Grade 7 Visual Art
Unit 1: “An Illustrated Life” (Visual Journaling) MYP Unit Question: How can we express ourselves? Significant Concept: Journaling can be used to creatively express and document ourselves and our experiences. Level 0
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A. Knowledge & Understanding (as evident in brainstorms, sketches & developmental workbooks etc.) The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors listed.
A1: The student shows limited awareness of the artform studied as evident in their practice tasks and developmental workbooks.
A1: The student shows satisfactory awareness of the artform studied as evident in their practice tasks and developmental workbooks.
A1: The student shows good awareness of the artform studied as evident in their practice tasks and developmental workbooks.
A1: The student shows excellent awareness of the artform studied as evident in their practice tasks and developmental workbooks.
A2: The student shows limited ability to relate context and process to their own work.
A2: The student demonstrates some basic language of the arts and a satisfactory ability to relate context and process to their own work.
A2: The student uses the basic language of the arts and has a good ability to relate context and process to their own work.
A2: The student uses the basic language of the arts and has an excellent ability to relate context and process to their own work.
A3: The student is able to develop a limited ability to relate elements and context to their own work.
A3: The student is occasionally ability to relate elements and context to their own work.
A3: The student has a general ability to relate elements and context to their own work.
A3: The student has an excellent ability to relate elements and context to their own work.
B. Application (as evident in their summative assessment) The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors listed.
B1: The student has a highly limited ability create a well balanced, attractive and thematic composition.
B1: The student has a limited ability to create a well balanced, attractive and thematic composition.
B1: The student is able to create a well balanced, thematic composition in a satisfactory manner.
B1: The student is able to create and present good journal compositions.
B1: The student is able to successfully use artistic conventions to create and present journal compositions.
B1: The student shows a highly limited proficiency in using decorative, symbolic and/or thematic elements.
B1: The student shows a limited proficiency in using decorative, symbolic and/or thematic elements.
B1: The student shows a satisfactory proficiency in using decorative, symbolic and/or thematic elements.
B1: The student shows a good proficiency in using imagery, text, decorative, symbolic and/or thematic elements in their compositions.
B1: The student shows an excellent proficiency in using imagery, text, decorative, symbolic and/or thematic elements in their compositions.
B2: The student’s technical skills (cutting, arranging, layout, glueing etc.) are highly limited.
B2: The student’s technical skills (cutting, arranging, layout, glueing etc.) are limited.
B2: The student has satisfactory technical skills (cutting, arranging, layout, glueing etc.)
B2: The student has good technical skills (cutting, arranging, layout, glueing etc.).
B2: The student has excellent technical skills (arranging, layout, glueing etc)
B2: The student has B2: The student has limited writing highly limited skills in their journal. writing skills in their journal.
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B2: The student has B2: The student has B2: The student has satisfactory good writing skills excellent writing writing skills in their in their journal. skills in their journal. journal.
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