Grade 8 Fine Arts Kentucky Standards

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Relate connections found between different dances and discuss the relevance of the connections to the development of one's personal perspectives.

Relate connections found between different dances and discuss the relevance of the connections to one’s personal perspectives.

Investigate two contrasting topics using a variety of research methods. Identify and organize ideas to create representative movement phrases. Create a dance study exploring the contrasting ideas. Discuss how the research informed the choreographic process and deepens understanding of the topics.

Analyze and discuss, how dances from a variety of cultures, societies, historical periods, or communities reveal the ideas and perspectives of the people.

Analyze and discuss how dances from a variety of cultures, societies, historical periods or communities reveal the ideas and perspectives of the people.

Implement movement from a variety of stimuli (for example, music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience/recall, current news or social events) to develop dance content for an original dance study or dance.

Implement movement from a variety of stimuli to develop dance content for an original dance study or dance.

Identify and select personal preferences to create an original dance study or dance. Use genrespecific dance terminology to articulate and justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent.

Explore and experiment to choreograph an original dance study or dance. Use the Elements of Dance to articulate and justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent.

Collaborate to select and apply a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to choreograph an original dance study or dance with a clear artistic intent. Articulate the group process for making movement and structural choices.

Collaboratively apply a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to choreograph an original dance study or dance with artistic intent.

Define and apply artistic criteria to choreograph a dance that communicates personal or cultural meaning. Discuss how the criteria clarify or intensify the meaning of the dance.

Apply artistic criteria to choreograph a dance that communicates personal or cultural meaning.

Revise choreography collaboratively or independently based on artistic criteria, self-reflection, and the feedback of others. Articulate the reasons for choices and revisions and explain how they clarify and enhance the artistic intent.

Revise choreography collaboratively or independently based on artistic criteria, self-reflection and the feedback of others.

Experiment with aspects of a recognized system to document a section of a dance by using words, symbols, or media technologies.

Experiment with aspects of a recognized system to document a section of a dance by using words, symbols or recording technologies.

Sculpt the body in space and design body shapes in relation to other dancers, objects, and environment. Use focus of eyes during complex floor and air patterns or direct and indirect pathways.

Design body shapes which include other dancers, objects and environment. Use focus of eyes during complex floor and air patterns or direct and indirect pathways.

Analyze and select metric, kinetic, and breath phrasing and apply appropriately to dance phrases. Perform dance phrases of different lengths that use various timings within the same section. Use different tempi in different body parts at the same time.

Analyze and select metric, kinetic and breath phrasing and apply appropriately to dance phrases. Perform dance phrases of different lengths that use various timings within the same section. Use different tempi in different parts of the body at the same time.

Direct energy and dynamics in such a way that movement is textured. Incorporate energy and dynamics to technique exercises and dance performance. Use energy and dynamics to enhance and project movements.

Incorporate energy and dynamics to technique exercises and dance performances using them to enhance and project movements.

Embody technical dance skills (for example, functional alignment, coordination, balance, core support, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/range of motion) to replicate, recall, and execute spatial designs and musical or rhythmical dance phrases.

Embody technical dance skills to replicate, recall and execute spatial designs and musical or rhythmical dance phrases.

Evaluate personal healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life including nutrition and injury prevention. Discuss choices made, the effects experienced, and methods for improvement.

Evaluate personal healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life including nutrition and injury prevention.

Collaborate with peers to discover strategies for achieving performance accuracy, clarity, and expressiveness. Articulate personal performance goals and practice to reach goals. Document personal improvement over time (for example, journaling, portfolio, or timeline).

Collaborate with peers to discover strategies for achieving performance accuracy, clarity and expressiveness. Articulate personal performance goals and practice to reach goals. Reflect on personal improvement over time.

Demonstrate leadership qualities (for example commitment, dependability, responsibility, and cooperation) when preparing for performances. Use performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Document efforts and create a plan for ongoing improvements. Postperformance, accept notes from choreographer and apply corrections to future performances.

Revise and implement changes needed to adapt movement to performance area as well as technique and stage presence.

Collaborate to design and execute production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performed on a stage, in a different venue, or for different audiences. Explain reasons for choices using production terminology.

Collaborate to design and execute production elements that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of a dance performed on a stage, in a different venue or for different audiences.

Describe, demonstrate and discuss patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.

Explain how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices to communicate intent. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Describe, demonstrate and discuss patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.

