SHS1 Performing Arts · Semester 2 Week 15: Critically Responding to One's Own and Others' Creative Works

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.3 - Evaluate the aesthetics of Performing Arts artistic product(s).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define aesthetics in the context of Performing Arts and identify the aesthetic components (colour, costume, make-up, staging, lighting, sound) of a dance, music, or drama performance.
Apply at least three evaluative criteria (e.g., unity, balance, emphasis, contrast, appropriateness) to appraise the aesthetic qualities of a performed artistic product.
Justify their aesthetic preferences using specific evidence from a performance viewed in class, referring to production elements with accurate terminology.
Propose and defend alternative aesthetic choices for a given performance, explaining how those changes would affect the audience’s interpretation.
Work collaboratively in groups to present a brief aesthetic evaluation of a performance piece, respecting and responding to divergent views from peers.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Analysis and Interpretation (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Critically Responding to One's Own and Others' Creative Works (3.1)
Content standard: 1.3.1.CS.1 - 1.3.1.CS.1 Demonstrate approaching proficiency level skills in interpreting and understanding own and others' performing arts artistic product(s) in [DANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA or, a collaboration] based on Ghanaian indigenous knowledge systems. Learning Outcomes 1.3.1.LO.1 Apply skills and knowledge in examining and appraising own and others' artistic product(s) in [DANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA or, a collaboration] that identify and interrogate indigenous knowledge systems.
Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.3 - Evaluate the aesthetics of Performing Arts artistic product(s).
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 15 (Week 35 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: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 59

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Exploratory Research:

- a. Explain preferences, using supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate dance /music/theatre drama artistic product(s).
- b. Consider the aesthetics of the production elements in a dance /music/ drama artistic product(s).
- c. Analyse the artistic expression of a dance. Discuss insights using evaluative criteria and dance terminology
- d. Consider the aesthetics of the production elements in a drama work.
- e. Identify how compositions are appropriate for an audience or context, and how this will shape future compositions
- Watch online videos of professional PA creative product(s) .
- Through think-pair-share, evaluate the aesthetics of the piece.
- The teacher can target questions to learners to get them to think critically about aesthetic decisions made in the performance:
- a) Why is that colour scheme chosen? What do you think? What is it trying to convey?
- b) What is effective about the make-up / costumes / staging?
- c) Are there components of the aesthetics which stand out for you (because they work or don't work)?

Project-based learning:

- Groups should then be given take-home assignments to work collaboratively to design a stage/costume/make-up ideas, for class presentation.
- Their brief should be: if you were in charge of putting this show on, how would you do it differently? The teacher should invite learners to justify their aesthetic decisions.

Collaborative Learning: Undertake group presentations based on the aesthetic evaluations made in groups.

Assessment (1.3.1.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- IT playing and recording gadgets e.g., mobile phone, cameras, etc.
- Assessment tools - [DANCE, MUSIC, and DRAMA, or a collaboration]
- Music manuscript sheets, notation software - Finale and Sibelius
- Music programming software - 5 DAW (audio formats)
- Video editing software - Wondershare Filmora 9.
- Drama production software - Scriptwriter and Adobe Photoshop