High School Fine Arts NJSLS Standards

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Create melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for compositions (e.g., rounded binary, rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, as well as harmonization for given melodies.

Use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of compositions (e.g., rounded binary, rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, as well as harmonization for given melodies.

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve and refine drafts of compositions (e.g., rounded binary, rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonization for given melodies

Perform final versions of compositions (e.g., rounded binary, rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, as well as harmonization for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition, improvisation and originality.

Develop and apply criteria for selecting a varied collection of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) in a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Demonstrate and explain an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) and expressive intent in a varied collection of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Develop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles, as well as create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, individually and in small groups, a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles, while demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical).

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of music and specified purpose and context.

Apply personally developed criteria based on research, personal preference, analysis, interpretation, expressive intent, and musical qualities to evaluate contrasting individual and small group musical selections for listening.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (e.g., personal, social, cultural), the setting of the text (when appropriate), and varied researched sources.

Explain how the analysis of the structures and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) of contrasting musical selections informs the response.

Create melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for a collection of compositions and improvisations in a variety of styles, as well as stylistically appropriate harmonization for given melodies.

Use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of compositions and improvisations in a variety of styles as well as stylistically appropriate harmonization for given melodies.

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of compositions and improvisations in a variety of styles, as well as stylistically appropriate harmonization for given melodies.

Perform final versions of a collection of compositions and improvisations in a variety of styles, as well as stylistically appropriate harmonization for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition, improvisation and originality.

Develop and apply criteria for selecting a variety of pieces for a program of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) in a varied collection of music selected for performance programs that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Explain and present an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) and the creator’s intent in a varied collection of music for performance programs that include melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Develop and apply criteria, including feedback from multiple sources, to critique varied collection of music for performance programs (e.g., melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles) selected for individual and small group performance, as well as create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, individually and in small groups, a varied collection of music for performance programs that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles, while demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical).

Select, describe and compare a variety of individual and small group musical programs from varied cultures, genres and historical periods.

Develop and justify evaluations of a variety of individual and small group musical selections for listening based on personally developed and established criteria, personal decision making, and knowledge and understanding of context.

Establish and justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including references to other art forms

Demonstrate and justify how the structure functions within a variety of musical selections, and distinguish how context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) and creative decisions inform the response.

Create melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for melodies over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms as well as two to three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of melodies over specified chord progressions or AB /ABA forms as well as two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Apply teacher or student-provided criteria to critique, improve and refine drafts of melodies over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms as well as two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Share final versions of melodies over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms as well as two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies, demonstrating an understanding of how to develop and organize personal musical ideas.

Describe and demonstrate how a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments is selected, based on personal interest, music reading skills, identified technical challenges that need to be addressed, and the performance context.

Identify prominent melodic, harmonic, and structural characteristics and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) in a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments selected for performance, including some based on reading standard notation.

Demonstrate and describe an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) and expressive intent in a varied collection of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments

Apply teacher or student-provided criteria to critique individual performances of a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments selected for performance. Identify practice strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments, while demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical).

Explain the reasons for selecting music citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Explain the influence of experiences and contexts (e.g., personal, social, cultural) on interest in and the evaluation of a varied repertoire of music.

Identify and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context, and the setting of the text (when appropriate).

Describe how the elements of music are manipulated and knowledge of the context (e.g., social, cultural) informs the response.

Create melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for simple melodies as well as chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Use standard notation or audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of simple melodies as well as chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Apply teacher or student-provided criteria to critique, improve and refine drafts of simple melodies as well as chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Share final versions of simple melodies and chordal accompaniments for given melodies, demonstrating an understanding of how to develop and organize personal musical ideas.

Describe and demonstrate how a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments is selected, based on personal interest, music reading skills, technical skill, and the performance context.

Identify prominent melodic and harmonic characteristics in a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments selected for performance, including some based on reading standard notation.

Demonstrate and describe an understanding of the context and expressive intent in a varied collection of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments.

Apply teacher or student-provided criteria to critique individual performances of a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments selected for performance. Apply practice strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces and chordal accompaniments, while demonstrating an understanding of the audience and the context.

Identify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in the music, connection to interest and purpose or context.

Identify and describe how interest, experiences and contexts (e.g., personal, social) effect the evaluation of music.

Identify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, referring to the elements of music, context (e.g., personal, social), and the setting of the text (when appropriate).

Identify how knowledge of context and the use of repetition, similarities and contrasts inform the response to music.

Create melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions (e.g., theme and variation, 12-bar blues), as well as three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions (e.g., theme and variation, 12-bar blues), as well as three-or-more- chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns)

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions (e.g., theme and variation, 12-bar blues), as well as three-or-morechord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, fingerpicking patterns).

Perform final versions of improvisations, compositions (e.g., theme and variation, 12-bar blues), and three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g. arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, fingerpicking patterns), demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition, improvisation and originality.

Explain the criteria used when selecting a varied collection of music for individual or small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) in a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Demonstrate and describe an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) and expressive intent in a varied collection of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Develop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, fingerpicking patterns). Create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, individually and in small groups, a varied collection of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (e.g., arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns), while demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (e.g., social, cultural, historical).

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Develop and apply teacher or student-provided criteria based on personal preference, analysis and context (e.g., personal, social, cultural) to evaluate individual and small group musical selections for listening.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (e.g., personal, social, cultural), the setting of the text (when appropriate), and outside sources.

Compare passages in musical selections and explain how the elements of music and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical) inform the response.

Novice

Performing

Proficient

Accomplished

Accomplished

Organizing and developing ideas.

Proficient

Intermediate

Selecting, analyzing and interpreting work.

Proficient

Intermediate

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Applying criteria to evaluate products.

