Appreciating and Appraising · B6 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.1.4.6.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

List the key parts of a guide for appreciating and appraising a visual artwork (description, subject matter, appraisal, experiences to share).
Use correct art vocabulary (e.g. line, shape, colour, texture, tone, medium, style) when talking about their own and others’ artworks.
Develop a class-approved guide for appraising artworks that reflects the medium and style of the international visual artists they have studied.
Agree on the purpose of an appraisal report, how it will be shared, and the method (manual or digital) for recording it.
Demonstrate decision-making and collaboration by voting and reaching consensus as a class on the appraisal guide and schedule.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B6.1.4.6 - 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: B6.1.4.6.1 - Develop guidelines for appreciating and appraising own and others' visual artworks that reflect the medium and style of the international visual artists studied
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 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 4-6), 2019, p. 122
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- discuss and accept a guide for appreciating and appraising own and/or others' visual artworks based on the guidelines suggested below;
- 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.
Suggested Guidelines
- Description of the work: The elements in the work (e.g. dots, 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, 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, correlation (connecting to other areas of learning).
- Experiences to share: the design process through thinking and composing, planning and making, displaying and sharing, etc.