~Fashion~
Mrs. Stephanie Brennan
Room 126
Email: Phone: 515-306-0118
Course Description:
This course provides students with an opportunity to study what people wear. Clothing has been worn for centuries and tells a lot about the person’s culture, status, and personal tastes. What people wear influences their work and acts as a major means of communicating with others. Students will gain experiences related to the fashion industry and their own personal fashion style through group and individual projects and classroom activities.
Textbook: Clothing: Fashion, Fabrics and Construction
Class Website: http://brennanfcs.wikispaces.com Please visit this website to look at daily assignments and assignments your student may have missed. They can print these assignments off at home and turn them in!
Supplies You Will Need:
1) Writing Utensil
2) Planner
3) A folder to keep all assignments
4) Wish list: If you are able to provide any extra supplies to our classroom it would be greatly appreciated! We need the following items:
-Beads, thread, buttons, hot glue guns and sticks, fabric, plain white t-shirts, cheap flip flops, fashion magazines, watercolor paints or tempura paints, fabric dye, hardware to make accessories.
Tentative Course Outline:
Unit 1: Clothing and Society—4 Blocks Unit 5: Principles of Design – 6 Blocks
a) Why Study Fashion? a) Emphasis/Focal Point, Balance
b) Fashion Influences b) Harmony, Rhythm
c) First Impressions c) Proportion
Unit 2: Fashion Culture & History—7 Blocks Unit 6: Accessories—2 Blocks
a) Fashion through the Eras a) History of Accessories
b) Research Fashion History b) Design an Accessory
c) Fashion by Country Unit 7: Fashion Styles & Fabric Care—7 Blocks
d) Design a Cultural Outfit a) Fashion Styles
Unit 3: Elements of Design—8 Blocks b) Fabric Care, Types of Fabric
a) Color, Tints, Tones, Shades c) Sewing on a Button
b) Line, Shape, Pattern, Texture Unit 8: Recycling Clothing—2 Blocks
Unit 4: Shoe Design-3 Blocks a) Redesign a piece of clothing
a) Shoe Design Project Unit 9: Careers
b) Shoe Design Contest a) Look at Fashion Careers
b) Design a Fashion Line (Final Project)
Highlighted Semester Activities
v Take an old piece of clothing and recycle it into something new
v Make an accessory out of hardware materials
v Create a portfolio on the Elements and Principles of Design
v Individual and Partner projects on History and Culture of Fashion
v Design a Clothing Line for a specific client in mind
Grading: I guarantee you will receive a B or better if you simple follow these “ingenious” strategies… Be Here, Do Your Work, and Have Some Fun!
*Participation =25 Percent of the Total Grade
*Daily Assignments and Journals =25 Percent of the Total Grade
*Exams/Assignments =25 Percent of the Total Grade
*Major Projects =25 Percent of the Total Grade:
Mrs. Brennan’s Behavior Plan
1st Offense: Warning 4th Offence: Office Referral and Phone Call Home
2nd Offense: 15 Minute Detention 5th Offence: Office Referral and further action from 3rd Offence: 30 Minute Detention your administrator
Behavior Expectations:
I truly believe that all discipline problems stem from a lack of mutual respect in the classroom. Respect your classmates, respect our learning environment, respect our faculty and most importantly, respect yourself by using self discipline.
-There will be no food or drink (other than water) allowed in my classroom because of the need to keep our kitchens clean of any visitors.
- Cell phones are not to be on in the classroom. They are distraction to our learning environment. If there is any emergency your students is welcome to use our classroom phone and you are always able to reach your student by calling the main office. Phones will be confiscated after a warning is given. If the phone becomes a problem, it will be given to an administrator and will need to be picked up by a guardian.
-Please keep the Mp3 Players away until you are given permission to use them.
-Treat our classroom computers with respect. We are very lucky to have these resources to use in our classroom.
Homework Expectations
Due to block scheduling, your students will have class time to complete most homework during class time. If your student does not use this time wisely, then it will become homework.
- Homework is due by the next class period and is to be turned into their class folder.
- Please encourage your student to use their planner to keep track of any homework assignments and major projects.
- Students can turn in late work for partial credit if it is during the grading period. Work that is turned in after the grading period will only be given half credit.
- If you student has an excused absence, they will be given 2 class blocks to turn the assignment in for full credit. If you student has an unexcused absence, points will be taken off for late work. Please remember that your student’s grade is directly affected by their attendance so make school their first priority!
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I have read the material presented on this sheet and understand the requirements of this course:
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