Intermediate

Intermediate

Advanced

Novice

Perceiving and analyzing products

Proficient

Novice

Intermediate

Intermediate

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding

Accomplished

Accomplished

Novice

Accomplished

Accomplished

Novice

Advanced

Novice

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Advanced

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Proficient

Proficient

Intermediate

Proficient

Accomplished

Advanced

Accomplished

Creating

Proficient

Advanced

Intermediate

Intermediate

Novice

Novice

Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Intermediate

Novice

Accomplished

Accomplished

Proficient

Accomplished

Advanced

Conveying meaning through art

Novice

Responding

Intermediate

Proficient

Refining and completing products.

Connecting

Proficient

Advanced

Novice

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.

Describe and demonstrate how sounds and musical ideas can be used to represent events, memories, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines.

Assemble and organize multiple sounds or musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected events, memories, images, concepts, texts, or storylines

Describe and explain the development of sounds and musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of simple or moderately complex forms (e.g., binary, rondo, ternary).

Identify, describe and apply selected teacher-provided or personally developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Share music through the use of notation, solo or group performance, or technology, and demonstrate and describe how the elements of music and compositional techniques have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Identify and select specific passages, sections or movements in musical works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in simple forms (e.g., binary, ternary, rondo) or moderately complex forms.

Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to the style, function and context, and explain the implications for rehearsal and performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music, style, mood, function, and context, explaining and supporting how the interpretive choices reflect the creator’s intent.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying the form, repetition and variation within the form, and the style and historical or cultural context of the work.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the ways in which performances convey the formal design, style and historical/cultural context of the works.

Identify and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of varied works.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others’) and explain how the elements of music and compositional techniques are used to convey intent.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for both audience and context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply teacher-provided or personally developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in simple or moderately complex forms, and describe and defend the choices as models for composition.

Analyze aurally and by reading the scores of musical works the elements of music (including form), compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to style, mood and context. Explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as a composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop and support interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composer’s intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.

Explain the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of music theory as well as compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe ways in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills related 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.

Describe and demonstrate multiple ways in which sounds and musical ideas can be used to represent extended experiences or abstract ideas.

Assemble and organize multiple sounds or extended musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected extended experiences or abstract ideas.

Analyze and demonstrate the development of sounds and extended musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of moderately complex or complex forms.

Research, identify, explain, and apply personally developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions

Share music through the use of notation, solo or group performance, or technology, and demonstrate and explain how the elements of music, compositional techniques, and processes have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Identify and select specific sections, movements, or entire works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in moderately complex or complex forms.

Analyze how the elements of music (including form), and compositional techniques of selected works relate to the style, function, and context, and explain and support the analysis and its implications for rehearsal and performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, style, function, and context, explaining and justifying how the interpretive choices reflect the creator’s intent.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying the form, repetition and variation within the form, compositional techniques, and the style and historical or cultural context of the work.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the ways in which performances use compositional techniques and convey the formal design, style and historical/cultural context of the works.

Identify, compare and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of multiple contrasting works.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others’) and explain and/or demonstrate understanding of how the expressive intent of the music is conveyed.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for a variety of audiences and contexts, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply researched or personally developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in moderately complex or complex forms, and describe and justify the choice as models for composition.

Analyze aurally and by reading the scores of musical works the elements of music (including form), compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to aesthetic effectiveness, style, mood and context. Explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as a composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop, justify and defend interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composer’s intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating an understanding of theoretical concepts and complex compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe and evaluate the ways in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

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

Describe how sounds and short musical ideas can be used to represent personal experiences, moods, visual images, and/or storylines.

Assemble and organize sounds or short musical ideas to create initial expressions of selected experiences, moods, images or storylines.

Identify and describe the development of sounds or short musical ideas in drafts of music within simple forms (e.g., one part, cyclical, binary).

Identify, describe and apply teacher-provided criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Share music through the use of notation, performance or technology, and demonstrate how the elements of music have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Identify and select specific excerpts, passages, or sections in musical works that express a personal experience, mood, visual image, or storyline in simple forms (e.g., one-part, cyclical, binary).

Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to style and mood and explain the implications for rehearsal or performance

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music, style and mood, explaining how the interpretive choices reflect the creator’s intent.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying repetition and variation within the form.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the way(s) in which performances convey the elements of music, style and mood.

Identify and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of multiple works.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others’) and explain how the elements of music are used to convey intent.

Identify how compositions are appropriate for an audience or context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to select music that expresses a personal experience, mood, visual image, or storyline in simple forms (e.g., one-part, cyclical, binary), and describe the choices as models for composition.

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the elements of music (including form) of musical works, relating them to style, mood and context, and describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as a composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop and explain interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composer’s intent by citing technical and expressive aspects as well as the style/genre of each work.

Describe the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating an understanding of the fundamentals of music theory.

Describe the way(s) in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others can be applied in the personal creative process.

Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Accomplished

Advanced

Selecting, analyzing and interpreting work.

Accomplished

Conveying meaning through art.

Accomplished

Advanced

Responding

Proficient

Proficient

Accomplished

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Accomplished

Proficient

Accomplished

Refining and completing products.

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Proficient

Connecting

Creating

Accomplished

Accomplished

Advanced

Advanced

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural, and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Advanced

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products

Proficient

Proficient

Perceiving and analyzing products.

Accomplished

Proficient

Performing

Advanced

Accomplished

Proficient

Applying criteria to evaluate pr

Proficient

Advanced

Proficient

Organizing and developing ideas.

Accomplished

Proficient

Compose and improvise ideas and motives for melodies and rhythmic passages based on characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Compose and improvise ideas and motives for melodies and rhythmic passages based on characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods or cultures studied in rehearsal.

