Grade 7 Fine Arts ILS Standards

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

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Compare and contrast the movement characteristics or qualities found in a variety of dance genres. Discuss how the movement characteristics or qualities differ from one's own movement preferences and perspectives.

Identify and research a dance related question or problem. Communicate new perspectives or realizations through a dance study with an oral and written defense.

Compare, contrast, and discuss dances performed by people in various localities or communities. Formulate possible reasons why similarities and differences developed in relation to the ideas and perspectives important to each social group.

Compare a variety of stimuli (for example, music, observed dance, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, personal experience/recall, current news, social events) and make selections to expand movement vocabulary and artistic expression.

Explore various movement vocabularies to express an artistic intent in choreography. Explain and discuss the choices made using genre-specific dance terminology.

Use a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to develop a dance study with a clear artistic intent. Articulate reasons for movement and structural choices.

Determine artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning. Articulate how the artistic criteria serve to communicate the meaning of the dance.

Evaluate possible revisions of dance compositions and, if necessary, consider revisions of artistic criteria based on self-reflection and the feedback from others. Explain reasons for choices and how they clarify artistic intent.

Investigate a recognized system to document a dance sequence by using words, symbols, or media technologies.

Expand movement vocabulary of varied pattern designs. Incorporate and modify body designs from different dance genres and styles to expand movement vocabulary to include differently designed shapes and movements for interest and contrast.

Vary durational approach in dance phrasing by using timing accents and variations within a phrase to add interest kinesthetically, rhythmically, and visually.

Compare and contrast movement characteristics from a variety of dance genres or styles. Discuss specific characteristics using adjectives and adverbs to describe them. Determine what dancers must do to perform them clearly.

Apply body use strategies to accommodate physical maturational development to technical dance skills (for example, functional alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/range of motion).

Utilize healthy practices and sound nutrition in dance activities and everyday life. Discuss benefits of practices and how choices enhance performance.

Collaborate with peers to practice and refine dances. Develop group performance expectations through observation and analyses (for example, view live or recorded professional dancers and collaboratively develop group performance expectations based on information gained from observations).

Use performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal, and performance. Maintain a journal documenting these efforts. Post-performance: accept notes from the choreographer and apply corrections to future performances.

Explore possibilities of producing dance in a variety of venues or for different audiences. Use production terminology to explain how the production elements would be handled in different situations to enhance artistic intent.

Compare, contrast, and discuss patterns of movement and their relationships in dance.

Compare and contrast how the elements of dance are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Compare the meaning of different dances. Explain how the artistic expression of each dance is achieved through the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, and context. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Compare artistic intent, content, and context from dances to examine the characteristics of genre, style, or cultural movement practice. Based on the comparison, refine artistic criteria, using genre-specific dance terminology.

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

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Producing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources (for example, experiences, interests, research, exemplary works) to inform the creation of media artworks.

Explain and show how media artworks form new meanings, knowledge, situations, and cultural experiences (for example, new information, learning).

Research and demonstrate how media artworks and ideas relate to various situations, purposes, and values (for example, community, vocations, social media).

Analyze and responsibly interact with media arts tools and environments, considering copyright, ethics, media literacy, and social media.

Generate ideas, goals, and solutions for original media artworks through application of focused creative processes and generative methods (for example, divergent thinking, experimenting).

Design, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering expressive intent and resources.

Coordinate production processes to integrate content and components for determined purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles (for example, narrative structures, composition).

Analyze, Improve and refine media artworks by emphasizing particular expressive elements to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, or place.

Integrate multiple contents and forms into unified media arts productions that convey consistent perspectives and narratives in order to reach a given audience.

Exhibit an increasing set of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills through performing various roles in producing and presenting media artworks (for example, creative problem solving, organizing).

Exhibit an increasing set of creative and adaptive innovation abilities (for example, exploratory processes) in developing solutions within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways to achieve an assigned purpose in constructing media artworks.

Evaluate various presentation formats in order to fulfill various tasks and defined processes in the presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

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

Describe, compare, and analyze the relationships between the components in media artworks.

