Grade 8 Fine Arts OLS Standards

Interpret how community context, beliefs, and resources influence works of art.

Evaluate personal dance wellness and self-regulation strategies in dance activities and everyday life, including nutrition and injury prevention.

Compare and contrast a varied repertoire of music based on how elements of music are used to create meaning and expression.

Identify and use artifacts from a time period and place to develop performance and design choices in a dramatic or theatrical work.

Determine how the choice of media relates to the ideas and images in works of art.

Create individual and collaborative movement studies with clear intent and attention to elements of dance, choreographic devices, and choreographic structures to develop a dance study that supports an artistic intent.

Improvise extended rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic passages in various forms.

Write two or more scenes that include stage direction prompts and provide exposition, consistent point of view, and dialogue.

Apply artisanship when preparing and presenting works of art.

Consistently demonstrate movement phrases with increased clarity, focus, alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, skill, and kinesthetic awareness.

Perform or present rhythmic patterns for multiple instruments and voices.

Develop scripted or improvised characters using appropriate voice, posture, movement, or language to reveal a conflict and develop a resolution.

Build relevant vocabulary to describe and analyze works of art.

Describe, analyze, interpret, and assess the impact of production elements, music, and movement in selected dance works and challenge the opinions of others.

Examine contemporary music styles and describe the distinctive characteristics in a repertoire of exemplary works.

Use theatre vocabulary to evaluate the opinions of several professional critics about a theatrical work.

Research artistic professions of personal interest.

Examine and discuss ways various external contexts impact dance and articulate how meaning in dance is communicated and understood.

Describe how music performance and settings affect audience response.

Examine a community issue through multiple perspectives in a dramatic or theatrical work.

Brainstorm, refine, and select solutions for original works of art.

Create movement studies to develop dance content for an original dance study or dance.

Compose rhythm patterns and simple melodies in a variety of meters, including compound meters, using standard and iconic notation.

Refine a scripted or unscripted character's voice and movement in response to outside feedback in collaboration with other theatre artists.

Select materials and techniques to independently create works of art.

Consistently demonstrate kinesthetic awareness of the expressive body as it moves and feels in relation to the elements of dance.

Perform or present melodic compositions for multiple instruments or voices.

Perform a rehearsed, staged work for an audience.

Differentiate between established criteria and personal goals throughout the learning process.

Use a variety of assessments (self-checks, peer assessment, peer coaching, reflection journals, criteria for success) to assess and reflect on choices made in the dance-making process.

Evaluate instrument groupings for different styles of music in various cultures.

Determine a playwright’s style by describing two or more works.

Discover how cultural differences impact personal perceptions.

Justify how participation in dance develops 21stcentury skills applicable to life.

Discuss ways that music affects other art forms when the musical selection is changed.

Integrate other academic disciplines into a dramatic presentation.

Demonstrate visual literacy through the application of the elements of art and principles of design to communicate an idea.

Identify and select personal preferences to create an original movement study or dance. Use genre-specific dance terminology to articulate and justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent.

Compose a simple melody in treble clef over a simple bass clef chord.

Apply genres of performance in terms of which is most appropriate to a selected story.

Make aesthetic decisions using the elements of art and principles of design.

Demonstrate leadership when working alone, with partners, and in small groups to improvise and solve movement problems to create movement phrases and dance works.

Independently or collaboratively perform with good posture while producing an appropriate tone quality.

Identify and safely apply the appropriate use of tools and technology in selected areas of technical emphasis.

Distinguish visual characteristics related to the meaning of works of art.

Give and receive constructive feedback based on individual and shared criteria.

Identify intervals and concert pitches in major and natural minor scales.

Explain how different artistic choices could alter the presentation of a theatrical work.

Identify aesthetic choices within works of art.

Discuss the purpose and value of music in various cultures and settings.

Investigate the elements, principles, and creative process of theatrical works from specific time periods and explain how these aspects work together.

Analyze and apply what it means to ethically create and share works of art.

Refine the use of available technology, including new media and the media arts, to create, record, and explore or share dance in creative ways.

Examine a given text and create design choices based on content and context of the script, time period, and themes of the text.

Collect personal works of art for a portfolio.

Demonstrate technical dance skills (alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility, and range of motion).

Analyze performers' and multiple instrument techniques needed to create accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, good posture, and breath control.

Understand how cultural factors affect what contemporary artists create.

Critique and evaluate styles of music via dance, drama, and visual art using appropriate vocabulary.

Use constructive feedback from self and peers to refine and improve the portrayal of a character.

Describe how the roles of composers, performers, and others involved in music are similar to or different from those in other art forms.

Explore a specific career opportunity in theatre and define the impact in the professional process.

Revise choreography, collaboratively, or independently, based on self-reflection and feedback from others.

Adopt theatrical vocabulary, including elements and principles, when creating theatrical works.

Compare and contrast vocal performances of varied repertoire using elements of music.

Apply criteria based on elements of music to support personal preferences for specific musical works.

Identify ways actors and designers adjust aspects of performance to adapt to different settings, audiences, and contemporary social influences.

Discuss how advances in technology have challenged copyright law (downloading music, copying CDs or DVDs, streaming services).

Use different theatrical forms to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global topics.

Engage in complex ensemble-building activities to develop character goals and tactics.

Follow and respond to grade-appropriate cues of a conductor.

Discuss how current developments in music reflect the society in the local community and the larger world.

Investigate opportunities for further theatrical or dramatic arts involvement and instruction in the community.

Justify opinions about music based on culture, environment, values, and personal experiences.

Identify components of form in larger musical works (symphony, mass, concerto).

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.