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 or cultures studied in rehearsal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Share personally developed arrangements, sections and short compositions (individually or as an ensemble) that address identified purposes

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills (where appropriate), how compositional devices employed, and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works, may impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skills to connect with the audience.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music and evaluate their success.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of structures and contexts inform the response to music

Support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, the setting of the text (when appropriate), and varied researched sources.

Evaluate works and performances based on research as well as personally and collaboratively developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

Select and develop composed and improvised ideas into draft musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Evaluate and refine varied draft musical works based on appropriate criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes and contexts.

Share varied, personally developed musical works (individually or as an ensemble) that address identified purposes and contexts.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Examine, evaluate, and critique, using music reading skills (where appropriate), how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skills to connect with the audience.

Develop, apply, and refine appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to connect, engage and respond to audiences through prepared and improvised performances.

Use research and personally developed criteria to justify choices made when selecting music, citing knowledge of the music and individual and ensemble purpose and context.

Demonstrate and justify how the analysis of structures, contexts and performance decisions inform the response to music.

Justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.

Develop and justify evaluations of music, programs of music, and performances based on criteria, personal decision-making, research, and understanding of contexts.

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

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

Select and develop draft melodies and rhythmic passages that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Evaluate and refine draft compositions and improvisations based on knowledge, skill and collaboratively developed criteria.

Share personally developed melodies and rhythmic passages (individually or as an ensemble) that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills (where appropriate), how the setting and formal characteristics of musical works contribute to understanding the context of the music in prepared or improvised performances.

Select varied repertoire to study based on music reading skills (where appropriate), an understanding of formal design in the music, context, and the technical skill of the individual and ensemble.

Demonstrate understanding and application of expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

Develop strategies to address technical challenges in a varied repertoire of music and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to refine performances.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures and styles

Demonstrate an understanding of the context of the music through prepared and improvised performances.

Explain the reasons for selecting music citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Describe how understanding context and the way the elements of music are manipulated inform the response to music.

Identify and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts and the setting of the text (when appropriate).

Explain the influence of experiences, analysis and context on interest in and evaluation of music.

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

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

Select and develop draft melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Evaluate and refine draft compositions and 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 studied in rehearsal.

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

Demonstrate, using music reading skills (where appropriate) how knowledge of formal aspects in musical works inform prepared or improvised performances.

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

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

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

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

Identify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in the music, connection to interest, and purpose or context.

Identify how knowledge of context and the use of repetition, similarities and contrasts inform the response to music.

Identify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, referring to the elements of music, contexts and the setting of the text (when appropriate).

Identify and describe the effect of interest, experience, analysis, and context on the evaluation of music.

Select and develop draft melodies, rhythmic passages and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on established criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

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

Explain the criteria used to select 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.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills (where appropriate), how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

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

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and 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 improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of passages and understanding the way the elements of music are manipulated informs the response to music.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, the setting of the text (when appropriate), and personal research.

Evaluate works and performances based on personally or collaboratively developed criteria, including analysis of the structure and context.

Compose and improvise musical ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Novice

Advanced

Accomplished

Advanced

Proficient

Proficient

Advanced

Connecting

Applying criteria to evaluate products.

Accomplished

Intermediate

Accomplished

Proficient

Advanced

Novice

Intermediate

Responding

Accomplished

Proficient

Intermediate

Creating

Proficient

Novice

Accomplished

Advanced

Novice

Intermediate

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Organizing and developing ideas.

Advanced

Perceiving and analyzing products.

Novice

Accomplished

Proficient

Proficient

Novice

Proficient

Intermediate

Accomplished

Performing

Novice

Novice

Accomplished

Intermediate

Intermediate

Accomplished

Advanced

Novice

Novice

Advanced

Conveying meaning through art.

Proficient

Proficient

Advanced

Intermediate

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Proficient

Accomplished

Intermediate

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Accomplished

Refining and completing products.

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural, and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Intermediate

Advanced

Evaluate personal choreography and how personal experiences and exposure to various cultures influences individual, emotional, intellectual, and kinesthetic responses to dance works.

Collaboratively investigate global issues, including climate change, to inform the development of an original dance project. Evaluate and present ways in which critical concepts are communicated metaphorically through dance.

Analyze how the role of dance in a global society has influenced various cultures, societies and historical periods throughout history. Examine how innovations in the arts have impacted dance-making in these communities in relation to the ideas and perspectives of the people from whom the dances originate.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus materials to choreograph dance studies or dances using original or codified movement.

Manipulate movement vocabulary from various dance genres using the elements of dance to create new choreographic works.

Work individually and collaboratively to design dance studies that integrate and recombine movement vocabulary, choreographic devices and dance structures drawn from a variety of dance genres. Explain how the dance vocabulary and structures clarify the artistic intent.

Develop an artistic statement that reflects a personal aesthetic for an original dance study or dance. Select and demonstrate movements that support the artistic statement.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance using established artistic criteria, self-reflection and the feedback of others. Analyze and evaluate the impact of choices made in the revision process. Justify the reasons for revisions.

Develop a strategy to record a dance using recognized systems of dance documentation (e.g., writing, a form of notation symbols, using media technologies).

Expand partner and ensemble skills. Execute floor and air pathways while maintaining relationships with spatial focus and intentionality. Dance alone and with others with spatial intention.

Use syncopation and accented movements related to different tempi. Take rhythmic cues from different aspects of accompaniment. Integrate breath with metric and kinesthetic phrasing.

Perform planned and improvised movement sequences and dance combinations while self-monitoring and adjusting dynamics and energy to the choreographic intent.

Research healthful strategies essential for dancers and modify personal practice based on findings.

Investigate how kinesthetic principles and various body systems relate to the dancing body. Examine how the muscles and bones animate the dancer's moving structure.

