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Origami Project In the Origami Project task, students will learn how to fold an Origami crane. They will also practice concentration and patience and will make small gifts to please others. |
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Pair Trees The Pair Trees task allows students to demonstrate their ability to work collaboratively to make decisions on the choice of artworks suited to a particular purpose. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are sets of five pictures of trees, four copies of decision-making cards, and a recording sheet. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Paul Dibble The Paul Dibble task allows students to demonstrate their ability to form their own viewpoint on an artwork after considering others' viewpoints. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and a picture. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Pendant The Pendant task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and discuss the materials, processes and procedures, and the cultural elements of a work of art. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resourcesrequired for this task is a pendant. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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People in Places The People in Places unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 3 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In People in Places students focus on selecting and using ideas to improvise and create short devised drama about a familiar place like a supermarket. Students develop their drama skills as they work individually and in small groups to create characters and scenes. They use drama techniques and process to plan and create a character and actions to communicate their ideas, observations and experiences about a familiar place. |
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Portrait Pairs The Portrait Pairs task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and explain similarities and differences in a range of painting styles . Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are ten pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Potter The Potter task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a set of questions that would allow them to obtain information from an artist about the artist's work. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, a picture, and a recording book. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Print Making Process The Print Making Process task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of and their ability to explain the processes and procedures of different print making techniques. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are an activity card of summarizing instructions and a set of randomly numbered photographs showing steps in four different print making processes. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Pulling Strings The Pulling Strings unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 9 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Pulling strings students investigate forms of puppetry used in contemporary and historical cultures in order to provide understanding of the contexts in which puppets and puppetry occur.As a concluding activity, students present a puppet show, in groups, pairs or individually, using ideas and scripts developed during the unit. |
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Rainy Day The Rainy Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create and depict an expressive image appropriate to a defined context (rainy day) and a demonstrated print making process. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a demonstration video, a protective cover sheet, paper towels, four sheets of newsprint paper, a blue greasy crayon, a pencil, a card plate, a brayer, a tube of red ink, and an inking plate. This task is to be completed in thirty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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