Grade 8 Fine Arts Tennessee Standards

Connect

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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

Refine and complete artistic work.

Self-evaluate one’s work by selecting and applying criteria, including appropriate application of compositional techniques, style, form, and use of sound sources.

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

Present the final version of a 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.

Perform

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for performance.

Apply personally-developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context, and, after discussion, identify 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.

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

Identify how cultural and historical context informs performances and results in different music effects.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

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

Convey and express meaning through the performance of artistic work.

Perform 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.

Respond

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

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.

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.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Apply appropriate personally-developed criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

Connect

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 musicand the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods. For example: apply the fundamental concepts of improvisation using a simple melody. Create a variation of a simple melody with a minimum of five pitches and varying rhythms. Improvise a solo over a given chord progression. Create a simple harmonization under a given melody.

Select and develop draft melodic and rhythmic passages and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods. For example: create, select, and refine a melody using a variety of pitches and rhythms.

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

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on musically and developmentally appropriate criteria.

Share personally developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements, individually or as an ensemble, that address identified purposes.

Explain the criteria used to select a varied repertoire to study, based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose or context of the performance. For example: select examples, with teacher guidance, for solo or chamber ensemble performance. Explain the process used.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances. For example: compare, contrast, and perform musical events in a given musical example.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoireof music through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate the ability to read and notate music individually andin ensemble settings. For example: identify, verbalize, notate, and perform selected TBA Grade II rhythms and pitches. Use standard notation symbols to notate meter, rhythm, and pitch in simple patterns within specified guidelines.

Demonstrate fundamental control of the instrument, performing a varied repertoire of music individually and in ensemble settings. Forexample: use standard notation symbols to notate meter, rhythm, and pitch in simple patterns within specified guidelines. Produce a characteristic tone. Demonstrate knowledge of breathing, bowing, embouchure, fingering, articulation, and/or percussion sticking at an intermediate level. Perform at least eight percussion rudiments, 8 major scales, and a chromatic scale.

Demonstrate musical literacy on the instrument, individually andin ensemble settings, by adequately sight-reading a varied repertoire of music. For example: apply basic elements associated with successful sight-reading using a variety of meters and tempi.

Develop and apply strategies to address technical andexpressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music. For example: identify, refine, and apply basic practice tools.

Demonstrate attention to technical demands and expressive qualities in prepared and/or improvised performances of a varied repertoireof music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres. For example: demonstrate an understanding of the concept of phrase shaping.

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent byconnecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

Identify and justify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in music, context, student interest, andpersonal research from teacher provided sources.

Through visual and aural examples, analyze and explain how context and the manipulation of musical elements influence response to music.

Explain and support interpretations of the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment ofthe elements of music, contexts, and historical significance.

Identify and justify musical preferences using appropriate vocabulary, context, student opinion, and personal research gatheredfrom varied sources.

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, such as cultural and societal knowledge, research, and exemplary works, to inform the creation of media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate the role of media artworks in expanding meaning and knowledge of local and global events and creating cultural experiences.

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

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

Develop focused goals, ideas, and solutions for original media arts.

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

Integrate content, stylistic conventions, and associated principles during production processes to communicate determined meaning.

Refine media artworks, improving aesthetic quality and intentionally accentuating selected expressive and stylistic elements, to reflect purpose, audience, and place.

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

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

Demonstrate a range of creative and adaptive innovation abilities 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.

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.

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

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

Analyze the intent and meanings 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.

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.

Connect

Respond

Create

Perform

Examine a community issue through a theatrical work.

Incorporate other art forms (e.g., music, dance, art, and/or media) to strengthen the meaning and conflict in a theatrical work within a particular cultural, global, or historical context.

Research the story elements of a staged theatrical work, and compare them to another production of the same work.

Identify and use artifacts (e.g., music, dance, art, media, etc.)from a time period and/or geographic place to influence performance and design choices in a theatrical work.

Investigate and justify multiple perspectives and solutions to staging problems in a theatrical work.

Discuss and justify solutions to design challenges of a performance space for a theatrical work.

Develop a scripted or improvised character by discussing and demonstrating the character’s inner thoughts, objectives, and motivations in a theatrical work.

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

Share responsibilities and leadership roles to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising theatrical work.

Use analysis and rehearsal to refine a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Implement a planned technical design using technology for a devised or scripted theatrical work (e.g., lighting, sound, scenery, props, costumes, makeup, etc.).

Refine effective physical and vocal traits of characters in an improvised or scripted theatrical work.

Demonstrate and justify various character choices using given circumstances in a theatrical work.

Describe and justify how character relationships assist in telling a story of a theatrical work.

Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or theatrical performance.

Use multiple technical elements to create a design for a rehearsal or theatrical work.

Perform a rehearsed theatrical work for an audience.

Perform in a specific stage space (proscenium, thrust, etc.). Acknowledge impact of stage style on the performance.

Use artistic criteria to evaluate artistic choices in a theatrical work.

Justify responses based on personal experiences when participating in or observing a theatrical work.

Analyze how perspectives (e.g., social, cultural, historical, etc.) influence the evaluation of a theatrical work.

Apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a theatrical work.

Respond to and evaluate a theatrical work u

Assess aesthetic choices by evaluating the production elements used in a theatrical work.

Use audience reaction to assess the impact of a theatrical work on that specific audience.

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.

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 using traditional or emerging media.

Collaboratively investigate an aspect of contemporary life utilizing art and design.

Experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge when making art, using course specific craftsmanship.

Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility and the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

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.

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

Explain how aesthetic choices are influenced by visual and material cultures and can impact perceived meaning of artworks.

8.VA.R2.A Interpret art by analyzing how mood and meaning are impacted by the relationship of subject matter, use of media, art-making approaches, and relevant context while using appropriate art vocabulary

Construct a persuasive and logical argument to support an evaluation 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 ormotives for use in an arrangement or over a chordal structure that reflect characteristics of music or text studied in rehearsal.

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

Document compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement through notation and/or recording.

Evaluate and refine compositions and/or improvisations for use in an arrangement based on collaboratively-developedcriteria.

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

Explain the criteria used to select a varied repertoire to study, based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose or context of the performance.

Use music reading skills to demonstrate how compositional devices and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared and/or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoireof music 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

Develop and apply strategies to address expressive challengesin a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to refine performances.

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.

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and/or improvised performances.

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, student interest, and personal research from teacher-provided sources.

Through visual and aural examples, analyze and explain how context and manipulation of musical elements influence response tomusic.

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

Identify and justify musical preferences using appropriate vocabulary, context, student opinion, and personal research gatheredfrom varied sources.