Grade 6 Fine Arts Tennessee Standards

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Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

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

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

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

Create

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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/videorecording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Self-evaluate one’s 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 music, based on evaluation criteria and feedback from a teacher.

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

Perform

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for performance.

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

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

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

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

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.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

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

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

Respond

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

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

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

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

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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

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Respond

Create

Perform

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

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

Compose and/or improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that reflect characteristic(s) of music or text(s). For example: describe the fundamental concepts of improvisation. Create a variation of a simple rhythmic pattern. Improvise a solo over a given chord (using one or more pitches). Understand individual instrument transposition (concert pitch versus actual pitch).

Select and develop draft melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music or text(s). For example: create, select, and refine the final two measures for a four-measure melody within specified guidelines.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and/or recording technology.

Evaluate and refine draft compositions and/or improvisations based on knowledge, skill, and teacher-provided criteria.

Share personally developed melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives, individually or as an ensemble, that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts.

Select a varied repertoire to study, based on interest, music reading skills, an understanding of the structure of the music, context, andthe technical skill of the individual or ensemble. For example: select examples to be played in front of a class of peers.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills, how knowledge of formal aspects in musical works informs performances. For example: identify and perform basic elements related to musical events such as tempo, dynamics, orchestration, and modulation.

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

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually and in ensemble settings. For example: identify, verbalize, and perform basic rhythms and pitches. Use a system, such as syllables, numbers, or letters, to read simple pitches and rhythms.

Demonstrate fundamental control, technical accuracy, range, and fluency on the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble settings. For example: demonstrate proper instrument care and maintenance. Produce a fundamental tone and standard articulations and/or bowing. Demonstrate correct posture, breath control, hand position, and instrument carriage. Perform at least two percussion rudiments and/or major scales.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually and in ensemble settings, by adequately sight-reading a varied repertoire of music. For example: demonstrate an understanding of basic elements associated with successful sight-reading.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical and expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: identify basic practice tools such as tempo control, isolation, and segmentation.

Demonstrate attention to technical demands and expressive qualities in prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoireof music. For example: identify and demonstrate an understanding of selected dynamic and tempo markings.

Demonstrate an awareness of the context of music through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, and student interest.

Through visual and aural examples, analyze how context and musical elements inform student response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance.

Describe the influence of experiences, performances, context, and analysis on the artistic process.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

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

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Respond

Produce

Create

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

Explain and show the influence of media artworks in forming new meanings, situations, and cultural experiences about historical events.

Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social, and community life through the exploration of commercial and informational purposes, history, and ethics.

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

Formulate a variety of ways to achieve a goal for media arts.

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

Experiment with multiple approaches to create content using a range of associated principles and components to communicate determined purpose and meaning.

Evaluate and revise elements and components to reflect purpose and audience.

Explain how integrating multiple contents and forms can support a central idea in a media artwork.

Develop a variety of design, artistic, technical, and soft skills by 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 in developing solutions within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways.

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.

Identify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Analyze the intent 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.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for producing.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for production.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

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Respond

Create

Perform

Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a theatrical work may impact a community or culture’s understanding.

Identify universal themes or common social issues, and express them through a theatrical work.

Analyze two different versions of the same theatrical work to determine differences and similarities in each story.

Investigate the time period and place of a theatrical work to understand performance and design choices.

Identify solutions to staging challenges in a theatrical work.

Identify solutions to design challenges in a theatrical work.

Explore a scripted or improvised character by imagining possible given circumstances in a theatrical work.

Analyze original ideas and artistic choices, and incorporate the ideas of others to improve, refine, and edit a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Demonstrate appropriate theatre etiquette during a theatrical work.

Discuss and identify artistic choices in order to refine a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Identify the elements of a planned technical design during the rehearsal process for a devised or scripted theatrical work (e.g., lighting, sound, scenery, props, costumes, makeup, etc.).

Explore various physical and vocal techniques for character development in an improvised or scripted theatrical work.

Describe the underlying thoughts and emotions that create dialogue and action in a theatrical work.

Demonstrate physical choices which help create meaning in a theatrical work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

Choose multiple technical elements that can be applied to a design in a theatrical work.

Incorporate voice, movement, and gestures to communicate emotions in a guided theatrical experience (e.g., process drama, storydrama, creative drama, etc.).

Describe and record personal reactions to artistic choices in a theatrical work.

Make personal character choices based on other artists’ ideas and/or personal experiences in a theatrical work.

Identify multiple cultural perspectives that may influence a theatrical work.

Identify and discuss personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in or observation of theatrical work.

Use supporting evidence and artistic criteria to evaluate a theatrical work.

Use knowledge of multiple production elements to assess aesthetic choices in a theatrical work.

Identify and evaluate issues and situations in a theatrical work from an audience member's perspective.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical text.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for performance.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

Express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and investigate a collection of ideas that reflect awareness of current interests and concerns through art-making.

Analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.

Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.

Investigate personally relevant content for creating art.

Experiment with new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design, using course specific craftsmanship.

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.

Reflect on and revise personal artwork to convey intended meaning.

Analyze similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting traditional and emerging media.

6.VA.P2.A Individually or collaboratively, develop a plan to display works of art that includes analyzing the exhibit space, while considering the audience.

Explain how an exhibition in a traditional or emerging presentation space reflects the history and values of a community.

Analyze how images and cultural associations influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Identify and interpret works of art that reveal a variety of world cultures and values.

Interpret art to identify ideas and mood conveyed by determining relevant context and analyzing use of media and subject matter while using appropriate art vocabulary.

Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

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

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.

Connect

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Respond

Refine and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Create

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perform

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

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between musicand other disciplines, history, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Select, draft, and develop melodic and rhythmic ideas ormotives that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

Document compositions and/or improvisations through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations based on teacher-provided criteria.

Present finalized composition and/or improvisation individually or as an ensemble.

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

Use music reading skills to demonstrate how knowledge of compositional devices in musical works informs prepared and/or improvised performances.

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

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate musicindividually and/or in ensemble settings.

Demonstrate fundamental voice control while performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble setting(s) while making appropriate use of:

Posture

Breath management

Tone production with freedom, resonance, control, and energy

Pitch matching, accuracy, and intonation

Balance and blend

Sense of ensemble

Demonstrate technical accuracy through appropriate use of:

Tonal center/key relations

Scale construction

Rhythm work including pulse, note, and rest values

Range development

Diction, pronunciation, and vowel formation

Expressive elements including dynamics, phrasing, and stylistic characteristics

Use self-reflection and peer feedback to refine individual and ensemble performance of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate attention to musical literacy, fundamental control, technical accuracy, and expressive qualities in prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres.

Perform music with technical accuracy to demonstrate the creator’s intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum (such as stage presence, facial expression, memorization, and appropriate artistic delivery) and audience etiquette appropriate for venue and purpose.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, and student interest.

Through written and aural examples, analyze how context and musical elements inform student response to music.

Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, historical significance, and the setting of the text.

Describe the influence of experiences, performances, context, and analysis on the artistic process.