B1 Creative Arts · Term 3 Week 10: Appreciating and Appraising

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.4.7.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Talk about their own and others’ displayed visual artworks using the agreed guidelines from previous lessons, describing what they see without judging too quickly
State their own likes, feelings and views about at least two displayed artworks using simple sentences such as “I like the colours because…” or “The picture makes me feel happy because…”
Suggest at least one practical way to modify or improve a displayed artwork, such as adding more colour, making a shape bigger, or changing the materials used
Apply one suggested modification to their own artwork and explain what they changed and why
Use simple words such as “interesting”, “beautiful”, “colourful”, “clear” and “busy” to describe how artworks make them feel

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B1.1.4.7 - Demonstrate understanding of how to make informed decisions on displays, presentations, performances, recordings and/or reports based on established guide for judging artworks (the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, social, aesthetic, cultural and functional values) for correlation, correction and future modifications
Indicator: B1.1.4.7.2 - Report own views and feelings about the displayed visual artworks and suggest how the artworks can be modified or improved
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 10 (Week 34 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 27
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- display (real/photographs/video) selected own and others' displayed visual artworks
- talk about the works dispassionately using agreed guidelines;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar or different artworks.
Suggested Process/Steps
- talk about appreciate and appraise own and/or others' visual artworks, using the guidelines above dispassionately;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar artwork.;
- record/document the activity and share using platform accepted social media by the class/group e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.
Note: talk about, appreciate and appraise exhibited/displayed own and others' visual artworks (2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional). Use the following guidelines: 1. Description of the work: the elements in the work (dots, lines, shapes, forms, colour, texture, tone), materials used (paper, pencil, clay, wood), size of the work, number of objects/items in the work; 2. Subject matter: meaning, message, topic, mood, feelings, history, religion, environment. 3. Appraisal: what the work can be used for, likes, good things in the work, beauty, social and cultural value, correlation (connection to other areas of learning. 4. Experiences to share: the design process through thinking and composing, planning and making, displaying and sharing etc.