Using genre-specific terminology, explain how the Elements of Dance are used in a variety of genres, styles or cultural dance movements to communicate intent.

Select a dance and explain how artistic expression is achieved through relationships among the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique and context. Cite evidence in the dance to support your interpretation using genre specific dance terminology.

Select a dance and explain how artistic expression is achieved through relationships among the Elements of Dance, use of body, dance technique and context. Cite evidence in the dance to support an interpretation.

Use artistic criteria to determine what makes an effective performance. Consider content, context, genre, style, or cultural movement practice to comprehend artistic expression. Use genrespecific dance terminology.

Observe movement characteristics or qualities in a specific dance genre and compare to one's personal movement.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources to inform the creation of media artworks, such as cultural and societal knowledge, research, and exemplary works.

Justify and apply internal and external resources to inform the creation of media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences, such as local and global events.

Explain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge and create cultural experiences.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as democracy, environment, and connecting people and places.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts and purposes.

Analyze and responsibly interact with media arts tools, environments, legal, and technological contexts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, and virtual worlds.

Responsibly interact with media arts tools, environments, legal and technological contexts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media and virtual worlds.

Generate ideas, goals, and solutions for original media artworks through application of focused creative processes, such as divergent thinking and experimenting.

Generate ideas and goals for original media artworks through the application of focused creative processes.

Structure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.

Design, critique and justify ideas, plans, prototypes and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent, resources and the presentation context.

Implement production processes to integrate content and stylistic conventions for determined meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles, such as theme and unity.

Implement production processes to integrate content and stylistic conventions for determined meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of Foundational Principles.

Refine and modify media artworks, improving technical quality and intentionally accentuating selected expressive and stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, and place.

Refine media artworks, improving technical quality and intentionally accentuating selected stylistic and expressive elements, to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience and place.

Integrate multiple contents and forms into unified media arts productions that convey specific themes or ideas, such as interdisciplinary projects, or multimedia theatre.

Integrate multiple contents and forms into unified media arts productions that convey specific themes or ideas.

Demonstrate a defined range of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, through performing specified roles in producing media artworks, such as strategizing and collaborative communication.

Demonstrate a defined range of skills and abilities through performing specified roles in producing media artworks.

Demonstrate a defined range of creative and adaptive innovation abilities, such as divergent solutions and bending conventions, in developing new solutions for identified problems within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools, techniques and content in standard and experimental ways to communicate intent in the production of media artworks.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools, techniques and content in standard and experimental ways to communicate intent in the production of media artworks.

Design the presentation and distribution of media artworks through multiple formats and/or contexts.

Design the presentation and distribution of media artworks through multiple formats and/or contexts.

Evaluate the results of and implement improvements for presenting media artworks, considering impacts on personal growth and external effects.

Evaluate the results of and implement improvements for presenting media artworks, considering impacts on personal growth and external effects.

Compare, contrast, and analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components and style in media artworks.

Evaluate the qualities of and relationships between the components and style in media artworks.

Compare, contrast, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience and create intention.

Evaluate how various forms, methods and styles in media artworks manage audience experience and communicate intention.

Analyze the intent and meanings of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms, and various contexts.

Analyze the intent and meanings of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms and various contexts.

Evaluate media art works and production processes with developed criteria, considering context and artistic goals.

valuate media art works and production processes with developed criteria, considering context and artistic goals.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Investigate connections between different music genres and discuss their relevance to the development of personal perspectives and musical preferences.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Analyze how responses to music are influenced by understanding the cultural, historical and/or community context.

Generate rhythmic, melodic and harmonic phrases and harmonic accompaniments within expanded forms (including introductions, transitions, and codas) that convey expressive intent.

Generate rhythmic, melodic and harmonic phrases and harmonic accompaniments within expanded forms that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs, and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate tension and release, unity and variety, balance, and convey expressive intent.

Create personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate tension and release, unity and variety, balance and convey expressive intent.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording to document personal rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and harmonic sequences.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technologies to document personal rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases and harmonic sequences.

Evaluate their own work by selecting and applying criteria including appropriate application of compositional techniques, style, form, and use of sound sources.

Evaluate and rationalize revisions to their own work by selecting and applying criteria.

Describe the rationale for refining works by explaining the choices, based on evaluation criteria.

