page, and title it "Closer - January 5th."
• Answer the following questions:
  • What did you accomplish on your art project today?
  • What will you work on for your art project tonight?
• Turn your starter/closer into the box.
• Shelve your binder.

At Home:
Work on your art project for at least twenty minutes.

To Start:
Put a heading on a piece of paper:
Jane Doe
AM Humanities
Starters and Closers
January 4th, 2015

Title it: Starter - January 4th

Write at least five lines on one or all of the following prompts. Use complete sentences. Do not rewrite the prompts.

1. What worked well for you in 2015? What are you hoping to keep up?
2. What didn't work so well for you in 2015? What are you hoping to leave behind?
3. What are your intentions or hopes for 2016? How are you going to make this year great?

In Class:
First, we're having a scavenger hunt to go over some new procedures and polices.
Here are the directions for:

• Enabling Google Docs Offline
• Downloading Google Drive

Then we're going to launch our art project. Here is the project overview and project proposal.

To Close:
Draw a horizontal line on your starters page and title the section: Closer - January 4th
Answer the question in complete sentences. Do not rewrite the question.

• On a scale of one to five, how excited are you feeling about our art project? Why?

Coming Up:
Art project proposals due at the start of class tomorrow.