Maintain optimal alignment and adjust the placement and shifting energy of the body while traveling through space, both preceding and following jumps.

Develop personal conditioning practices, using different body conditioning techniques, that improve range of motion, muscular flexibility, strength, and endurance to enhance performance.

Execute clarity of movement intention during complex movement sequences. Use style/genre specific vocabulary and execute codified movements with style/genre specific alignment and characteristics, through focused practice and repetition.

Embody the use of the senses and create imagery to envision a particular outcome, projecting and completing movements to enhance dance performance.

Apply rehearsal strategies to refine ensemble skills, performance accuracy, consistency, and expressiveness. Develop personal rehearsal strategies to enhance artistry and achieve performance goals.

Implement performance strategies to enhance projection. Demonstrate leadership qualities (e.g., commitment, dependability, responsibility, cooperation) and model performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Accept notes from the choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process using dance and production terminology. Analyze and evaluate the success of a performance.

Use genre-specific dance terminology to analyze dance works, recurring patterns of movement and their relationships that create structure and meaning in dance.

Analyze and compare the movement patterns and their relationships in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices and explain how their differences impact communication and intent within a cultural context. Use genre-specific dance terminology

Analyze and discuss how the elements of dance, execution of dance movements and context contribute to artistic expression in a variety of genres, styles or cultural movement practices using genre specific terminology.

Differentiate artistic criteria to determine what makes an effective performance and justify the point of view. Consider content, context, genre, style, and/or cultural movement practice to comprehend artistic expression. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Formulate personal choreography with respect to its content and context. Reflect and analyze the variables that contributed to the personal perspectives presented in the dance work, and examine how exposure to various cultures influences individual, emotional, intellectual, and kinesthetic responses to dance works.

Investigate and present ways in which dance can be used to communicate new perspectives and/or realizations about global issues, including global warming

Analyze the role of dance in a global society. Examine various genres, styles, historical time periods, societal changes, and perspectives. Evaluate how dance movement, characteristics, techniques, and artist criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the people from whom the dances originate.

Synthesize and experiment with content generated from stimulus material to invent movement vocabulary, discover personal voice and communicate artistic intent.

Expand personal movement preferences and strengths to discover unexpected solutions that communicate the artistic intent of an original dance. Analyze the unexpected solutions and explain why they were effective in expanding artistic intent.

Demonstrate fluency and personal voice in designing and choreographing original dances. Articulate an understanding of how choreographic devices and dance structures affect artistic intent. Justify choreographic choices and explain how they are used to intensify artistic intent.

Develop artistic statements that reflect personal aesthetics of self-generated dance studies.

Refine the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating choreographic devices, dance structure, and artistic criteria (e.g., production elements, music/sound, props, costumes). Evaluate self-reflection and feedback from others and apply when warranted. Document choices made in the revision process and justify how the refinements support artistic intent.

Create a portfolio of original dances using recognized systems of dance documentation (e.g., writing, a form of notation symbols, using media technologies), providing a complete picture of the creative process and product.

Modulate and use the broadest range of movement in space for artistic and expressive clarity. Use inward and outward focus to clarify movement and intent. Establish and break relationships with other dancers and audience as appropriate to the dance.

Modulate time factors for artistic interest and expressive acuity. Apply multiple and complex rhythms (e.g., contrapuntal, polyrhythmic). Work with and against the rhythm of accompaniment or sound environments.

Perform planned and improvised movement sequences and dance combinations while self-monitoring and adjusting dynamics and energy to the choreographic intent.

Develop and implement healthful strategies for nutrition, injury prevention and psychological wellness related to dance activities and everyday life.

Examine the muscular-skeletal system (e.g., attachments, origin, function) and manipulate kinesthetic principles to enhance technical execution of dance movements.

Adjust oppositional pulls/tensions of the body while moving through vertical, off center, and non-vertical alignment. Maintain optimal alignment preceding and following floor and air patterns. Modulate the placement and shifting of energy in the body.

Analyze personal patterns of misalignment and develop prescribed conditioning practices and corrective exercises to enhance optimal alignment in performance.

Articulate clarity of codified movement and intention through the execution of prescribed vocabulary and techniques within styles/genres.

Research, develop and apply personal strategies of visualization, motor imagery, and breath to become more aware of the relationships that exist between the body and mind.

Initiate, plan and direct rehearsals with attention to technical details applying rehearsal strategies for individual and ensemble work that enhance artistry, incorporate self-analysis, and are solutions oriented to achieve performance excellence.

Refine performance skills using a broad repertoire of strategies for dynamic projection. Demonstrate and model leadership qualities, performance etiquette and performance practice during class, rehearsal and performance. Develop a professional portfolio (e.g., resume, head shot, social media platforms) that documents the rehearsal and performance process with fluency in professional dance and production terminology. Analyze and evaluate the success of a performance.

Use genre-specific dance terminology to analyze dance works from a variety of dance genres, reflecting on recurring patterns of movement and their relationships in well-structured and meaningful choreography.

Explain how dance communicates aesthetic and cultural values in a variety of genres, styles and/or cultural movement practices. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Analyze and interpret how the elements of dance, execution of dance movements and context contribute to artistic expression across different genres, styles or cultural movement practices. Use genre specific dance terminology.

Define personal artistic preferences to critique dance and justify the point of view. Consider content, context, genre, style, and/or cultural movement practice to formulate artistic expression.

Analyze a dance to determine the ideas expressed by the choreographer. Explain how the perspectives expressed by the choreographer impact personal interpretation. Consider how personal background and experiences influence responses to dance works.

Research global issues, including climate change, using multiple research methods to inform original dances expressed through multiple genres, styles, and varied cultural perspectives.

