ALEX Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (6) 1 :

1) Generate variations of goals and solutions for media arts products, utilizing chosen creative processes.

Example: Rewrite commercials to reflect truth in advertising.

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3) Experiment with multiple approaches to produce content and components for specific purpose and meaning in media arts productions, utilizing a range of associated principles.

a. Modify point of view and/or perspective.

Example: Record a scene about a bully on the playground. The points of view can reflect the bully, the victim, and the observer.

[ARTS] MED (6) 5 :

5) Justify how integrating diverse contents and forms can support a central idea in a media artwork.

Example: Create a video and an audio commercial, changing the dialogue in each format to determine the most effective communication.

[ARTS] MED (7) 1 :

1) Produce various ideas and solutions for media arts products, applying chosen creative processes.

a. Use concept modeling and prototyping.

Example: Create a conceptual drawing and input into a computer to use a 3D printer to create a game character.

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3) Coordinate production processes to combine content and components for specific purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles.

a. Utilize narrative structure and composition.

Example: Write, perform, direct, and produce a short film.

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5) Apply concepts of diverse content and varied forms into unified media arts productions that convey consistent narratives.

Example: Create a storyboard for an interactive video game.

[ARTS] MED (8) 1 :

1) Generate various ideas, goals, and solutions for original media arts products, applying focused creative processes through divergent thinking and experimentation.

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3) Implement production processes to integrate content and stylistic conventions for determined meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles.

a. Utilize theme and unity.

Example: Construct a podcast script for a specific holiday, unifying current and past events.

[ARTS] MED (8) 5 :

5) Apply concepts from across content areas and varied arts forms to create a single media arts production.

Example: Collect images to communicate the theme or idea of a song.

Students will record a two-minute descriptive or persuasive speech.  They will use this recording to narrate a selection of images chosen to demonstrate their understanding of the content.  This unit includes seven lessons.   

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (6) 2 :

2) Collaboratively organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

[ARTS] MED (6) 6 :

6) Develop a variety of artistic, design, technical, and career skills through collaboration to create media arts productions.

a. Utilize invention, formal technique, production, self-initiative, and problem-solving.

Example: Participate in an invention convention where they pitch an invention idea to help society.

[ARTS] MED (7) 2 :

2) Design, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering expressive intent and resources.

[ARTS] MED (7) 6 :

6) Display an increasing set of artistic, design, technical, and career skills through creative problem-solving, organizing, and collaboration to produce media artworks.

[ARTS] MED (8) 2 :

2) Collaboratively structure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.

[ARTS] MED (8) 5 :

5) Apply concepts from across content areas and varied arts forms to create a single media arts production.

Example: Collect images to communicate the theme or idea of a song.

[ARTS] MED (8) 6 :

6) Demonstrate a defined range of artistic, design, technical, and career skills, including strategizing and cooperative communication, to construct media arts productions collaboratively.

Students will research ancient Greece, including Greek gods, heroes, and creatures. In pairs, they will use Powtoon to create a digital story based on their research.  This unit includes nine lessons.   

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (8) 1 :

1) Generate various ideas, goals, and solutions for original media arts products, applying focused creative processes through divergent thinking and experimentation.

[ARTS] MED (8) 5 :

5) Apply concepts from across content areas and varied arts forms to create a single media arts production.

Example: Collect images to communicate the theme or idea of a song.

[ELA2021] (8) 8 :

8. Produce clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writing in which the development, organization, style, and tone are relevant to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.

a. Write narratives that establish a clear purpose, use narrative techniques, and sequence events coherently.

Examples: narratives - memoir, short story, personal narrative; techniques - dialogue, pacing, description, reflection;
sequencing - chronological, reverse chronological, flashback

b. Write informative or explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas or processes effectively, by developing the topic with relevant information or data from credible sources and using appropriate transitions and precise vocabulary.

c. Write an argument to defend a position by introducing and supporting a claim, distinguishing the claim from opposing claims, presenting counterclaims and reasons, and citing accurate, relevant textual evidence from credible sources.

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15. Deliver ideas in an appropriate digital format with specific attention to subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and tone.

Examples: speaking to defend or explain a digital poster, multimedia presentation, or video on an area of interest

In this lesson, an arts integration specialist collaborated with an English Language Learner teacher.  The students used a cloze activity to complete a poem about themselves.  They took photographs to accompany the poem.  They edited the photos using iMovie and recorded themselves reading their poem.