Harlem Renaissance “Art Museum” Assignment

Criteria Exceeds Meets Expectations Barely Meets Does Not Meet

Expectations Expectations Expectations

Artist’s statement The student explains The student explains The student explains a The student explains
(30 points) all aspects of his or her most aspects his or her few aspects of his or his or her illustration
illustration in great illustration in detail her illustration in vaguely and does not
detail and always uses and uses a good some detail and uses include evidence from
evidence from his or amount of evidence some evidence from his or her poem or
her poem and from his or her poem his or her poem or knowledge of the time
knowledge of the time or knowledge of the knowledge of the time period.
period to justify all time period to justify period to justify a few (6 points)
artistic decisions. most artistic decisions. artistic decisions.
(30 points) (22 points) (14 points)
Illustration The student’s The student’s The student’s The student’s
(20 points) illustration clearly illustration mimics or illustration only illustration does not
mimics Harlem clearly attempts to somewhat mimics or mimic Harlem
Renaissance art and mimic Harlem attempts to mimic Renaissance art and
incorporates all Renaissance art and Harlem Renaissance only incorporates a
aspects of the incorporates most art and incorporates few aspects of the
student’s poem in an aspects of the student’s some aspects of the student’s poem.
interesting and unique poem in an interesting student’s poem. (5 points)
way. way. (10 points)
(20 points) (15 points)

Reflection The student’s The student’s The student’s The student’s

(20 points) reflection includes reflection includes reflection includes a reflection does not
several details from some details from the few details from the include details from
the artwork and artwork and artist’s artwork and artist’s the artwork and
artist’s statement he or statement he or she statement he or she artist’s statement he
she chooses and chooses and includes chooses and includes or she chooses and
includes a balance of both meaningful either only meaningful does not include any
both meaningful critique and praise, critique or praise. meaningful critique or
critique and praise. although it may not be (10 points) praise. (5 points)
(20 points) balanced
(15 points)
Use of poetry The student The student usually The student The student rarely
vocabulary consistently uses uses poetry vocabulary sometimes uses uses poetry
(20 points) poetry vocabulary to to describe his or her poetry vocabulary to vocabulary to describe
describe his or her chosen poem and that describe his or her his or her chosen
chosen poem and that of his or her chosen poem and that poem and that of his
of his or her classmates. of his or her or her classmates.
classmates. (15 points) classmates. (5 points)
(20 points) (10 points)
Neatness The student’s artwork The student’s artwork The student’s artwork The student’s artwork
(10 points) and writing are very and writing are fairly and writing are and writing are very
neat, and it is obvious neat and he or she somewhat messy, and messy, and it is
that he or she put a lot obviously put some it is not obvious that obvious that he or she
of time and care into time and care into this he or she put time and did not put time or
this project. project. care into this project. care into this project.
(10 points) (7 points) (3 points) (1 point)