Analyze and discuss the role of dance in a global society. Examine genres, styles, historical time periods, societal changes and perspectives and how those changes impact dance in relation to the ideas and perspectives of the people from whom the dances originate.

Explore a variety of stimuli (e.g., music, sound, literary forms, notation, natural phenomena, experiences, current news, social events) for sourcing movement to develop an improvisational or choreographed dance study. Analyze the process and the relationship between the stimuli and the movement.

Analyze the elements of dance to expand personal movement vocabulary and ascertain new movement possibilities through the creation of choreographic works.

Manipulate a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to collaboratively develop a dance study with a clear artistic intent. Use dance terminology to explain how the dance structures clarify the artistic intent.

Choose a theme to develop a dance and create corresponding movements to communicate the theme. Develop a dance study by selecting a specific movement vocabulary to communicate a main idea. Discuss how the dance communicates non-verbally.

Revise a movement study based on self-reflection and feedback of others to improve the quality of a planned movement sequence. Articulate movement choices and revisions. Analyze and evaluate the impact of choices made in the revision process.

Compare recognized notation systems to document a section of a dance using writing, symbols, or media technologies (e.g., graphic symbols and figures, path mapping, numerical systems, letter and word notations).

Develop partner and ensemble skills that enable contrasting level changes while maintaining a sense of spatial design and relationship. Use space intentionally during phrases and through transitions between phrases.

Use syncopation and accented movements related to different tempi. Take rhythmic cues from different aspects of accompaniment. Integrate breath with metric and kinesthetic phrasing.

Perform planned and improvised movement sequences and dance combinations with variations that accurately demonstrate contrasting dynamics and energy (e.g., fast/slow, sharp/smooth, strong/gentle, tight/loose).

Evaluate and apply healthful strategies (e.g., nutrition, injury prevention, emotional health, overall functioning) and safe body-use practices that are essential for the dancer.

Demonstrate joint articulations and basic anatomical terms (e.g., muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments) as they relate to dance. Apply kinesthetic principles and various body systems.

Demonstrate body coordination while moving (e.g., elongated spine, vertical alignment, release of tension from shoulders; use of vertical, off center, non-vertical alignment) the body through space.

Explore movement that develops a wide range of motion, muscular flexibility, strength, and endurance. Explore different body conditioning techniques (e.g., yoga, weight training, aerobics, Pilates).

Demonstrate style/genre specific vocabulary and codified movements with style/genre specific alignment. Demonstrate, through focused practice and repetition, breath control, body part initiation and body sequencing.

Investigate visualization, motor imagery, and breath to apply and enhance the quality of body mechanics and the energy related to the movement skill.

Rehearse a dance and apply specific feedback to refine performance accuracy, consistency, and expressiveness. Demonstrate group awareness and develop personal rehearsal strategies.

Adapt movements to performance area. Demonstrate performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Accept notes from the choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process using dance and production terminology. Analyze and evaluate the success of a performance.

Use genre-specific terminology to analyze recurring patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.

Analyze the use of elements of dance in a variety of genres, styles or cultural movement practices within the cultural context to communicate intent. Use genre-specific dance terminology to compare and contrast.

Distinguish different dances and discuss their intent and artistic expression. Explain how the relationships among the elements of dance, execution of dance movements and context enhance meaning and support intent using genre specific dance techniques.

Analyze artistic criteria to determine what makes an effective performance. Consider content, context, genre, style, and/or cultural movement practice to comprehend artistic expression. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Select and organize, alone and with others, technical and production elements necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of dance works in alternative performance venues.

Design and organize the technical and production elements to collaboratively produce and fulfill the artistic intent of dance works in a variety of performance venues.

Demonstrate a variety of technical elements (e.g., costumes, lighting, sound, performance cues) of a dance performance. Utilize production and technical terminology to communicate with performers and backstage personnel.

Advanced

Accomplished

Accomplished

Advanced

Advanced

Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Proficient

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Responding

Advanced

Selecting, analyzing, and interpreting work.

Accomplished

Accomplished

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Advanced

Accomplished

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural, and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Advanced

Proficient

Accomplished

Applying criteria to evaluate products

Proficient

Accomplished

Creating

Refining and completing products.

Advanced

Advanced

Performing

Proficient

Proficient

Accomplished

Proficient

Proficient

Organizing and developing ideas.

Proficent

Proficient

Accomplished

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Accomplished

Connecting

Proficient

Advanced

Advanced

Perceiving and analyzing products.

Conveying meaning through art.

Advanced

Proficient

Accomplished

Synthesize internal and external resources to enhance the creation of persuasive media artworks, such as cultural connections, introspection, research, and exemplary works.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to synthesize new meaning and knowledge. Reflect and form cultural experiences, such as new connections between themes and ideas, local and global networks, and personal influence.

Examine and demonstrate in depth the relationships of media arts ideas and works to various contexts, purposes and values, such as markets, systems, propaganda, truth.

Critically investigate and ethically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts, considering ethics, media literacy, digital identity, and artist/audience interactivity

Strategically use generative methods to create multiple ideas and refine artistic goals that increase aesthetic depth.

Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions.

Critique plans, prototypes, constraint of resources, and production processes considering purposeful and expressive artistic intention and personal aesthetic.

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing and refining media arts artwork.

Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions.

Critique plans, prototypes, constraint of resources, and production processes considering purposeful and expressive artistic intention and personal aesthetic.

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing and refining media arts artwork.

Apply ideas with deliberate choices in organization, integrating content and stylistic conventions.

Demonstrate an understanding of media art principles through a selection of tools and production processes.

Refine and elaborate aesthetic elements and technical components. Intentionally form impactful expressions in media artworks for specific purposes, intentions, continuity, juxtaposition, audiences and contexts.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms and academic content into unified media arts productions that retain thematic integrity and stylistic continuity, such as transmedia productions.

