TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAM PHOTOGRAPHY – Year 10 Semester Program Rationale The following teaching and learning program is a guide to the scope and sequence of learning content that students will encounter during the term in Photography. The program also articulates the relevant Australian Curriculum links that will be met throughout the term through the various teaching and learning focuses and activities. Students will also be encouraged to develop and refine their critical thinking skills through the use of Bloom’s and Costa’s levels of thinking and understanding to inform all research, viewing and production. Finally, the school’s commitment to the AVID program and WICOR principles has been considered when developing this teaching and learning program. The program is supported by online learning through the blue sky classroom website. All assessments, marking keys and instructions including resources can be found here. Week Teaching & learning - Including ACARA Content How I will approach this in my classroom; including strategies for differentiation and addressing the needs of students with IEP’s: Assessment: Teachers are to record evidence in this column of how they have carried out each of these forms of formative assessment throughout the unit. 1-5 Assessment Task One: Photograms (see Task One Task Brief for specific details) Task to be completed by conclusion of week 5. ACARA Content Covered: Develop and refine media production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text for a specific purpose, meaning and Week One: Introduction to the course and welcome PowerPoint Go over course outline and assessment outline Portfolio and cornel notebooks organization Classroom expectations Assessment policy
10-12 Wk 13-16 Assessment Task Three: Camera Angles (see Task Three Task Brief for specific details) Task to be completed by conclusion of week 12. ACARA Content Covered: Develop and refine production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text for a specific purpose, meaning and Plan and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of specific audiences by particular use of production processes Evaluate how technical and symbolic elements are manipulated in media artworks to create and challenge representations framed by media , social beliefs and values for a range of audiences Analyse a range of media artworks from contemporary and past times to explore differing and enrich their media arts making, starting with Australian media artworks, including media artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and international media artworks Assessment Task Four: Photography Techniques (Pick One From The List) (see Task Four Task Brief for specific details) Task to be completed by conclusion of week 16 or 17. Experiment with ideas and stories that manipulate media and genres to construct new and alternative points of view through images, sounds and text Manipulate media representations to identify and examine social and cultural values and beliefs, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Plan and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of Week Eleven Practical Lesson – Editing in Photoshop and completion of PowerPoint Students will add their best examples to their PowerPoint and print their two favourite images to be added to their folios Students should spend time polishing images in photoshop, ensuring PowerPoint has been completed at a high standard, printing slides, proof sheets and assembling them into their folios Spend a portion of one lesson reteaching students how to size and print images Week Twelve Reflective Lesson – Reflecting on the process and production of photography Reflection should be written based on their notes taken during the process. Ensure students refer to the handout on how to write a reflection to ensure they complete the task effectively. time with each student evaluating and giving feedback on production and reflection. Week Thirteen Introduction to new ideas and task lessons a lesson explaining the task and the two techniques of levitation and sequence composition. Use the links on the task sheet and website along with PowerPoint to instruct students on the process and technique. Students should create a set of cornel notes on the two techniques.