Appreciating and Appraising · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.1.4.6.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Agree on at least four class guidelines for assessing and deriving meaning from displayed visual artworks.
Apply the agreed guidelines to deduce and express the meaning of at least two artworks, one 2-Dimensional and one 3-Dimensional.
Identify and correctly use at least six art vocabulary words (such as texture, tone, subject matter, media, 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional) when describing and appraising artworks.
Work in groups to agree on a purpose for the appraisal report and choose whether to record it manually or digitally.
Demonstrate collaboration by contributing ideas and listening to others while agreeing on class guidelines.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B3.1.4.6 - 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), the recordings and reports
Indicator: B3.1.4.6.2 - Agree on guidelines for assessing and deriving meaning from own and others' visual artworks as representations of artworks produced or found in other African communities
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 6 (Week 30 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. 87
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: appreciate and appraise exhibited/displayed own and others' visual artworks (2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional)
Use the following guidelines for documentations, recordings and sharing:
- Description of the work: the elements in the work (dot, lines, shapes, forms, colour, texture, tone), materials used (e.g. paper, pencil, clay, wood), size of the work, number of objects/items in the work;
- Subject matter: meaning, message, topic, meaning, mood, feelings, historical, religious and, environment issues;
- Appraisal: what the work can be used for, likes, good things in the work, beauty, social and cultural value, correlation;
- Experiences to share: the design process through thinking and composing, planning and making, displaying and sharing, etc.