Appreciating and Appraising · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.4.6.2 - Agree on guidelines for assessing and deriving meaning from own and others’ displayed visual artworks

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least three things to look at when assessing a displayed artwork, such as the elements, materials, and subject matter.
Work in groups to agree on a simple set of assessment guidelines for judging displayed artworks.
Use the agreed guidelines to talk about the meaning of at least one displayed artwork, mentioning what it is about and how it makes them feel.
Choose appropriate words (vocabulary) to describe and appraise artworks, such as bright, dull, smooth, rough, colourful, meaningful.
Decide together on how to record their appraisal findings, either manually or using a digital device.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B2.1.4.6 - 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: B2.1.4.6.2 - Agree on guidelines for assessing and deriving meaning from own and others' displayed visual artworks
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. 56
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- agree on guidelines for deducing the meaning of each artwork displayed;
- discuss how to use the guidelines to express the meaning of each displayed artwork.
Suggested Process/Steps
- discuss and accept a guide for appreciating and appraising own and/or others' visual artworks based on the guidelines suggested above;
- identify the correct vocabulary to use for appreciating and appraising artworks
- agree on what to use the appraisal report for and how to share it;
- agree on the approach/method (manual/digital) to use in recording/documenting the appraisal process;
- fix a day/date for the appreciation/appraisal/jury.
Note: examine, assess and report on own and others' displayed visual artworks.
Use the following guidelines:
- 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;
- Subject matter: meaning, message, topic, mood, feelings, history, religion, environment, global warming;
- Appraisal: what the work can be used for, likes, good things in the work, beauty, social and cultural value and, correlation (connecting to other areas of learning);
- Experiences to share: the design process through thinking and composing, planning and making, displaying and sharing, etc.