Aesthetic Responsiveness (for museum trip paper) Students will demonstrate aesthetic responsiveness by taking a position on and communicating the merits of specific works of art, music, and literature and how those works reflect human values. Evidence will be written or oral communications that articulate a personal response to works of art, explain how personal and formal factors shape that response, and connect works of art to broader contexts. Criteria Exemplary (4pt.) Above Acceptable Acceptable (2 pt) Unacceptable (1pt) Score (3pt) Focus and Clearly focuses on Focuses on specific Needs more focus on a Lacks focus on Thesis: specific works of arts, works of arts, narrow specific works of art. specific works of art. Articulates a narrow thesis. Provides thesis. Provides Provides some analysis of Lacks in analysis of personal overview and detailed overview and analysis the components that make the components that response to analysis of the of the components of up the art works. make up the works of art, music or components of the the work. Analyzes, Acceptably analyzes, art. Inadequately literature. work. Analyzes, interprets and explains interprets and explains provides interpretation interprets and explains personal responses to personal responses to and explanation of with full detail, personal aesthetic expressions. aesthetic expressions. personal responses to responses to aesthetic Descriptions could be aesthetic expressions. expressions. more elaborate or detailed. Ideas: Explains In-depth, clear Articulates the formal Acceptably articulates Unable to or very how formal articulation of the formal factors that shape the the formal factors that minimally articulates factors shape factors that shape the response. shape the response. the formal factors that the response. response. Demonstrates Shows some shape the response. Demonstrates engagement with the engagement with the art Shows minimal engagement with the art, recognizing without elaboration; engagement with the art, recognizing multiple multiple dimensions offers basic observations art, failing to recognize dimensions and/or and/or perspectives; but rarely original insight. multiple dimensions/ perspectives with offers some insight. perspectives; lacking elaboration and depth; even basic offers considerable observations. insight.
Aesthetic Responsiveness (for museum trip paper) Students will demonstrate aesthetic responsiveness by taking a position on and communicating the merits of specific works of art, music, and literature and how those works reflect human values. Evidence will be written or oral communications that articulate a personal response to works of art, explain how personal and formal factors shape that response, and connect works of art to broader contexts. Criteria Exemplary (4pt.) Above Acceptable (3pt) Acceptable (2 pt) Unacceptable (1pt) Score Focus and Thesis: Articulates a personal response to art, music or literature. Clearly focuses on specific works of arts, narrow thesis. Provides overview and detailed analysis of the components of the work. Analyzes, interprets and explains with full detail, personal responses to aesthetic expressions. Focuses on specific works of arts, narrow thesis. Provides overview and analysis of the components of the work. Analyzes, interprets and explains personal responses to aesthetic expressions. Needs more focus on a specific works of art. Provides some analysis of the components that make up the art works. Acceptably analyzes, interprets and explains personal responses to aesthetic expressions. Descriptions could be more elaborate or detailed. Lacks focus on specific works of art. Lacks in analysis of the components that make up the works of art. Inadequately provides interpretation and explanation of personal responses to aesthetic expressions. Ideas: Explains how formal factors shape the response. In-depth, clear articulation of the formal factors that shape the response. Demonstrates engagement with the art, recognizing multiple dimensions and/or perspectives with elaboration and depth; offers considerable insight. Articulates the formal factors that shape the response. Demonstrates engagement with the art, recognizing multiple dimensions and/or perspectives; offers some insight. Acceptably articulates the formal factors that shape the response. Shows some engagement with the art without elaboration; offers basic observations but rarely original insight. Unable to or very minimally articulates the formal factors that shape the response. Shows minimal engagement with the art, failing to recognize multiple dimensions/ perspectives; lacking even basic observations.