B1 Creative Arts · Term 3 Week 12: Appreciating and Appraising

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.4.7.2 - Report own views and feelings about the displayed performing artworks and suggest how the artworks can be modified or improved

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State their own views and feelings about a displayed performing artwork using at least two of the agreed guidelines from Weeks 7 and 8.
Suggest at least one specific way to modify or improve a displayed performance based on their appraisal.
Use respectful language when giving feedback, showing that they can talk about a performance “dispassionately” (without letting personal feelings cloud their judgement).
Report their views and suggestions to the class in a short, clear presentation.
Apply at least one suggested modification to their own group’s performance to show they can use appraisal outcomes for improvement.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B1.2.4.7 - 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: B1.2.4.7.2 - Report own views and feelings about the displayed performing artworks and suggest how the artworks can be modified or improved
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 12 (Week 36 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. 29
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 performing artworks
- talk about the works dispassionately using agreed guidelines;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the performance or to present similar or different music, dance and drama artwork.
Suggested Process/Steps
- talk about appreciate and appraise own and/or others' compositions and performances using the guidelines above dispassionately;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar or another composition and performance;
- record/document the activity and share using an accepted social media by the class/group e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp etc..
Note: respond, appreciate and appraise own and/or music, dance and drama, and analyse the performances based on the concepts, subject matter, elements and principles of design, techniques, style, creativity, use of costumes, makeup, use of instruments, social and cultural relevance, correlation etc. for documentations, recordings and sharing, using the following guidelines:
- Music: theme, voice production and diction, harmony and blending of parts, interpretation, the elements and knowledge of music
- Dance: theme, entrance/exit, movement variation, gestures, creativity, makeup, movement in relation to singing and drumming, costume, props, energy, stage use, stage setting and dynamics;
- Drama: characterisation, makeup, gestures, voice projection, diction, use of space, aesthetics and creativity,