Present the final version of their documented personal composition, song, or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate the application of compositional techniques for creating unity and variety, tension and release, and balance to convey expressive intent.

Present the final version of personally created compositions or arrangements to others that justifies craftsmanship and originality and explains connection to expressive intent.

Apply personally-developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context, and explain expressive qualities, technical challenges, and reasons for choices.

Apply personally developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context and explain expressive qualities, technical challenges and reasons for choices.

Compare the structure of contrasting pieces of music selected for performance, explaining how the elements of music are used in each.

Compare the structure of contrasting pieces of music selected for performance, explaining how the Elements of Music are used in each.

When analyzing selected music, sight-read in treble or bass clef simple rhythmic, melodic, and/or harmonic notation.

When analyzing selected music, sightread in treble or bass clef simple rhythmic, melodic and/or harmonic notation.

Identity how cultural and historical context inform performances and result in different musical effects.

Identify how cultural and historical context inform performances and result in different musical effects.

Perform contrasting pieces of music, demonstrating as well as explaining how the music's intent is conveyed by their interpretations of the elements of music and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, and phrasing).

Perform contrasting pieces of music, demonstrating as well as explaining how the music’s intent is conveyed by their interpretations of the Elements of Music and expressive qualities.

Identify and apply personallydeveloped criteria (such as demonstrating correct interpretation of notation, technical skill of performer, originality, emotional impact, variety, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when the music is ready to perform.

Identify and apply personally developed criteria to rehearse, refine and determine when the piece is ready to perform.

Perform the music with technical accuracy, stylistic expression, and culturally authentic practices in music to convey the creator's intent.

Perform the music with technical accuracy, stylistic expression and culturally authentic practices in music to convey the creator’s intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum (such as stage presence, attire, and behavior) and audience etiquette appropriate for venue, purpose, context, and style.

Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for venue, purpose, context and style

Select programs of music (such as a CD mix or live performances) and demonstrate the connections to an interest or experience for a specific purpose.

Select programs of music and demonstrate the connections to an interest or experience for a specific purpose.

Compare how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure within programs of music.

Compare how the Elements of Music and expressive qualities relate to the structure within programs of music.

Identify and compare the context of programs of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.

Identify and compare the context of programs of music from a variety of genres, cultures and historical periods.

Support personal interpretation of contrasting programs of music and explain how creators' or performers' apply the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods to convey expressive intent.

Support personal interpretation of contrasting programs of music and explain how creators or performers apply the Elements of Music and expressive qualities convey expressive intent.

Apply appropriate personallydeveloped criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

Apply personally developed criteria to evaluate musical works or performances and justify appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the Elements of Music.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a drama/theatre work.

Use different forms of drama/theatre work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.

Research the story elements of a staged drama/theatre work and compare them to another production of the same work.

Identify and use artifacts from a time period and place to develop performance and design choices in a drama/theatre work.

Imagine and explore multiple perspectives and solutions to staging problems in a drama/theatre work.

Imagine and explore solutions to design challenges of a performance space in a drama/theatre work.

Develop a scripted or improvised character by articulating the character's inner thoughts, objectives, and motivations in a drama/theatre work.

Articulate and apply critical analysis, background knowledge, research, and historical and cultural context to the development of original ideas for a drama/theatre work.

Share leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising drama/theatre work.

Use repetition and analysis in order to revise devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Refine effective physical, vocal, and physiological traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Implement and refine a planned technical design using simple technology during the rehearsal process for devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Explore different pacing to better communicate the story in a drama/theatre work.

Use various character objectives and tactics in a drama/theatre work to overcome an obstacle.

Use a variety of acting techniques to increase skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.

Use a variety of technical elements to create a design for a rehearsal or drama/theatre production.

Perform a rehearsed drama/theatre work for an audience.

Apply criteria to the evaluation of artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.

Recognize and share artistic choices when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.

Analyze how cultural perspectives influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.

Apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a drama/theatre work.

Respond to a drama/theatre work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.

Apply the production elements used in a drama/theatre work to assess aesthetic choices.

Assess the impact of a drama/theatre work on a specific audience.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity.

Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.

Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media.

Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art and design.

Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of artmaking or designing.

Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.

Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.

Collaboratively prepare and present selected theme-based artwork for display, and formulate exhibition narratives for the viewer.

Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.

Explain how a person's aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment and impact the visual image that one conveys to others.

Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, art-making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.

Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art.