Describe, compare, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks interact with personal preferences in influencing audience experience.

Interpret and construct meanings of a variety of media artworks, using guided self-developed criteria.

Determine and apply relevant criteria to evaluate various media artworks and production processes, considering context and practicing constructive feedback.

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

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

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

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

Compose rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases over harmonic accompaniments within a given form(s) that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, develop, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, song, and compositions within a given form(s) that utilize compositional techniques 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.

Evaluate their own work, applying teacher or student-developed criteria.

Present the final version of a personal composition or arrangement, using musicianship and originality to utilize compositional techniques and convey expressive intent.

Describe the rationale for making revisions to the music based on evaluation criteria and feedback from others, (teachers and peers).

Select varied repertoire to study based on interest, music reading skills where appropriate, understanding the structure of the music, context, and the technical skill of the individual or ensemble.

Demonstrate or analyze, using music reading skills where appropriate, how knowledge of formal aspects in musical works inform prepared or improvised performances.

Identify expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music that can be demonstrated through prepared and improvised performances.

Perform contrasting pieces of music demonstrating their interpretations of the elements of music and expressive qualities (for example, dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, phrasing) convey intent.

Apply teacher provided criteria to critique individual performances of a varied repertoire of music selected for performance and refine the performances.

Perform the music with technical accuracy and stylistic expression to convey the creator's intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum (for example, stage presence, attire, behavior) and audience etiquette are appropriate for venue, purpose, and context.

Identify reasons for selecting music based on musical characteristics, interest, purpose, or context.

Describe how knowledge of context and the use of musical elements inform the response to music.

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

Identify the meaning of musical selections, referring to the elements of music and context.

Identify and describe the effect of interest, experience, analysis, and context on the evaluation of music.

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

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Incorporate multiple perspectives and diverse community ideas in a drama/theatre work.

Examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues by using music, dance, art, and/or media in a drama/theatre work.

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

Compare the drama/theatre conventions of a given time period with those of the present.

Investigate multiple perspectives and solutions to performance challenges in a drama/theatre work.

Explain and present solutions to design challenges in a drama/theatre work.

Envision and describe a scripted or improvised character's inner thoughts and objectives that are authentic to a drama/theatre work.

Examine and justify original ideas and artistic choices in a drama/theatre work based on critical analysis, background knowledge, and historical and cultural context.

Define and demonstrate the collaborative responsibilities of actor, director, and designer to present a drama/theatre work.

Analyze and refine choices in a unified devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

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

Consider multiple planned technical design elements during the rehearsal process for a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Analyze the dramatic arc of a drama/theatre work.

Use a variety of character objectives and motives in a scene.

Participate in a variety of acting exercises and techniques that can be applied in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.

Experiment with a variety of technical elements that can be applied to a design in a drama/theatre work.

Demonstrate a primary theme in a drama/theatre performance.

Articulate personal reactions to artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.

Contrast multiple personal experiences and choose the most appropriate when participating in a drama/theatre work.

Describe how cultural perspectives can influence the interpretation of a drama/theatre work.

Interpret how the use of personal aesthetics can be used to discuss a drama/theatre work.

Explain preferences, using supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work.

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

Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama/theatre 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.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Presenting

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Individually or collaboratively create visual documentation of places and times in which people gather to make and experience art or design in the community.

Identify a purpose of an artwork.

Apply methods to overcome creative blocks.

Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal.

Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.

Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility to oneself and others when posting and sharing images and other materials through the Internet, social media, and other communication formats.

Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas.

Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.

Analyze how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork.

Based on criteria, analyze and evaluate methods for preparing and presenting art.

Compare and contrast viewing and experiencing collections and exhibitions in different venues.

Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influence how it is perceived and valued.

Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.

Interpret art and generate meanings through describing and analyzing feelings, subject matter, formal characteristics, artmaking approaches, and contextual information and identify key concepts.

Compare and explain the difference between an evaluation of an artwork based on personal criteria and an evaluation of an artwork based on a set of established criteria.