CR 7.

1 Responding to professional arts expressions

Exceeding expectations Analyze professional arts expressions
You are able to clearly and insightfully analyze the relationships between multiple aspects of various works of art. You can go on to compare multiple works of art, analyzing them and providing relevant evidence for your analyses. You demonstrate a strong understanding of various arts expressions and the meanings, symbols and emotions they evoke. You have clearly worked to find evidence for your interpretations and support your ideas with insightful evidence. You have a strong grasp of ways and means to find answers to questions you may have about professional arts expressions. You confidently refer to reliable sources of information and consistently search in more than one place to get insight. You share your findings in innovative ways and provoke further thinking by the people with whom you share.

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Not yet meeting expectations, even with assistance
You are having trouble analyzing professional arts expressions. What does it mean to analyze? What are the relationships within an arts expression? How do form and shape work together? How do music and movement combine? How can you support your ideas? You are having trouble interpreting professional arts expressions. What does it mean to interpret? How can we discover what an arts expression means? What is the connection between artists and viewer/ listener? How can you support your ideas? You are having trouble researching aspects of professional arts expressions. Where can you look for information? What are you trying to discover? How will you share what you learn? Who is your audience?

Meeting expectations independently

On your own, you are able to make clear and appropriate statements about the relationships between aspects of works of art and provide appropriate evidence for your analysis. On your own, you can interpret meanings, messages and emotional responses within works of art and provide appropriate evidence for your interpretations.

Mostly meeting expectations with assistance

With help, you can provide a reasonable analysis of some relationships present in selected works of art. Continue to practice describing works and looking at how the elements within them may be connected or contrasted in order to support your analysis. Keep track of your processes so you can become more independent. With help, you can provide some interpretation of professional arts expressions. How can you discover the meaning of works of art? How can you support your ideas more fully? Where can you look for this support?

Interpret professional arts expressions

Research professional arts expressions

On your own, you can conduct research into the contexts within which selected arts expressions were created and present your finding in innovative ways.

With some guidance, you can research some aspects of professional arts expressions. How can you more deeply explore why the works were created and what they say to the people viewing/ listening to them? How can you share your findings in a more unique and engaging way?

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