1. Starter of the day
In your sketchbook on the 2nd page at the top write down answers to the following questions. Please save the bottom half of that page for your exit pass. Thanks!
1) In your own words what is a symbol?
2) What do you like( type of food, friends, family, sports, etc.)?
3) Try writing your name in a creative way.

2. Drawing 1 Day 2
What is a symbol

3. Agenda Review of last time What is a symbol & how to create your own.
Studio Time
What that looks like
Clean-up
Exit Pass

4. Last Time
We learned about the difference between tagging, graffiti art, and street art.
We learned how to turn a regular block letter into a graffiti letter.
We learned the legalities around graffiti and street art and why we should not do it on others property.
We got into groups and created our own graffiti letters.
If you were not here last time it is your responsibility to get a worksheet and complete the entire alphabet on your own within the next couple days.

5. How to create meaning in your art?
What is a symbol?
How to create meaning in your art?

6. Symbol
On page 1 of book 1 under the website & my e- mail info write terms
Our first term in the book is symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

7. Coat of Arms

9. What do these symbols mean? How do we know they mean what we think?
Modern Symbols
What do these symbols mean?
How do we know they mean what we think?

13. Cell phone symbols

16. One Example of Symbols
Cherokee symbols

17. Symbols Assignment Graffiti and Street art is all about symbolism.
You will be creating either a graffiti text with a symbol or a street art piece with graffiti text.

18. Open Studio Time 3 – 5 sketches of ideas for your symbol
In pencil on page 3 in your sketchbook
Symbol ideas can be anything that you think represents you
Be original (don’t copy symbols that are already out there that’s called plagiarism)

19. Exit Pass page 2 of your sketchbook under your bell work
Looking at your symbols on page 3 that you drew, describe in three sentences what drawings represent you the most and why.