Art 1 · Week 21 · Principles of Design and Critique
Criteria for Strong Work
Students cocreate criteria for a successful composition and practice separating personal taste from evidence.
- Students will
- Students establish relevant criteria for a successful composition and use evidence from the work to separate personal taste from a fair evaluation.
- SEL skill
- Separate personal taste from evidence when judging work
- What it looks like
- Students practice responsible decision-making by judging work fairly with evidence, even when it is not to their taste.
- Content focus
- Criteria for strong work
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means making fair, thoughtful choices by considering evidence, ethics, and the effects on others. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Re9.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 9 (Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
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