Appreciating and Appraising · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.2.4.6.1 - Agree on guidelines for viewing performing artworks and expressing own feelings and thoughts about own and others’ performances as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

List at least four guidelines for watching a music, dance or drama performance respectfully and attentively.
Use simple feeling words (happy, excited, scared, curious, proud) to describe their own reactions to a performance.
State one thing they liked and one thing they noticed about a classmate’s performance using the agreed guidelines.
Explain in one or two sentences how a performance they watched connects to a Ghanaian community they know or have heard about.
Follow the agreed class guidelines when watching and commenting on performances during the lesson.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B2.2.4.6 - Demonstrate understanding of how to analyse, appreciate, appraise/critique and present report on own works and that of others based on established guide for judging artworks (the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, social, aesthetic, cultural and functional values) and, the recordings and reports
Indicator: B2.2.4.6.1 - Agree on guidelines for viewing performing artworks and expressing own feelings and thoughts about own and others' performances as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 7 (Week 31 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. 58
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- agree on guidelines for viewing, examining and expressing own views about the music, dance and drama performances;
- agree on how to use the agreed guidelines to express own feelings and thoughts about own and others' displayed music, dance and drama performances