Demonstrate effective command of artistic, design, technical and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Demonstrate effective creativity and adaptability, such as resisting closure and responsive use of failure, to address sophisticated challenges within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate the skillful adaptation and combination of tools, styles and techniques to achieve specific expressive goals in the production of a variety of media artworks

Curate and design the presentation and distribution of media artworks through a variety of contexts, such as mass audiences and physical and virtual channels.

Evaluate the benefits and impacts at the personal, local and social level from presenting media artworks, such as benefits to people or to a situation.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks and how they impact an audience.

Analyze how a broad range of media artworks affect audience experience, as well as create intention and persuasion through multimodal perception when addressing global issues including climate change.

Analyze the intent, meanings and influence of a variety of media artworks, based on personal, societal, historical, and cultural contexts.

Create and apply defensible evaluations in the constructive and systematic critique of media artworks and production processes.

Independently and proactively access relevant and qualitative resources to inform the creation of impactful media artworks.

Interpret the use of media artworks in order to demonstrate a high degree of skill to create new meaning, knowledge, and impactful cultural experiences.

Through relevant and impactful media artworks, demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas to personal and global contexts, purposes and values.

Critically investigate and strategically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts.

Fluently integrate generative methods, aesthetic principles and innovative thinking to form original ideas and solutions.

Fluently integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic for media arts productions

Knowledge of systems, prototypes and production processes with consideration of complex constraints of goals, time, resources, and personal limitations.

Fluently integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic for media arts productions.

Knowledge of systems, prototypes and production processes with consideration of complex constraints of goals, time, resources and personal limitations.

Synthesize ideas with content, processes and components to express compelling purpose, demonstrating mastery of media arts principles such as hybridization.

Intentionally and consistently refine and elaborate elements and components to form impactful expressions in media artworks, directed at specific purposes, audiences and contexts.

Synthesize various arts, media arts forms and academic content into unified media arts.

Employ mastered artistic, design, technical, and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Fluently employ mastered creativity and adaptability in formulating inquiry and solutions to address complex challenges within and through media arts productions.

Independently utilize and adapt tools, styles and systems in standard, innovative and experimental ways in the production of complex media artworks.

Curate, design and promote the presentation and distribution of media artworks through a variety of contexts.

Evaluate the benefits and impacts at the global level from presenting media artworks, such as new understandings gained by the artist or audience.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components and audience impact in a variety of media artworks.

Survey an exemplary range of media artworks, analyzing methods for managing audience experience, creating intention and persuasion through multimodal perception and systemic communications when addressing global issues including climate change.

Analyze the intent, meanings and impacts of diverse media artworks, considering complex factors of context and bias.

Independently develop rigorous evaluations of work, strategically seek feedback for media artworks and production processes and considering complex goals and factors.

Access, evaluate and integrate personal and external resources to inform the creation of original media artworks, such as experiences, interests and cultural experiences.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences such as learning and sharing through online environments.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values (e.g., social trends, power, equality, personal/cultural identity).

Critically evaluate and effectively interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, virtual worlds, and digital identity.

Formulate multiple ideas using generative methods to develop artistic goals and solve problems in media arts creation processes.

Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions.

Critique plans, prototypes and production processes considering purposeful and expressive intent.`

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, refining and proposing media arts artwork.

Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions.

Critique plans, prototypes and production processes considering purposeful and expressive intent.

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, refining and proposing media arts artwork.

Understand the deliberate choices in organizing and integrating content, stylistic conventions, and media arts principles such as emphasis and tone.

Refine and modify media artworks, emphasizing aesthetic quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements to reflect an understanding of personal goals and preferences.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms and content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interaction of the audience, such as experiential design.

Demonstrate progression in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, as a result of selecting and fulfilling specified roles in the production of a variety of media artworks.

Develop and refine creativity and adaptability, such as design thinking and risk taking, in addressing identified challenges and constraints within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptation and innovation through the combination of tools, techniques and content to communicate intent in the production of media artworks.

Design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks, considering combinations of artworks, formats and audiences.

Evaluate the benefits and impacts at the personal, local and social level from presenting media artworks, such as benefits to self and others.

Analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, style and preferences communicated by media artworks and artists.

Analyze how a variety of media artworks affect audience experience and create intention through multimodal perception when addressing global issues including climate change.

Analyze the intent, meaning and perception of a variety of media artworks, focusing on personal and cultural contexts and detecting bias, opinion and stereotypes.

Evaluate media art works and production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria and considering context and artistic goals

Proficient

Proficient

Perceiving and analyzing products.

Accomplished

Refining and completing products.

Accomplished

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Accomplished

Advanced

Advanced

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Advanced

Producing

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Advanced

Accomplished

Proficient

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Advanced

Proficient

Organizing and developing ideas.

Conveying meaning through art.

Advanced

Accomplished

Accomplished

Advanced

Accomplished

Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Creating

Proficient

Proficient

Proficient

Proficient

Accomplished

Responding

Advanced

Accomplished

Applying criteria to evaluate products.

Proficient

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Accomplished

Connecting

Proficient

Proficient

Accomplished

Selecting, analyzing, and interpreting work.

