The Arts Assessment Map - Sample at Level 1
Colourful cockatoo
Context
This work sample was derived from an integrated unit of work focusing on Australian Birds and Animals. In the Art room, students looked at and talked about images of cockatoos used on calendars. Students then used poster paint, their fingers, hands and cardboard strips to create images for a class calendar. The task took students about 50 minutes to complete. Previously, students had experimented with ways of using cardboard strips for painting.
The elements of the Creating and making standard addressed by the task are:
… students make … visual arts works that communicate observations, personal ideas …
(Students), with guidance, use a variety of arts elements, skills, techniques and processes, media, materials …
Sample
The following sample illustrates the kind of response that students produce when they have achieved the elements of the standard addressed by this task.
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Creating and making – Level 1
- Uses a range of mark-making tools to explore ways of applying paint to paper.
- Communicates their understanding of how to use hand prints to make bird wings.
- Expresses their idea about the bird flying close to the flower on a sunny day.
Elements of the standard
… students make … visual arts works that communicate observations, personal ideas ….
(Students), with guidance, use a variety of arts elements, skills, techniques and processes, media, materials ….
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