Arts Education 12) Interpret art by identifying the mood or feeling suggested by a work of art through subject matter and visual qualities.
Examples: Talk about color qualities and composition in Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist .
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Artistic Process: Responding
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Process Components: Perceive, Analyze, Interpret
Essential Questions:
EU: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
Concepts & Vocabulary:
Principles of design
Brainstorming
Composition
Concepts
Characteristic
Elements of art
Expressive properties
Foreground
Middle ground
Neutral colors
Resist Skill Examples:
Compare lines on a seashell to lines made by fence posts.
Discuss how artists make choices that communicate ideas in works of art.
Discuss how artists use familiar symbols to express and create artwork.
Discuss how the artistic process can lead to "happy accidents" discovering something new.
Use basic self-assessment strategies to improve their artworks.
Discuss the difference between assessing the quality of an artwork and personal preference for the work.
Talk about color qualities and composition in Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist .
Discuss and recognize how artists use different materials and processes to create art.
Recognize patterns and textures that can be found in many places in and around the school and community.
Use statements that include artistic terminology such as, "I know the texture of the cat is soft from the pencil marks I see."
English Language Arts 23. Identify the main story elements in a literary text.
a. Explain the plot of a narrative, using textual evidence to list the major events in sequence.
b. Describe the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors in a story.
c. Describe the setting of a narrative, using textual evidence.
d. Identify the central message or moral of a story.
e. Identify the theme in myths, fables, and folktales.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
23.
Story elements Literary text
23a.
Plot
Narrative
Textual evidence
Major events
Sequence
23b.
Describe
Character
Traits
Feelings
Behaviors
23c.
Setting
Narrative
Textual evidence
23d.
23e.
Theme
Myths
Fables
Folktales Knowledge:
23. Students know:
Literary text is a story that contains story elements, like a plot and characters.
23a.
Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
The sequence of events is the order in which the story takes place.
23b.
A story author provides descriptions of the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors.
23c.
Setting is when and where a story takes place.
23d.
A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
23e.
Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
Myths, fables, and folktales are fictional pieces of text. Skills:
23. Students are able to:
Identify the main story elements in a literary text, such as characters, settings, and plot.
23a.
Explain the major events of a story in order by using text evidence.
23b.
Describe characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors by using information from the text.
23c.
Describe the setting of a story by using evidence from the text.
23d.
Identify the central message or moral of a story using information from the text.
23e.
Identify the theme of a myth, fable, or folktale. Understanding:
23. Students understand that:
Literary texts include story elements, and they can identify the various elements to better understand the text.
23a.
The plot is the main events of the story that happen in a particular sequence. The plot can be explained by using words or phrases from the text.
23b.
Understanding each character's traits, feelings, and behaviors will help them better understand a story's plot.
They can learn about characters by carefully reading the story and describing the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors.
23c.
They can use information from the text to learn when and where the story takes place.
They can use the text to describe attributes of the setting.
23d.
Stories will often have a central message or moral that the author intended to share with readers.
23e.
Myths, fables, and folktales are often written to convey a particular theme or main message.