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

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills related 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

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

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for compositions or improvisations using digital tools and resources

Select melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity and variety using digital and/or analog tools

Develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations

Share compositions and improvisations that demonstrate musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and/or analog tools and resources in developing and organizing musical ideas

Develop and apply criteria to select sound resources to study and perform based on interest, an understanding of musical characteristics of the music, and the performer’s musical skill using digital tools and resources

Describe and provide examples of how context, musical aspects of the composition, and digital media/tools inform prepared and improvised performances

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and use of digital tools and resources in a varied repertoire of music influences prepared or improvised performances and performers’ ability to connect with audiences

Develop and implement rehearsal strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in a varied repertoire of music

Using digital tools and resources, demonstrate technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres

Demonstrate an understanding of the expressive intent when connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances

Select and critique contrasting musical works, defending opinions based on manipulations of the elements of music, digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works

Explain how an analysis of the structure, context and technological aspects of the music informs the response

Connect the influence of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works

Apply criteria to evaluate music based on analysis, interpretation, artistic intent, digital, electronic, and analog features, and musical qualities

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for compositions and improvisations that incorporate digital tools and resources

Select, develop and organize multiple melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity, variety, complexity, and coherence using digital and/or analog tools and resources

Develop and implement varied strategies and apply appropriate criteria to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations

Share a portfolio of musical creations representing varied styles and genres that demonstrates musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and/or analog tools and resources in developing and organizing musical ideas

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on interest, an understanding of the musical characteristics, expressive challenges in the music, and the performer’s musical skill using digital tools and resources

Examine, evaluate and critique how context, musical aspects of the composition and digital media/tools inform prepared and improvised performances

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and integration of digital technologies in a varied repertoire of music informs and influences prepared and improvised performances and their ability to connect with audiences

Apply appropriate criteria as well as feedback from multiple sources and develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in varied programs of music

Integrating digital and analog tools and resources, demonstrate an understanding and attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before and engaging with and responding to them during prepared and improvised performances

Select, describe and compare a variety of musical selections based on characteristics and knowledge of the music, understanding of digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works

Justify (by using examples) how an analysis of the structural characteristics, context, and technological and creative decisions, informs interest in and response to the music

Examine and cite research from multiple sources to connect the influence of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works

Develop and justify the evaluation of a variety of music based on established and personally developed criteria, digital, electronic and analog features, and understanding of purpose and context

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for compositions or improvisations using digital tools

Select melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work using digital tools and resources

Drawing on feedback from teachers and peers, develop and implement strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations

Share compositions or improvisations that demonstrate musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital tools and resources in developing and organizing musical ideas

Develop and explain the criteria used for selecting varied sound resources based on interest, music reading skills, and an understanding of the performer’s musical and technological skill

Describe how context, structural aspects of the music, and digital media/tools inform prepared and improvised performances

Identify the context, expressive challenges, and use of digital tools in a varied repertoire of music influence prepared or improvised performances

Identify and implement rehearsal strategies to improve the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in a varied repertoire of music

Using digital tools, demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music

Demonstrate an understanding of the context of music through prepared and improvised performances

Cite reasons for choosing music based on the use of the elements of music, digital and electronic aspects, and connections to interest or purpose

Explain how knowledge of the structure (e.g., repetition, similarities, contrasts), technological aspects, and purpose of the music informs the response

Explain and support an interpretation of the expressive intent of musical selections based on treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, and purpose

Evaluate music using criteria based on analysis, interpretation, digital and electronic features, and personal interests

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products

Selecting, analyzing and interpreting work

Refining and completing products

Perceiving and analyzing products

Creating

Connecting

Generating and conceptualizing ideas

Performing

Applying criteria to evaluate products

Interpreting intent and meaning

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products

Organizing and developing ideas

Responding

Conveying meaning through art

Choose, interpret and perform devised or scripted theatre work to reflect or question personal beliefs.

Integrate conventions and knowledge from different art forms and other disciplines to examine cross-cultural devised or scripted theatre works.

Explore how personal beliefs and biases can affect the interpretation of research data applied in devised or scripted theatre work.

Investigate historical and cultural conventions and their impact on the visual composition of devised or scripted theatre work.

Understand and apply technology to design choices for devised or scripted theatre work.

Use personal experiences and knowledge to develop a character that is believable and authentic.

Develop a dramatic interpretation to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and cultural influences in a devised or scripted theatre work.

Cooperate as a creative team to make informative and analytical choices for devised or scripted theatre work.

Explore physical and vocal choices to develop a character that is believable and authentic in devised or scripted theatre work.

Use the rehearsal process to analyze and revise a devised or scripted theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.

Re-imagine technical design choices during the course of the rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatre work.

Refine a range of acting skills to build believable and sustainable characters in a devised or scripted theatre performance.

Apply theatrical elements and research to create a design that communicates the concept of a theatre production.

Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable characters in devised or scripted theatre work.

Identify how essential text information, research from various sources, and the director's concept to influence character choices in a theatre work.

Produce devised or scripted theatre work using a creative process that shapes the production for a specific audience.

Respond to what is seen, felt and heard in devised or scripted theatre work to develop criteria for artistic choices

Apply theatre elements and production values to formal and informal evaluations or artistic choices in a theatrical work

Analyze and assess a devised or scripted theatre work by connecting it to art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines using supporting evidence and criteria.

Construct meaning in a devised or scripted theatre work considering personal aesthetics and knowledge of production elements while respecting others' interpretations.

Verify and articulate how a devised or scripted theatre work communicates for a specific purpose and audience.

Develop detailed supporting evidence and criteria to reinforce artistic choices when participating in or observing devised or scripted theatre work.

Apply concepts from devised or scripted theatre work for personal realization about cultural perspectives and understanding.

Debate and distinguish multiple aesthetics, preferences and beliefs through participation in and observation of devised or scripted theatre work.

Collaborate on devised or scripted theatre work that examines a critical global issue using multiple personal, community and cultural perspectives.

Develops devised or scripted theatre work that identifies and questions cultural, global, and historic belief systems.

Justify the creative choices made in a devised or scripted theatre work based on a critical interpretation of specific data from theatre research.

Synthesize knowledge from a variety of theatrical conventions and technologies to create the visual composition of devised or scripted theatre work.

Create a complete design for devised or scripted theatre work that incorporates multiple elements of technology.

