Appreciating and Appraising · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.4.7.2 - Report own views about the beauty and usefulness of the displayed visual artworks and make suggestions for modifying or improving upon them

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State their own views about the beauty and usefulness of at least two displayed visual artworks using the agreed guidelines from previous lessons.
Identify at least one strength and one area for improvement in a displayed artwork and express these respectfully.
Suggest at least two practical modifications to improve an artwork (such as changes to colour, texture, size, or finishing).
Use a simple reporting format to present their appraisal of an artwork to the class.
Apply suggestions from their own and others’ appraisals to improve a piece of their own artwork.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B2.1.4.7 - Demonstrate understanding of how to make informed decisions on displays, presentations, performances, recordings and/or reports, based on an 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: B2.1.4.7.2 - Report own views about the beauty and usefulness of the displayed visual artworks and make suggestions for modifying or improving upon them
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. 60
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- view and make informed decisions on the artworks using the senses and the agreed guidelines
- assess the beauty of the artworks based on the agreed guidelines (e.g. the theme, subject matter, media and techniques used, finishing);
- talk about and make suggestions for modifying or improving the quality of own and others' displayed visual 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 or different artwork;
- record/document the activity and share using a social media platform accepted by the class/group (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp);
Note: appreciate and appraise exhibited/displayed own and others' visual artworks.
Use the following guidelines for documentations, recordings and sharing: 1. Description of the work: the elements in the work (dot, 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, historical, and religious issues, environment; 3. Appraisal: what the work can be used for, likes, good things in the work, beauty, social and cultural value; 4. Experiences to share: the design process through thinking and composing, planning and making, displaying and sharing etc.