Grade 6 Fine Arts Oregon Standards

Relate similar or contrasting ideas to develop choreography using a variety of stimuli.

Observe movement characteristics observed in a specific dance genre.

Describe differences and similarities about what was observed to one's own movement preferences.

Relate the basic elements from different art forms with dance elements (e.g., body, relationships, space, time, force).

Create dance movement that integrates elements from different art forms.

In a group, use different dance structures and movement concepts to vary a dance combination.

Revise dance compositions using collaboratively developed artistic criteria.

Accurately use accented and unaccented beats in different meters.

Vary muscular tension to represent different emotions and meanings as it applies to one or more dance styles.

Recall and demonstrate varied dance sequences with an emphasis on spatial awareness within partner and group formations in one or more dance styles.

Demonstrate understanding of basic anatomy, kinesthetic awareness, and movement mechanics to develop technical dance skills and promote safe and healthful practices.

Discuss elements of nutrition and healthy body image.

Compare and contrast a variety of possible production elements that would heighten the artistic intent of a dance.

Select choices and explain reasons for the decisions made.

Explain how the artistic intent of a dance is achieved through the elements of dance, dance structure, and context.

Explain how these communicate the intent of the dance using genre specific dance terminology (e.g., plié, chassé, pathways).

Compare and contrast how the elements of dance are used differently in a variety of dance genres and how the elements contribute to meaning of dances.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Formulate variations of goals and solutions for media artworks by practicing chosen creative processes, such as sketching, improvising and brainstorming.

Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources to create media artworks, such as knowledge, experiences, interests, and research.

Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal life, and social, community, and cultural situations, such as personal identity, history, and entertainment.

Analyze and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering fair use and copyright, ethics, and media literacy.

Organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

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

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

Validate how integrating multiple contents and forms can support a central idea in a media artwork, such as media, narratives, and performance.

Develop a variety of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills through performing various assigned roles in producing media artworks, such as invention, formal technique, production, self-initiative, and problem-solving.

Develop a variety of creative and adaptive innovation abilities, such as testing constraints, in developing solutions within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks.

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

Analyze results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and analyze how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

Analyze the intent of a variety of media artworks, using given criteria.

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases within AB and ABA forms that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, construct, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within AB or ABA form that demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas.

Evaluate their own work, applying teacher-provided criteria such as application of selected elements of music, and use of sound sources.

Describe the rationale for making revisions to the music based on evaluation criteria and feedback from their teacher.

Present the final version of their documented personal composition or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Describe a personal interpretation of how creators' and performers' application of the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres and cultural and historical context, convey expressive intent.

Identify how cultural and historical context inform performances.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select or choose music to listen to and explain the connections to specific interests or experiences for a specific purpose.

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

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

Identify and apply teacher-provided criteria (such as correct interpretation of notation, technical accuracy, originality, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when a piece is ready to perform.

When analyzing selected music, read and identify by name or function standard symbols for rhythm, pitch, articulation, and dynamics.

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

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Explain how understanding the structure and the elements of music are used in music selected for performance.

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

Perform a selected piece of music demonstrating how their interpretations of the elements of music and the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, and phrasing)convey intent.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize ideas from research, script analysis, and context to create a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant in a drama/theatre work.

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

Describe how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure of the pieces.

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

Apply teacher-provided criteria for selecting music to perform for a specific purpose and/or context, and explain why each was chosen.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Identify possible solutions to staging challenges in a drama/theatre work.

Identify solutions to design challenges in a drama/theatre work.

Explore a scripted or improvised character by imagining the given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a drama/theatre work impact perspectives of a community or culture.

Research and analyze two different versions of the same drama/theatre story to determine differences and similarities in the visual and aural world of each story.

Investigate the time period and place of a drama/theatre work to better understand performance and design choices.

Use critical analysis to improve, refine, and evolve original ideas and artistic choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Contribute ideas and accept and incorporate the ideas of others in preparing or devising drama/theatre work.

Articulate and examine choices to refine a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

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

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

Identify the essential events in a story or script that make up the dramatic structure in a drama/theatre work.

Experiment with various physical choices to communicate character in a drama/theatre work.

Recognize how acting exercises and techniques can be applied to a drama/theatre work.

Articulate how technical elements are integrated into a drama/theatre work.

Adapt a drama/theatre work and present it informally for an audience.

Describe and record personal reactions to artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.

Explain how artists make choices based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work.

Identify cultural perspectives that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.

Identify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in or observation of drama/theatre work.

Use supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work.

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

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

Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.

Imagine, research, and articulate numerous approaches in generating ideas for content and composition.

Persist through and learn from challenging artistic investigations throughout the art-making process to develop technical skills.

Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art-making.

Access, evaluate and use internal and external resources, such as knowledge, experiences, interests, and research to create artwork.

Analyze how art is used to inform, shape and change beliefs, values, and behaviors of an individual and society with consideration to cultural influences and global contexts.

Examine, discuss, and explain ethical issues in art and art-making processes (i.e. plagiarism, appropriation, copyright, media and visual literacy).

Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design with attention to quality craftsmanship and organizational structures (i.e. elements & principles of design, composition)

Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean up of art materials, tools, and equipment.

Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users through complete documentation of the artistic process.

Review the ethical responsibility of posting and sharing images and other materials on the Internet, through social media and other communication formats.

Refine and adapt art works in consideration of audience, and the context of the work with consideration to developing technical skills and organizational principles.

Choose from among experimental approaches and techniques to determine the most effective solution.

Utilize personal reflection and critical feedback to refine technical proficiency, intentionality, aesthetic judgment and expressive capability.

Reflect on whether one's artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.

Individually or collaboratively plan, prepare, and present selected works for display and include informational materials for the viewer.

Present and defend a body of evidence that shows the artistic process and prepare it for presentation (e.g. sketchbook, portfolio, digital format).

Write an artist statement that includes artistic intention, processes, and specialized language.

Compare and contrast the safe and effective use of materials and techniques for preparing and presenting artwork.

Compare and contrast the experience of viewing art in different venues including virtual spaces. (e.g. galleries, public spaces, museums)

Understand why and how an exhibition or artworks may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.

Understand how art reflects the history and values of an individual and community due to social, cultural, and political experiences (i.e. murals, street art)

Select art objects for personal portfolio and display and explain choices.

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a curator, understanding the skills and knowledge needed in presenting objects, artifacts, and artwork.

Understand the similarities and differences associated in presenting two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital artwork.

Describe visual imagery based on expressive properties (i.e. content, formal elements of art & principles of design).

Using art vocabulary, analyze the components used in visual imagery to convey a message.

Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by visual imagery are used to influence ideas, emotions and actions.

Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, composition, formal art elements, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

Use art vocabulary to express preferences about an artwork.

Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as cultural and historical contexts.