Integrate dramaturgical analysis with personal experiences to create a character that is believable and authentic.

Collaborate as a creative team to make informative and analytical choices for devised or scripted theatre work.

Collaborate as a creative team to make original artistic choices in devised or scripted theatre work.

Explore physical, vocal and psychological characteristics to create a multidimensional character that is believable and authentic in devised or scripted theatre work.

Transform devised or scripted theatre work using the rehearsal process to re-imagine style, genre, form, and theatrical conventions.

Originate and construct technical design choices that support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatre work.

Create and justify a collection of acting techniques from reliable resources to prepare believable and sustainable characters in a devised or scripted theatrical theatre performance.

Create and justify the selection of technical elements used to develop and build a design that communicates the concept of a drama/theatre production.

Experiment with theatrical styles to form unique choices for a directorial concept in a devised or scripted theatre work.

Experiment with various acting techniques as an approach to character development in devised or scripted theatre work.

Produce a devised or scripted theatre production for a specific audience that employs research and analysis grounded in the creative perspectives of the playwright, director, designer, and dramaturg.

Demonstrate an understanding of multiple interpretations of artistic criteria and how each might be used to influence future artistic choices of devised or scripted theatre work.

Use historical and cultural context to structure and justify personal responses to devised or scripted theatre work.

Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a devised or scripted theatre work to support or evaluate artistic choices.

Analyze and evaluate varied aesthetic interpretations of production elements for the same devised or scripted theatre work.

Compare and debate the connection between devised or scripted theatre work and contemporary issues that may impact audiences.

Use detailed supporting evidence and appropriate criteria to revise personal work and interpret the work of others when participating in or observing devised or scripted theatre work.

Use understandings of cultures and contexts to shape personal responses to devised or scripted theatre work.

Support and explain aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to create a context for critical research that informs artistic decisions in devised or scripted theatre work

Investigate how cultural perspectives, community ideas, and personal beliefs impact a devised or scripted theatre work.

Integrate knowledge of cultural, global and historic belief systems into creative choices in a devised or scripted theatre work.

Use basic research methods to better understand the social and cultural background of devised or scripted theatre work.

Research to construct ideas about the visual composition of devised or scripted theatre work.

Explore the impact of technology on design choices in devised or scripted theatre work.

Use script analysis to generate ideas about a character that is believable and authentic.

Examine the collaborative nature of the actor, director, playwright, and designers, and explore their interdependent roles.

Use script analysis to inform choices impacting the believability and authenticity of a character.

Practice devised or scripted theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.

Explore technical design choices that support the story and emotional impact of a scripted or devised theatre work.

Rehearse various acting exercises to expand skills in a rehearsal for devised or scripted theatre performance.

Use technical elements to increase the impact of design for a theatre production.

Identify and explore different pacing options per character to better communicate the story in a theatre work.

Explore and discover character choices using given circumstances in devised or scripted theatre work.

Perform devised or scripted theatre work for a specific audience.

Utilize personal reactions and reflections to artistic choices in a theatrical work for a formal theatre critique.

Collaboratively analyze how artistic choices in a theatrical work affect personal and peer reactions.

Examine a devised or scripted theatre work and identify the supporting evidence/criteria for its effectiveness to communicate the central message considering the play’s history, culture, and political context.

Evaluate the aesthetics of the production elements in a devised or scripted theatre work and their ability to support or extend the storyline.

Formulate a deeper understanding and appreciation of a devised or scripted theatre work by considering its specific purpose or intended audience.

Analyze and compare artistic choices developed from personal experiences in multiple devised or scripted theatre works.

Identify and compare cultural perspectives and contexts that may influence the evaluation of a devised or scripted theatre work.

Justify personal aesthetics, preferences and beliefs through participation in and observation of devised or scripted theatre work.

Explore the function of history and culture in the development and subsequent interpretations of devised or scripted theatre work.

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Selecting, analyzing, and interpreting work.

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Refining and completing products.

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Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

Performing

Conveying meaning through art.

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural, and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

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Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

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Responding

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Perceiving and analyzing products.

Connecting

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Interpreting intent and meaning.

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Creating

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Organizing and developing ideas.

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Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Applying criteria to evaluate products.

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Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research and experimentation to explore other subjects through artmaking

Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural and historical contexts and make connections to uses of art in contemporary and local contexts.

Individually and collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.

Through experimentation, practice and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re- engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

Analyze, select and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.

Evaluate, select and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in specific place

Make, explain and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural and political history.

Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

Evaluate the effectiveness of visual artworks to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works.

Determine the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art- making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.

Assess the impact of an artist or group of artists on global issues, including climate change.

Visualize and generate art and design that can affect social change.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea or concept.

Experiment, plan and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.

Reflect on, re-engage, revise and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

Critique, justify and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Investigate, compare and contrast methods for preserving and protecting art.

Curate a collection of objects, artifacts or artwork to impact the viewer's understanding of social, cultural and/or political experiences.

Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual arts attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture

Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis.

Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.

Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.

Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions and history may influence personal responses to art.

Describe how knowledge of global issues, including climate change, may influence personal responses to art

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art and design.

Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment, and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools and equipment.

Collaboratively develop a proposal for an installation, artwork, or space design that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place.

Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

Analyze, select and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented.

Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural or political beliefs and understandings

Analyze how one's understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual arts.

Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.

Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

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Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural and historical contexts and make connections to global issues, including climate change

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Responding

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Generating and Conceptualizing Ideas

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Perceiving and analyzing products

Presenting

Refining and Completing Products

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Proficient

Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Interpreting intent and meaning.

Proficient

Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

Advanced

Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Conveying Meaning Through Art

Organizing and Developing Ideas

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Selecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Work

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Applying criteria to evaluate products.

Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.

Assess the impact of an artist or group of artists on beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society

Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers peoples' lives

Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.